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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION
APPLICATIONS FNS 440 APPLICATION DISPOSITION
FNS 440 Change #02-2022 March 1, 2022 3. Document that contact was made with the household to confirm the withdrawal. 4. Advise the applicant that he may reapply at any time. D. Failure to Provide Required Verification 1. Deny the FNS application on the processing due date if the FNS unit has failed to provide applicant-responsible verifications. 2. Deny the application unless the FNS unit has good cause for failure to provide the verifications. Refer to FNS 420 Normal Application Processing and FNS 425 Expedited Service Processing for an explanation of good cause and regulatory delay. 3. The agency must have requested the verification using the DSS-8650 Notice of Information Needed to Complete your Food and Nutrition Services (DSS-8650) and offered assistance in obtaining the requested information if needed. 4. Allow the FNS unit at least ten calendar days to provide the information. 5. Do not deny an application for failure to provide verification of deductions. Process the application and determine benefits without the deduction after requesting the non-required verifications and allowing the FNS unit the full 10 days to provide. 6. When the 30th calendar day falls on a non-workday, the NC FAST System automatically extends the processing due date to the next workday for denials. Do not key a denial prior to the extended due date. If the applicant-responsible information is received on the extended processing due date, deny the application for the first 30 days. Reopen the application the following day. Example: The 30th day falls on Saturday; the extended processing due date is the following Monday. The FNS unit provides the required information on the extended due date (Monday). Because the information is received after the 30th day. The worker must deny the application for failure to provide information on the extended due date (Monday). Evaluate for reopen on the next workday after the extended due date (Tuesday). Failure to follow this procedure will result in the application being counted as overdue.