Recertification.

(f) Recertification. Timely application/recertification must be completed and the household notified of approval or denial prior to the end of the household's current certification period. Eligible households must have an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program by the household's normal issuance cycle in the month following receipt of a timely application/ recertification form. No food stamp benefits will be continued to a household beyond the end of the certification period unless the household has been recertified. The processing requirements for public assistance cases in receipt of food stamps, as set forth in section 387.5 of this Part will also apply at the time of recertification. Except as otherwise limited by section 387.14(a)(4)(iii) of this Part, for households in which all members are recipients of ADC and/or SSI, categorical eligibility for food stamps must be assumed in the absence of a timely redetermination of eligibility for such benefits; or granted if the conditions set forth in section 387.14(a)(4) of this Part are present at recertification.

(1)Local departments will send the households the expiration notice in a manner that will ensure receipt no earlier than the first day of the second to the last month of the certification period and no later than the first day of the household#

(1) Local departments will send the households the expiration notice in a manner that will ensure receipt no earlier than the first day of the second to the last month of the certification period and no later than the first day of the household's last month of certification. However, households initially certified for one or two months will receive their notice of expiration at the time of certification.

(2)Households which submit a recertification application to a local department by the 15th day of the final month of certification will be considered to have made a timely recertification application.#

(2) Households which submit a recertification application to a local department by the 15th day of the final month of certification will be considered to have made a timely recertification application. Households receiving the notice of expiration at the time of certification will have 15 days from the date of the notice to file a timely recertification application. The recipient must be interviewed and must submit all verification prior to the end of the final month of the certificate period to be entitled to uninterrupted benefits. The household must be allowed at least 10 days from the date of the interview to submit any required verification that was not submitted during the interview. Any household not determined eligible in sufficient time to permit uninterrupted benefits due to the 10-day period for submission of additional verification, will, if eligible, receive a full month's benefit within five working days after supplying the missing verification.

(3)The local department must promptly act on all timely recertification applications so as to ensure delivery of uninterrupted food stamp benefits to eligible households.#

(3) The local department must promptly act on all timely recertification applications so as to ensure delivery of uninterrupted food stamp benefits to eligible households. Households receiving expiration notices can not be required to appear for an interview prior to the last month of their current certification periods. If the household fails to appear for a scheduled interview, fails to file the recertification application prior to the required time period or fails to provide missing verification by the end of the 10-day time period referred to in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, the local department must deny the recertification application.