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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 15 of 20 b. Any reported changes must be acted upon during the certification. 13.If a household’s circumstances warrant them not being placed in SR the household loses the reporting criteria for SR. 14.If a household no longer qualifies as an SR case during the certification period, the household will retain the SR status through the certification period. 15.If an expedited household postpones submission of verifications, assign the household a certification period using the following options: a. Certify the household only for the month of application, unless the application was filed after the fifteenth (15th) of the month; When the household applies after the fifteenth (15th) of the month, certify the household for at least two (2) months (month of application and the following month); or b. Assign a normal certification period when the household’s circumstances would otherwise warrant it. Do not issue benefits other than the initial expedited issuance until after all postponed verification is provided. 16.When receipt of verification is postponed in a case that is expedited, provide the household with a notice indicating the following: a. Benefits have been approved however, verification must be provided, or no further benefits will be issued; b. If verification is postponed, what verification is needed, and that no further benefits will be issued until the postponed verification is provided; c. That in cases where the household has been assigned a certification period longer than one month, the household has thirty (30) days from the application date to provide the postponed verification; and d. That if the verification results in a change in the household’s eligibility or benefit amount, the change will be made without advance notice of adverse action. 17.If a household has a one-time medical expense that could be prorated over the certification period, staff must allow the household one of the following options based on their certification. a. For households certified for six (6) months shall have the option to; i. Deduct the expense in the first month of the certification period, or ii. Average the expense over six (6)months of the certification period. b. For households that qualify and are certified for twenty-four (24) months have the option to: i. Deduct the expense in the first month of the certification period, ii. Average the expense over the first 12 (twelve) months of the certification period, or iii. Average the expense over the entire twenty-four (24) month certification period.