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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES CERTIFICATION CLAIMS Requirements for Establishing Recipient Claims ____________________________________________________________________________________
7 Section 805 Change #1-2017 April 1, 2017
5. Issuing duplicate EBT benefits.
6. Allowing dual participation by a FNS unit household or household member by:
a. Failing to check for participation in another household, another local agency, or another state for the same month.
b. Failing 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.
c. Failing to remove a member of a TFNS case when it is reported that the individual has applied for FNS in another state.
7. Failure to timely disqualify a household member found guilty of an IPV.
8. Failure to act on a Disqualified Recipient System (DRS) match.
9. Overissuances identified through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) audit findings.
10. Overissuances identified through Quality Control (QC) referrals.
11. State Agency errors.
12. Failure to act on changes reported to the local agency during the initial certification period of jointly processed applications taken at the Social Security Office (for SSI and FNS.)
13. Failure to exclude an ineligible member or failure to disqualify a disqualified member. Examples are a drug felon, E & T disqualification, etc.14.
14. Failure to include a disqualified member’s income and/or resources.
15. Do not establish a claim for a TFNS period unless dual benefits were received or an IPV disqualification was not enforced.
16. The household was receiving FNS solely because of categorical eligibility and the household was subsequently determined to be ineligible for WFFA and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
B. Inadvertent Household Error (IHE) – A recipient claim may result from, but is not limited to any of the following situations. Do not code a suspected IPV claim as an IHE while waiting for an ADH or prosecution.
1. Failure to provide correct or complete information at the time of application or recertification.
2. Failure to report a change in circumstances required by Sections 450 and 550.