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272 A claim is not subject to the requirement for delinquent debts if the Agency is unable to determine delinquency status because collection is coordinated through the court system.

Recipient claims that are 90 days delinquent may be referred to the Claims Collection Unit (CCU) at State Office. CHIP automatically transfers these claims from the local county DSS Office on CHIP to CCU at a monthly delinquency determination. Once a delinquent claim has been transferred to CCU, the primary responsibility for collection action belongs to CCU.

CCU will initiate collection on delinquent SNAP recipient claims by:

• The SC Department of Revenue Debt Offset Program for claims at least 90 days delinquent • The federal Treasury Offset Program for claims at least 180 days delinquent.

2 3 . 1 0 E B T C L I E N T I N T E G R I T Y P R O J E C T The EBT Client Integrity Project is an EBT anti-fraud project designed to deter fraudulent misuse of the EBT card and/or benefits in the EBT account.

Economic Services staff should refer any suspected misuse of the EBT card or SNAP benefits to the Benefit Integrity staff who will review and research available data regarding suspected misuse and determine if contact with the household is necessary to obtain documentation as to the nature of the misuse.

Disqualification from SNAP may occur if it is determined that a recipient has misused the EBT card and/or benefits in the EBT account, and adjudication supports this determination. The disqualification penalties are the same as those listed in Section 20.5 Intentional Program Violation (IPV) Disqualification Time Periods.