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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 1830 ADVERSE ACTIONS – DENIALS AND TERMINATIONS (toc) 1831 DENIAL OF A PENDING APPLICATION (toc) Denial of pending application is: effective immediately. effective immediately if the household is ineligible or withdraws its request for assistance. Otherwise, Office managers must carefully consider “good the application is held until the 30th day following cause” for TANF applications who provide the date of application before a denial action is requested verifications untimely and request taken. The day after the date of the application is reinstatement of their application. If “good the first day of the 30-day period. cause” is not granted, applicant must submit a new application to have TANF eligibility The system contains a 30-day edit to prevent the determined. premature denial of initial applications for non­ cooperation, missed interview appointments and questionable residency. Adverse action is not required when denying a pending application. When benefits are denied the household will receive a Notice of Decision advising them of the following items: • the reason the application was denied; • the effective date of denial; • the right to appeal; and • the availability of free legal representation. Case managers have the ability to add free form text to any Notice of Decision to include additional text not generated by the system to clarify actions taken. 1832 REDUCTIONS/TERMINATIONS AFTER APPROVAL (toc) 1832.1 Time Frames (toc) Federal regulations require timely notification to ongoing households before the effective date of a benefit reduction, termination or loss of eligibility unless the 13-day adverse action period is not required. TANF and SNAP terminations waiving adverse can continue to be posted after the cut-off dates if the benefits have not been issued based on the Case Status BAP; Benefit Maintenance screen. When multiple actions are taken, the 13-day advance notice period begins from the date of each action on the notice. Households have the right to file a hearing request on each action. A-1830 CASE DISPOSITION ADVERSE ACTIONS – DENIALS AND TERMINATIONS Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 30 June 26 MTL 10/26