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● the shelter and dependent care deductions. ● the Thrifty Food Plan and standard deductions. ● the standard utility allowance (SUA). ● the standard telephone allowance. ● cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for Social Security, SSI, VA, and other federal benefits; ● TANF grants; and ● other eligibility criteria based on legislative or regulatory actions. Some mass changes such as deduction amounts, income standards and most TANF amounts are updated automatically and benefits are adjusted effective the date of the change. Cost-of-living-adjustments (COLA) increases to income such as SSA, SSI, VA and other pension amounts are updated manually. Reports are produced at the time of a mass change, indicating households where automated mass changes could not occur and a report of households receiving a type of income subject to a COLA. All these cases require worker intervention and must be updated manually. Generally, individual notices are produced for automated mass changes whenever a change in the benefit amount occurs. 635 CHANGING A SNAP CASE FROM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (PA) TO NON- ASSISTANCE (NA) Use the following steps to change a PA case to NA when ● the TANF case or related TANF funded support benefits is terminated (and the household does not meet any other category of expanded categorical eligibility); or ● a household composition change causes a category change. Step Action 1 Make the necessary adjustments to the SNAP case, such as household composition, income, deductions, expenses, etc. 2 Change the case categorical status in the computer. 3 If needed, notify the household of any benefit change. Division of Social Services B-634 Eligibility and Payments Manual CHANGES 14 Aug 25 MTL 11/25 MASS CHANGES