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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION CLAIMS Requirements for Establishing Recipient Claims ____________________________________________________________________________________
5 Section 805 Change #1-2017 April 1, 2017
2. Establish a claim for the TFNS household if the FNS unit fails to report a move to another State and apply for and receive benefits in another State and the other State does not establish a claim.
3. Establish a claim for the TFNS household if the agency fails to remove a member of a TFNS case when it is reported that the individual has been added to another FNS unit in North Carolina in the same local agency or another local agency.
4. Establish a claim for the TFNS household if the agency fails to remove a member of a TFNS case when it is reported that the individual is receiving FNS in another state.
5. Establish an Agency Error Claim for the TFNS household when a member disqualified for an Intentional Program Violation is not removed from the budget.
F. Voluntary Quit Penalties
An individual required to report and subject to the penalty for voluntary quit is disqualified:
1. For the first violation, until the household member complies or for one month, whichever is later.
2. For the second violation, until the household member complies or for three months, whichever is later.
3. For the third or subsequent violation, until the household member complies or six months, whichever is later. It may be necessary to establish a claim for an individual who fails to report a voluntary quit timely which would have made the individual disqualified for one of the above time periods, unless the penalty can still be imposed timely.
G. Transfer Of Reserve Penalties
If the household fails to report or the agency fails to act on information that would have resulted in disqualification, the household is ineligible for the appropriate number of months only if this was a reportable change.
H. Households With Ineligible Individuals
Establish a claim when a household containing an ineligible member fails to report a change in situation that makes the member eligible to be included and their income and resources counted only if a reportable change. Ineligible members include an ineligible student, ineligible Able-bodied Adult Without Dependent (ABAWD), fleeing felon, and a probation/parole violator.
I. Households With Disqualified Individuals
Establish a claim when a household containing a disqualified member fails to report a change in income or reserve only if a reportable change. Disqualified individuals include