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641.3 ADDING MEMBERS TO PA SNAP CASES If the change results in an increase in benefits, add the new member effective the next month after the change is reported. If benefits have already been issued for that month, update the case and issue a supplemental payment within ten (10) days from when the change was reported. EXAMPLE: The change is reported on March 25th. Add the new member to affect April’s issuance. If the case manager is unable to act on the change prior to April’s benefits being issued, add the new member to the case and issue a supplemental payment for April’s benefits within ten (10) days from the date the change was reported. The new members’ TANF grant may be added to the SNAP case if the issuance has not been paid. However, TANF underpayments and supplemental payments are lump sum payments and counted as a resource except when the TANF payment covers a portion of an issuance month not yet paid and the underpayments will be received during the issuance month. NOTES: ● Add the new member to the SNAP household only if information to process the SNAP change is provided, but do not add the new person to the TANF case without obtaining verification required by that program. ● Children visiting or fulfilling court-ordered visitation privileges on an irregular basis or spend the summer months or other holidays with the SNAP household are not required to be included in the household. These children are not considered to be residing in the household on a permanent basis. However, these children may, be included in the SNAP household for the time they are visiting if they are not currently receiving benefits in another household. ● In shared/joint physical custody situations (court ordered or otherwise) where the children reside with both parties, going back and forth between parents or other relatives (this could also be a shared relative and parent custody issue), determine who has the children at the time of the SNAP application. If the other parent is not receiving SNAP benefits, the parent making the current SNAP application must include or add the children to their household. Once the case is approved, or the children are added to an existing case, eligibility continues until recertification, or the children are reported out of the home. These households are simplified reporting households and are not required to report the child entering or leaving the household until recertification. For example: If the mother applies and has the dependent children in her physical custody and the father is not on SNAP, the case is processed or updated with the children included. The children can go back and forth to the father’s home, and this will not cause ineligibility. Verify if the other parent is contributing any cash or support for the children included in the SNAP household. If yes, budget the income. B-641.3 Division of Social Services CHANGES Eligibility and Payments Manual ADDING MEMBERS TO PA SNAP CASES 14 Aug 25 MTL 11/25