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19.1 Definition of the South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP): This section has been updated to add verbiage to clarify that an SSI recipient may participate in regular SNAP under SCCAP “E” when the individual can opt out of SCCAP “Y”.

20.6 Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (DRS): This section has been updated to reflect the staff’s responsibilities in the current NDQ process within the DRS.

Tri-annual (4-month renewal) has been added to the appropriate sections throughout the SNAP Manual.

Volume 43 October 2019 1.3 (3) General Terms and Conditions (Disclosure): This section has been revised to update the language pertaining to the use or disclosure of information.

2.2 (1) Special Household Requirements (Required Household Combinations: This section has been updated to reflect that as of July 24, 2019, common-law marriages are not recognized in SC due to the SC Supreme Court ruling to abolish any future common-law marriages in South Carolina.

2.2 (2) Special Household Requirements (Elderly and disabled persons): This section has been updated effective October 1, 2019, to reflect the increase in the gross monthly income (165 percent of poverty) that is used in determining separate household eligibility for an elderly and disabled individual who is unable to buy and prepare meals separately from others with whom the individual lives.

3.9 Voter Registration Requirements: This section has been updated to reflect the Agency’s current procedures for voter registration.

5.5 Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)/State Verification and Exchange System (SVES): This section has been updated to add eDRS to the list of interfaces and query systems that must be checked, and to remove the Fleeing Felons Inquiry from the list.

7.3 Citizenship and Non-Citizen Status: This section has been updated to clarify that a non-citizen who has been lawfully admitted to permanent residence may qualify for 40 qualifying work quarters based on a sum of quarters from his/her own work, work of a parent, and/or work of a spouse.

7.4 Students: This section has been updated to link the “Note” to section 2.3 Ineligible Household Members (10) Residents of an Institution.

8.6 Disqualification Periods for Failure to Comply with SNAP Work Requirements: The section has been updated to clarify that a disqualification must follow the individual if he/she moves to another SNAP household.

8.16 Countable Months: This section has been updated to reflect the change in the percentage of the ABAWD Percent Exemptions from 15 to 12, effective October 1, 2019.