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217 (H) The Agency has assigned a longer certification period to a household certified on an expedited basis and for whom verification was postponed, provided the household has received written notice that the receipt of benefits beyond the month of application is contingent on its providing the verification which was initially postponed and that the Agency may act on the verified information without further notice. (I) Converting a household to benefit reduction as a result of failure to make agreed upon repayment as discussed in Section 23.7 Collection of Recipient Claims. (J) The Agency is terminating the eligibility of a resident of a Drug Addiction or Alcoholic (DAA) treatment center or a Group Living Arrangement (GLA) if the facility loses either its certification from the appropriate agency or agencies of the State or has its status as an authorized representative suspended due to FNS disqualifying it as a retailer. However, residents of group living arrangements applying on their own behalf are still eligible to participate. (K) The household voluntarily requests, in writing or in the presence of a caseworker, that its participation be terminated. If the household does not provide a written request, the Agency will send the household a letter confirming the voluntary withdrawal. Written confirmation does not entail the same rights as a notice of adverse action except that the household may request a fair hearing. (L) The Agency determines, based on reliable information that the household will not be residing in the State and, therefore, will not be entitled to obtain its next allotment. The Agency will inform the household of its termination no later than its next scheduled issuance date. While the Agency may inform the household before its next issuance date, the Agency will not delay terminating the household's participation in order to provide advance notice. (M) The Agency initiates recoupment of a claim as specified in Section 23.9 Delinquent Recipient Claims against a household which has previously received a notice of adverse action with respect to such claim.

1 6 . 3 A D E Q U A T E N O T I C E W H E N T H E H O U S E H O L D ’ S A D D R E S S I S U N K N O W N The Agency will take no action during the certification period when the household's address is unknown, and mail directed to it (including initial approval notices) has been returned by the post office indicating no known forwarding address. This information should be filed in the case record and will be acted on at the next mandatory re-budget of the case as provided in Section 15.4 Interim Changes For Simplified Reporting Households.