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76 NOTE: Postponed verification must be provided within 30 days for households applying on or before the 15th of the month, and by the end of the second month for households applying after the 15th of the month. The Economic Services worker who processes the expedited application with postponed verification must set multiple alerts on the case. An alert for the date of the case/application was expedited, and another alert for either two (2) days later (for prisoner and/or death matches) or thirty (30) days later (for required verification), depending on what is being requested or the reason the case is being pended. This process is in place to ensure that the case is closed if the postponed verification has not been submitted. Households which apply for initial benefits, are entitled to expedited service, have completed the application process, and have been determined eligible to receive benefits for the initial month and the next subsequent month, will receive a combined allotment consisting of prorated benefits for the initial month of application and benefits for the first full month of participation within the expedited service timeframe. For subsequent months, the household must satisfy the verification requirements which were postponed and be certified under normal processing standards. If the household does not satisfy the postponed verification requirements, the Agency does not need to contact the household again before closing the case. There is no limit to the number of times a household can be certified under expedited procedures, as long as prior to each expedited certification, the household either completes the verification requirements that were postponed at the last expedited certification or was certified under normal processing standards since the last expedited certification. Entitlement to expedited service will not apply at recertification if a household reapplies before the end of its current certification period. Households not entitled to expedited service will have their applications processed according to section 6.1 Normal Processing Standards.