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I TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 120 REDETERMINATION/RECERTIFICATION (toc) 121 Redetermination Notice/Notice of Expiration (toc) Effective January 1, 2010, all TANF cash households require a redetermination every twelve months from the calendar month of approval with one exception. If a customer is participating in the NEON program and receiving the Employment Retention Payment (ERP), the redetermination may be extended for up to six additional months to reduce any administrative burden. SNAP households are automatically mailed a Notice of Expiration (NOE) sixty days before the current certification ends. The NOE informs the household of its rights to uninterrupted SNAP benefits if they reapply by the deadline given. Exceptions: Households certified for one or two months are issued a NOE when their application is approved. The Notice of Decision also includes the Notice of Expiration. • If a Joint SNAP/TANF application is filed; SNAP eligibility will be within the SNAP time limits at the TANF review of eligibility, do not request a separate application from the household. • Households certified for one month or certified for two months during the second month of the certification period must reapply by the 17th day after the last approval to receive uninterrupted benefits. • Households certified for more than two months must reapply by the 15th day of their last issuance month to receive uninterrupted monthly benefits. Provide the application packet upon request. Monthly AMPS caseload reports may be used to identify due and overdue reviews, certification periods, umbrella cases, etc. Staff use the monthly redetermination report (REDT, the report to identify households due for RED1) to identify households with overdue recertification in the current or following month. redeterminations which must be resolved and completed. These reports include all active cases. 122 Processing Redetermination (RD’s)/Timely Recertifications (toc) Process redeterminations before cutoff of the month in which the RD is due. If the RD is returned, the case manager must evaluate all information provided on the RD, Process timely recertifications by the last day of the certification period. Ensure the customer’s normal benefit is not interrupted. SNAP households may use any appropriate application for timely recertifications. PROCESSING TIME LIMITS Redeterminations/Recertification Division of and Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 07 May 26 MTL 07/26 B-120