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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS FNS 450 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION APPLICATIONS

2 Section 450 Change #09-2021 August 9, 2021 E. Verify those items that can be verified at the time of the interview from either SSA records or from documents provided by the applicant. F. Forward the completed application and available information provided by the applicant to the appropriate county DSS (unless a telephone interview is conducted). The application is forwarded within one federal workday after the application is accepted and the interview is conducted. G. If a telephone interview is conducted, the SSA Office mails the application to the applicant with a return envelope addressed to the appropriate DSS office. H. If the applicant is eligible for expedited service, SSA will inform the applicant and immediately send the application to the appropriate local DSS via fax. SSA mails the original application to DSS within one federal workday. Expedited service application time standards begin on the date DSS receives the application. I. If the applicant is not eligible for expedited service, SSA informs the applicant and mails the application to the appropriate DSS within one federal workday. Normal application processing time standards apply. The application processing time begins on the date the application is received by SSA. J. Train the appropriate SSA employees in FNS policy procedures to ensure that all required duties are carried out. 450.04 SSA RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PRE-RELEASE APPLICATIONS The SSA staff will complete joint SSI and FNS applications for residents of public institutions. This applies to residents of public institutions who apply for SSI prior to their release from the institution under the SSA’s Pre-Release Program for the Institutionalized. SSA will use the DSS-8207-SSI, SSI/ Food and Nutrition Services Application, as the application form. A. If SSA knows the planned place of residence after release, SSA forwards the completed FNS application to the applicant’s proposed county of residence within one federal workday after the application is taken. SSA identifies the anticipated county of residence from information received from the applicant and the institution. SSA also provides the county agency with the applicant’s proposed date of release from the institution. This information is included on the cover sheet of the DSS-8207-SSI, SSI/ Food and Nutrition Services Application.