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Subject: SNAP Continued Responsibilities
Policy 24.25 Date of Last Review: 11/30//2023 Effective Date: 02/15/2023 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 11 of 13 household’s circumstances, the case management system generates the appropriate notice. 2. If the Families First benefits are terminated but the household is still eligible for SNAP benefits, members of the household shall be advised of SNAP work registration requirements, if applicable, as their Families First work requirement no longer applies. 3. Staff shall refer to supporting document Changes Affecting SNAP Households Receiving Families First Payment. Replacement Benefits Replacement benefits shall be provided to a household when the household reports that food purchased with SNAP benefits was destroyed in a household misfortune. a. Replacement benefits shall only be provided if a household is determined eligible and also reports a loss timely unless a timely reporting waiver is approved by FNS. The report will be considered timely if is made within ten (10) days of the date food is destroyed in a household misfortune. b. Staff shall refer to Food Loss Manual Issuances for SNAP Due to Different Types of Misfortunes or Disasters for procedures with verifying the misfortune and the process for issuing the replacement. Computer Matches 1. Staff shall not take any adverse action to terminate, deny, suspend, or reduce benefits for a household based on information received from data matches unless the information is verified upon receipt (staff shall refer to Reporting Requirements and Act on All Changes and Discrepancies with Verified Data Matches). 2. For data matches that are not verified upon receipt, staff shall verify with the household any match information received before: a. Approving an application, or b. Taking action on the information reported in the data match for an active case. 3. The following data matches are not verified upon receipt but may require specific action during the certification period: a. National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) (Staff shall refer to National Directory of New Hires for SNAP for procedures) b. Prisoner Verification System Match (Staff shall refer to Incarcerated and Deceased Reports for SNAP for procedures) c. Deceased Individual Match (Staff shall refer to Incarcerated and Deceased Reports for SNAP for procedures) Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) Match (Staff shall refer to the supporting document Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) Match for procedures)