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50 which was initially postponed and the social services agency may act on the verified information without further notice; or ix. a social services agency has converted your household from cash repayment of an intentional program violation claim or an inadvertent household error to benefit reduction, as a result of the household's failure to make an agreed upon cash repayment; or x. you are a resident of a treatment center or group living arrangement which is determined to be ineligible for SNAP benefits because the facility has either lost its certification from the appropriate State agency/agencies or lost its status as an authorized representative due to its disqualification by the Federal Food and Nutrition Service as a retailer. However, residents of group living arrangements applying on their own behalf may remain eligible to participate in the SNAP; or xi. your household voluntarily requests, in writing or in the presence of an agency employee, that its SNAP benefits be terminated. If the household does not provide a written request, the social services agency must send the household a letter confirming the voluntary withdrawal. 2. Mass changes. i. When the Federal government initiates an adjustment to eligibility standards, allotments or deductions and the State initiates adjustments to utility standards, you are not entitled to a notice of adverse action. ii. When OTDA initiates a mass change in SNAP eligibility or benefit levels simultaneously for the entire caseload or that portion of the caseload that is affected, or by conducting individual desk reviews in place of the mass change, no later than the date your household is scheduled to receive the benefits which have been changed, you shall be informed of the following: a. the general nature of the change; b. examples of the effect the changes will have on household allotments; c. the month in which the change will take effect; d. the right to a fair hearing; e. the right to continued benefits and under what circumstances benefits will be continued, pending issuance of the fair hearing decision. You will be informed that at the hearing, the hearing officer may determine to end your continuation of benefits if it is determined that the issue being contested is not based on improper computation of benefits or misapplication or misinterpretation of Federal law or regulation; f. general information on whom to contact for additional information; and, g. the liability the household will incur for any over-issued benefits if the fair hearing decision is adverse. 3. As a recipient of SNAP benefits, you have the right to an adequate notice sent no later than the date of the proposed action when the social services agency action results from information you furnished on a periodic report. As a recipient of SNAP benefits, you have the right to an adequate and timely notice because you failed to return a periodic report required by 18 NYCRR section 387.17(d). (f) Involuntary discharges from tier II facilities.