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371 Section 15.7 Action on Simplified Reporting Households: Changed to add sentence explaining what must be included when notifying household of incomplete simplified report form. Volume 7 March 2010 Section 3.3(2) Filing An Application For SNAP – Contacting the SNAP Office: Re-worded this section to accommodate procedures using SCOSA. Section 3.7 Interviews: Changed to clarify procedures. Section 7.3 (1) Citizenship and Alien Status – Household member meeting citizenship or alien status requirements: Policy has changed to allow Iraqi and Afghani special immigrants to be treated the same as refugees. They are eligible for SNAP indefinitely and with no waiting period. Section 11.3 (C) Earned Income – AmeriCorps State and National and (D) Earned Income – AmeriCorps VISTA: Clarified policy by adding AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Vista as separate types of income. Section 11.3 (I) Earned Income – Earned Income – Census Income for temporary employees connected with the 2010 Census: Policy has changed so Census income for temporary workers connected to the 2010 census was added to Earned Income Chart with note that this income is excluded. Section 11.3 (L) Earned Income – Domestic Service Act payments (includes University Year for Action, Urban Crime Prevention Program, VISTA): Re-worded to add clarification. Section 11.3 (T) Earned Income – Repayment – Voluntary or involuntary return of monies owed: Added to include statement that repayments from earned income source is excluded. Section 13.1 Determining Household Eligibility and Benefit Levels – Prospective Eligibility: Policy has been changed regarding calculating prospective income. The change allows more flexibility in what verification may be used. Section 17.2 Recertification Interview: Changed to clarify procedures. We will use the same telephone interview procedures for recertifications as we do for applications. Section 19.1 Federal Demonstration Projects – Definition of the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP) and 19.2 Federal Demonstration Projects – Eligibility Determination for the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP): this section was revised to give expanded and updated information regarding the SCCAP program. Volume 8 August 2010 Section 7.3 (1) Citizenship and Alien Status-Household members meeting citizenship or alien status requirements: This section was expanded to accommodate the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; Final Rule.