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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 1833 Termination at Redetermination or Recertification (toc) Adverse action is required when a household is Timely Recertification – SNAP households who file determined ineligible at redetermination due to a timely recertification application prior to or on the excess income, resources, household 15th of the last month of their certification, and fail composition or non-cooperation. to cooperate, are not denied until the first of the following month. The system is programed to automatically post these denials. Untimely Recertification – SNAP households which apply after the 15th of the last month of certification, and fail to cooperate, are denied using the same policy as initial applications. 1834 Delayed or Corrected Notices (toc) If notice of adverse action is required and the Division fails to meet this deadline or mail the legal notice in time to allow adverse action for the intended benefit requiring change, the benefits or eligibility status cannot be changed until the following month. When a corrected notice is sent, the 13-day advance notice period begins from the date of the correct notice. Action to deny, reduce or terminate benefits based on the original notice no longer applies. Manually changing the notice date will also change the notice time frame. Once a case is approved, same day negative corrections cannot be made on benefits already authorized. If a case approval decision is posted, changes to the case circumstances can only be acted on following adverse action rules. If an incorrect approval is posted, overpayment referrals must be processed for those incorrectly authorized benefits. Same day corrections increasing benefits can be posted when administratively possible. When same day corrections are done or posting discrepancies occur, the correction will normally generate a notice and notice text for each posting action. Multiple actions are hard to track and confuse the household. A narration with clear documentation as to what occurred is required. For example: If a case was incorrectly denied due to incomplete inclusion of information, such as allowable expenses or other household members, and then approved on the same day, narrate the events and add free form text to the notice explaining what has happened and which action is correct. This is done so other individuals reviewing the case or a hearing representative can understand which action is the latest action. A-1833 CASE DISPOSITION Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 30 June 26 MTL 10/26 Termination at Redetermination or Recertification