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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Appendix C – Page 5 Rev. 3/2022

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Section

The first checkbox (“REDUCE”) should be used when an individual is sanctioned but the case stays open for remaining household members. District staff must enter the effective date of the benefit reduction, the current grant amount and the grant amount after the sanction is imposed. The second checkbox (“DISCONTINUE”) should be used when an individual’s case is closed due to a failure or refusal to comply with a SNAP work requirement. The third checkbox (“CONTINUE”) should be used to notify an individual that their SNAP benefit will continue unchanged even though they may be sanctioned for noncompliance with a Temporary Assistance work requirement. The fourth checkbox (“OTHER”) should be used when the change in the household’s SNAP eligibility was not otherwise covered by the existing selections.

Whenever a SNAP employment sanction is imposed (first or second checkbox has been checked) the information identifying the sanctioned individual’s name, the length of the durational SNAP sanction period and the individual’s sanction progression (first, second, third violation, or more). The length of the SNAP sanction period depends on the number of times an individual has been sanctioned in the past for non-compliance with SNAP work requirements. The number of SNAP violations does not include any SNAP work sanctions initiated between August 3, 2009 and December 14, 2012.

In the reason section includes the sanctioned individual’s name, the date of the infraction and a description of the infraction. Fair Hearing Rights

This section of the notice informs individuals of the right to request a Fair Hearing within 60 days of the notice date for Public Assistance and 90 days from the notice date for SNAP benefits and includes instructions describing how to request a Fair Hearing.