340:50-11-20 Scope and application processing

(a) Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SSNAP). Per Section 273.25 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, SSNAP rules in this Subchapter apply when ALL food benefit household members are included in: (1) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance; or (2) TANF cash assistance and a companion State Supplemental Payment (SSP) case. (b) When SSNAP procedures do not apply. SSNAP procedures do not apply when: (1) no household member receives TANF cash assistance; (2) all household members receive SSP; or (3) any household member is a disqualified or ineligible food benefit household member, per Oklahoma Administrative Code 340:50-5-10.1. (c) Household definition. Food benefit household members are determined using Part 1 of Subchapter 5 of this Chapter. (d) TANF applicants. When the household applies for TANF, the worker determines if the applicant wants to receive or is currently receiving food benefits. (1) When the household currently receives non-public assistance (non-PA) food benefits, the food benefits remain non-PA until TANF is certified. (2) When the household does not receive food benefits and applies for TANF and food benefits at the same time, SSNAP rules are not used to determine food benefit eligibility when the: (A) household qualifies for expedited service and the TANF application will not be certified within seven-calendar days; (B) TANF application eligibility determination process will take longer than 30-calendar days; (C) TANF application will not be certified for the application month and food benefits must be issued for the initial month; or (D) worker denies the TANF application and the food benefit application is pending.