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390 Section 11.1 (2) Net Income eligibility standards: This section has been revised to update the table containing gross and net monthly income limits for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016.

Section 11.5 Unearned Income (J) Dividends, interest income and royalties: This section has been revised to remove “Interest income and royalties” from the note.

Section 11.5 Unearned Income (K) Dividends from excludable resources: This section has been updated to add a note with the following verbiage “All resources are excluded from categorically eligible households.”

Section 11.5 Unearned Income (U) Interest income, dividends and royalties: This section has been revised to remove “Dividends and royalties.”

Section 11.5 Unearned Income (II) Royalties, dividends and interest income: This section has been updated to remove “Dividends and interest income” from the note.

Section 12.1 Income Deductions/General: This section has been updated to provide the maximum excess shelter, MUA and BUA amounts to reflect changes effective 10/01/2015.

Section 12.2 Standard Deduction: This section has been updated to provide the standard deduction amounts to reflect the increases effective 10/01/2015.

Section 13.1 Prospective Eligibility: This section has been updated to change the word “greatly” to the word “significant.”

Section 13.5 Determining Deductions: This section has been changed to clarify that allowable deductions for dependent care expenses can only be granted if service is provided by someone outside of the SNAP household and the SNAP household must be making a money payment for the service.

Section 13.6 (2) Eligibility: This section has been revised to update the table containing the gross and net income limits for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016.

Section 14.3 (1) DAA Eligibility for SNAP: This section has been updated to correct the website for South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) for clarity.

Section 15.4 Interim Changes for Simplified Reporting Household: This section has been updated to change the subtitle to indicate the interim changes are considered verified upon receipt. Death Reports have been removed and Employment information and Fleeing Felon Alerts have been added.

Section 19.1 Definition of the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP): This section has been updated to change the shelter thresholds for “shelter high” and “shelter low” SCCAP households.

The National Directory of Contacts has been updated to list the new email address and fax number for out of state inquiries for SNAP and TANF benefits for the state of South Carolina.