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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS FNS 435 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY

5 FNS 435 Change #XX-2021 November 15, 2021 The only information requested at interview was verification of the household’s mortgage. The FNS household was provided a DSS-8650 to request the non-required verification and they were given 10 days to provide the information. The 10 days expired on June the 6th and the verifications were not provided. The worker may process the application on June the 7th without the non-required verifications. B. Normal applications missing required (FNS 435.01 B) and/or mandatory (FNS 435.01 A) verifications only or a combination of required and/or mandatory and non-required verifications: 1. Request missing verifications using the DSS-8650 Notice of Information Needed to Complete your Food and Nutrition Services. a. Allow the FNS applicant 10 calendar days to provide the missing verifications. b. Issue the DSS-8650 timely enough to allow the 10 days to expire prior to the processing deadline as outlined in FNS 420 Normal Application Processing Time Frame. 2. If all verifications are provided by the 10th day, process application within five (5) days of receipt, but no later than the deadline found in FNS 420 Normal Application Processing Time Frame. 3. If all required (FNS 435.01 B) and mandatory (FNS 435.01 A) verifications and none or partial non-required verifications are returned, process the application within five (5) days of expiration of the DSS-8650, but no later than the deadline found in FNS 420 Normal Application Processing Time Frame 4. If the applicant household does not return all the required (FNS 435.01 B) and mandatory (FNS 435.01 A) verifications no further action is required. Hold the application and deny for failure to provide information on the due date. If the applicant household returns only part of the requested verification or returns incorrect verification it is suggested to resend the original DSS-8650 with notations to inform the applicant household that the information returned was not sufficient to process the application. Do not issue a new DSS-8650 with an additional 10 days to provide information unless there is new or changed information reported. NOTE: The DSS-8650A and DSS-8650 may be provided to the applicant household at the same time.