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Contact SNAP program staff for assistance for prior to 1978.

Each individual may earn a maximum of four credits in a year. A credit will not be included in the 40 quarter computation until the first day of the quarter. Calendar quarters mean the calendar months ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of any year.

Any quarters earned from January 1997 and later may not be credited to an individual who received TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, or SSI in any month during that quarter.

3354 VERIFICATION OF QUALIFYING QUARTERS

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides verification of the quarters of covered earned income amounts via SVES. To obtain the information, the non-citizen must sign SSA form 3288, “Consent for Release of Information”, located at P:\Division of Economic Assistance\(1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)\SNAP Forms. Each adult must sign his or her own consent form. Adults may sign for minor children if they are a parent or legal guardian of the child. The legal guardian of a legally incompetent adult may sign for the adult. Verification of the legal guardian status is required.

The information is requested on-line via SVES. A consent form releasing the information will continue to be required and must be filed in the permanent section of the case file (section 4) for auditing purposes. Prior to receiving any information from SSA files the “Consent for Release of Information” must be properly signed. The SVES manual provides instructions on how to obtain 40 quarter information. If non-household member refuses to sign or cannot be located to authorize release of his/her information, contact the Social Security Administration for guidance. SSA’s income verification is generally a year behind. To obtain last year’s earned income, income tax forms, W-2 forms, Schedule SE, wage stubs, etc., may be used to verify earned income.

SNAP benefits may be continued for a maximum period of 6 months if SSA is completing an investigation to resolve the individual’s qualifying quarters if 1. The individual is a lawful permanent resident 2. SSA has initially determined less than 40 quarters, and 3. The individual provides documentation produced by SSA indicating SSA is investigating the number of quarters creditable to the alien. The six month time frame starts from the date of SSA’s initial review and continues until the SSA’s review is complete or six months have elapsed, whichever is sooner.

Example: John earned $900 January 2017 and applied in February 2017. He would receive one credit for the first quarter of 2017.