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400 12.6 Dependent Care Deduction: This section has been updated to provide clarification on the dependent care deduction and to add allowable dependent care costs.

15.3 Simplified Reporting Households: This section has been revised to remove “An ABAWD’s work hours fall below 20 hours per week” since this does not apply to the households in which all adult members are elderly or disabled with no earned income.

15.7 Unclear Information: This section has been updated to define unclear information and when a request for contact may be made to clarify and/or verify unclear information during the certification period. 19.1 Definition of the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP): This section has been updated to reflect the current shelter threshold for “shelter high” and “shelter low” for SCCAP households.

22.4 Authorizing EBT Issuance: This section has been updated to explain the issuance cycle of SNAP benefits based on the last digit of the recipient’s SNAP case number. 23.2 Possible Recipient Claims (1) Certification Staff Responsibilities for Possible Recipient Claims: This section has been updated to mirror the current certification workers’ responsibilities as outlined in the SNAP/TANF Program Benefit Integrity Manual. SNAP Tool Kit 1: Accommodations Assessment for LEP Clients: This section has been updated with a current version of the Accommodations Assessment for LEP Clients. SNAP Tool Kit 2: Important Points for LEP/SI Clients: This section has been updated with a current version of the Important Points for LEP/SI Clients. SNAP Tool Kit 4: Acceptable Verification of U. S. Citizenship & Non-Citizen Eligibility: This section has been updated to remove the I-151, Alien Registration Receipt Card from the Tool Kit as it is no longer valid. In addition, the name of the I-551 has been changed from Resident Alien Card to Permanent Resident Card and the card now contains 2-year or 10-year expiration dates. However, the older versions of the I-551, Resident Alien cards, do not have expiration dates and may still be valid.

SNAP Tool Kit 8: SNAP Cheat Sheets: This section has been updated to include an additional COA code on the Commonly Used Non-Citizen COA Codes chart. I-151 has been removed throughout the SNAP Manual. The word “Recertification” has been replaced throughout the SNAP manual to “Renewal.”

The word “Alien” has been replaced throughout the SNAP manual to “Non-citizen.”

Immigration and Naturalization Service and the acronym “INS” have been replaced throughout the SNAP manual to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and “USCIS.”

Recipient Claims Worker and the acronym “RCW” have been replaced throughout the SNAP Manual