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11 15.7 Unclear Information ............................................................................................. 211 15.8 Mass Changes ....................................................................................................... 214 15.9 Failure to Report ................................................................................................... 214 Chapter 16 Notice of Adverse Action ............................................................................... 215 16.1 Use of Notice ........................................................................................................ 215 16.2 Exemptions from Notice ...................................................................................... 216 16.3 Adequate Notice when the Household’s Address is Unknown ............................ 217 Chapter 17 Recertification of SNAP Households ............................................................ 218 17.1 Recertification Process ......................................................................................... 218 (1) Notice of Expiration (NOE).............................................................................. 218 (2) Recertification application ............................................................................... 219 17.2 Recertifcation Interview ....................................................................................... 219 17.3 Processing Applications For Recertifications ...................................................... 220 (1) Timely recertification .................................................................................... 220 (2) Untimely recertification .................................................................................... 221 (3) Late recertification............................................................................................ 222 17.4 Agency Failure to Provide an Opportunity to Participate at recertification ......... 222 17.5 Prorated Benefits at recertification ....................................................................... 223 17.6 Expedited Service at Recertification .................................................................... 223 Chapter 18 Fair Hearings ................................................................................................... 224 18.1 Fair Hearing Definition ........................................................................................ 224 18.2 Time Frames ......................................................................................................... 224 18.3 Continuation of Benefits ...................................................................................... 225 (1) Timely request for a fair hearing .................................................................... 225 (2) Untimely request for a fair hearing ................................................................. 225 (3) Reducing or terminating continued benefits .................................................. 225 18.4 Mass Changes ....................................................................................................... 226 18.5 Responsibilities Regarding the Fair Hearing Process .......................................... 226 (1) Responsibilities of the Agency’s Economic Services worker ........................ 226 (2) Responsibilities of the Economic Services supervisor ................................... 227 (3) Responsibilities of the SNAP household ......................................................... 228 18.6 Denial/Dismissal of Fair Hearing Requests ......................................................... 228 18.7 Fair Hearing Summary ......................................................................................... 229 18.8 Scheduling the Fair Hearing ................................................................................. 230 18.9 Fair Hearing Procedures ....................................................................................... 231 (1) Fair Hearing Procedures for Regionalized Specialized Workload (RSW).. 231 (2) Responsibilities of the hearing officer during a hearing ............................... 231 (3) Responsibilities of the Economic Services worker or Economic Services supervisor ................................................................................................................... 232 (4) Responsibilities of the household ..................................................................... 232 18.10 Evidence Applicable in a Fair Hearing .............................................................. 232 18.11 Fair Hearing Decision ........................................................................................ 233 (1) Fair Hearing committee ................................................................................... 233