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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 11 of 20 7. Expedited service timeliness standards do not begin until the household files an application. 8. If the household does not have an EBT card, the application would need to be completed on or before the fourth (4th) calendar day to ensure that the card and benefits would be received by the seventh (7th) calendar day. 9. When a pre-screener fails to identify a household as eligible for expedited service, and the Eligibility Counselor subsequently discovers that the household is entitled to expedited service, the household must receive benefits on or before the seventh (7th) calendar day from the date of discovery. 10.There is no limit to the number of times a household may be certified under the expedited procedures, as long as prior to each expedited approval, the household either a. completes the verification requirements that were postponed for the expedited approval; or b. was certified under normal processing standards since the last expedited approval. Authorizing Action to be Taken Based on Eligibility 1. Households found eligible after consideration of the non-financial criteria found in SNAP Policy 24.10 Residency Requirements and SNAP Policy 24.16 Voluntary Quit, should have their countable income compared to the monthly income eligibility standards for the appropriate household size to determine if the household is eligible based on financial criteria. 2. Households, which do not contain a member who is elderly or disabled, are subject to a gross income limit of one hundred thirty (130) percent of the poverty level income standard. 3. To determine this limit, nonexempt gross income will be added together, and this sum must be compared to the eligibility limit for the appropriate household size. a. If the monthly income exceeds the amount for the appropriate household size, the household is ineligible. b. If the monthly income is less than or equal to the gross income limit, normal procedures allowing deductions will be followed and then the net income must be subject to the net monthly income guidelines. Guidelines for the gross and net monthly income standards are given in Policy 24.14 SNAP Income. 4. To determine the household’s monthly benefits, the Eligibility Counselor may refer to Income and Budgeting Procedures. No benefits of under ten dollars ($10.00) will be issued for the initial prorated month. 5. The amount of the household’s benefits for the initial month of certification will be based on the day of the month it applies for the benefits. The following procedures will be used to determine the amount of initial benefits: a. A household’s benefit level for the initial month of certification will be based on the day of the month it applies for benefits. Using the calendar month, households will receive benefits prorated from the day of application to the end of the month.