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Subject: SNAP Application Processing

Policy 24.02 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 12/01/2022 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 10 of 20 3. Expedited SNAP applications for applicants applying through the fifteenth (15th) of the month, with all required verifications for ongoing eligibility and determined eligible are issued benefits for the month of application, given a normal reapplication (recertification) period, and will receive future benefits in the staggered issuance cycle. 4. Expedited SNAP applications for applicants applying through the fifteenth (15th) of the month without verifications required for ongoing eligibility, but eligible according to expedited criteria are issued benefits for the month of application and given a normal reapplication period. Issuance is set for the month of application only. Future issuances are withheld pending required verification. a. When verifications are provided before cut-off in the month of application and the case continues to be eligible, the second month’s issuance occurs in the staggered cycle. b. When the verification is provided after the cut-off, the second month’s issuance occurs in the first daily batch after the verification is entered. 5. Expedited SNAP applications for applicants applying after the fifteenth (15th) of the month, with or without all the verifications required for ongoing benefits are issued benefits for the prorated application month and the first recurring month at the same time. The case is given a normal issuance cycle. a. Applicants that provide all the required verifications prior to the cut-off of the second month, the third month’s benefits (recurring) will occur in the staggered issuance cycle. b. For applicants that are interviewed and provide all the required verifications after the cut­ off of the second month, the third month’s benefits will be issued on the first working day of the third month. c. For applicants that have an outstanding SNAP claim and recoupment is appropriate, recoupment will begin the first full month’s benefits of the month-and-a-half issuance. Refer to Section M. Certification Periods below for special postponed verification procedures. d. When receipt of the verification is postponed from sources within the state for migrant households follow procedures in item three (3) above. e. When the verification is postponed from out-of-state sources for migrant households: i. issue their prorated initial month’s benefits within the expedited timeframe; ii. issue their second month’s benefits on the actual first working day of the second calendar month; and iii. issue their third month’s benefits within five working days from the receipt of the postponed out-of-state verification, or on the first actual working day of the third month, whichever is later. 6. For households entitled to expedited service, the county office will determine eligibility timely enough for the household to receive the benefits on or before the seventh (7th) calendar day following the application date.