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380 Section 11.5 Unearned Income (G) Deferred Payment Loans for Education: This is no longer considered unearned income. Section 11.7 Educational Assistance: This section has been changed to exercise the state option to exclude educational assistance in accordance with SC Medicaid rules and outlines the educational assistance that is excluded. Section 15.5 Actions on Reported Changes (2) Decrease in Benefits: the phrase “or all adult household members have died” has been added to the first paragraph in this section to point out that cases should be closed when all adults in the household have died. Section 17.2 Recertification Interview: The procedure for interviewing households who have filed annual recertifications has been re-defined to be consistent with Directive Memo D11-27, New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy for Scheduling Telephone Interviews. Volume 19 May 2012 Section 1.3 General Terms and Conditions (6) Retention of Records: Verbiage has been added to specify that eligibility records should be kept for four (4) years from the current date.

Section 7.4 Students (2) Student Exceptions: A link has been added to item “k” which takes the user to the E&T components section (Section 9.5). Section 8.4 E&T Program Referrals: This section has been revised to add mandatory participation in E&T for ABAWDs residing in 10 additional counties. Section 9.1 SNAP Employment & Training Program: This section has been revised to add South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce as a partner to assist ABAWDs in securing employment, and to add mandatory participation in E&T for ABAWDs residing in 10 additional counties. Section 9.2 Referrals to the SNAP Employment and Training Program: Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Darlington, Georgetown, Greenville, Greenwood, Lancaster, Orangeburg and Sumter counties have been added to the list of counties mandatory for E&T by ABAWDs. Section 9.3 Failure to Comply with SNAP Employment and Training Requirements: This section has been revised to include 10 additional mandatory E&T counties for ABAWDs as well as to add DEW as a provider. Section 11.5 Unearned Income (OO) Social Security Benefits (SSA): This section has been corrected to specify that certification workers should use the “Total Net Amount” field on BDX for social security income. Volume 20 October 2012 Section 3.7 Interviews: This section has been amended to include telephone interviews as a method for conducting initial interview with SNAP applicants. Procedures for the new On Demand interview process have also been added.