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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION SNAP AND TFNS BENEFITS TRANSITIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES BENEFITS

2 Section 650 Change #4-2021 June 15, 2021 650.03 TRANSFERRING CASES TO TRANSITIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES BENEFITS The North Carolina Families Accessing Services Through Technology (NC FAST) will automatically determine a FNS units’ eligibility for TFNS based on the termination of the WFFA case. Workers cannot transfer cases to TFNS, if NC FAST does not transfer automatically, the worker must submit a help desk ticket to NC FAST for assistance in transferring to TFNS. However, the worker does have the ability to override the system and prevent a case from being transferred to TFNS by following job aids located in NC FAST Help. A. The following policies and procedures are important when transferring cases to TFNS: 1. Act within 10 calendar days of notification of WFFA termination. 2. Use the date the DSS-8125 was processed in NC FAST to terminate the WFFA case as the date the change was known to WFFA. 3. Add 10 calendar days for Food and Nutrition Services to act to determine the initial transitional month. 4. Determine if supplements are due as a result of removing the WFFA. 5. Work requirements and ABAWD status do not apply during the TFNS period. 6. Do not budget new or increased income that made the FNS unit ineligible for WFFA. Use the prior month’s FNS budget less the WFFA payment to determine the TFNS benefit amount. EXAMPLE: A household reports new earnings toward the end of May. Because of the adverse action time frames, the June WFFA payment and FNS benefits are not changed. When the change is processed, the family becomes ineligible for WFFA effective July. Transfer the FNS case to TFNS effective July through November. The benefit amount would be based on the June FNS budget minus the WFFA payment but not including the new or increased income. B. Do not add, remove, or change any other sources of income when transferring a FNS case to TFNS benefits. C. If there is a pending Notice of Adverse Action (NOAA), do not make the change. Base the allotment on the prior month’s allotment less the Work First payment.