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Page | 66  Police reports  Court records/orders  Medical records  Statements from CPS d) A written statement from a public or private agency confirming the parent is being assisted in the decision to keep the child or give the child up for adoption. e) Written statements from individuals, other than the parent with whom the child live, who have knowledge of the household’s circumstances which provide the basis for a good cause claim. f) A written statement from the parent with whom the child lives, which provides sufficient basis for a good cause claim. g) A written statement from the parent with whom the child lives that the parent not in the home is living in another country and is unable to join the family due to political violence. While Benefits Specialists are responsible for making all “good cause” determinations, there may be occasions when the Division of Child Support (DCS) grants good cause. If this occurs, DCS will send a copy of the completed SE-422C Good Cause document to the Benefits Specialist, who should scan it into File Director. ACCESS should be updated with appropriate coding to reflect good cause. Adult non heads of households with children who have a parent living outside the household, are allowed good cause for not cooperating with DCS

3820 CURING NON-COOPERATION WITH DCS

If a SNAP head of household has a previous non-cooperation with DCS, they must clear up the sanction with DCS before they can be added to SNAP.

If the customer states they would now like to cooperate with DCS, EA Staff will assist the customer in determining what actions he/she must take to remove the non-cooperation. EA and DCS staff should work together to help the customer cooperate and then cure the sanction. If there are situations that are proving difficult to resolve, please contact SNAP state office staff for assistance.

For households that may be expedited, EABS will need to approve the case with the head of household sanctioned if they do not resolve the sanction with DCS prior to the 7th day. For non- expedited households, the household should be given the full 30 days to resolve the sanction prior to approving the case. 3830 COOPERATION WITH DCS WHEN ADDING CHILD(REN)

When an ongoing SNAP household is adding a child(ren) or when a newborn is being added, the head of household, who is the parent with whom the child is living, is required to cooperate with DCS by completing the EA-231/232. In these situations, the head of household must be given 10 days to complete these forms, providing information about the parent who is not in the household. In order to meet the required timeframes, if there are not 10 days remaining in the month, the child should be added to the household and the head of household given the full 10 days to cooperate.

If the information is not received within 10 days, then the head of household is sanctioned and removed following 10 day adverse action.