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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 5 of 13 Failure to Report Required Changes 1. If staff discover and verify the household failed to report a required change and as a result, received benefits to which it was not entitled exceeding $200.00, the worker will file a claim as described in Policy 24.22 SNAP Claims and Issuances. 2. If a discovery is made and verified that affects the current certification, a notice will be sent to the household explaining the change in the case. 3. Individuals will not be disqualified from SNAP for failure to report a change unless the individual is disqualified in accordance with the disqualification procedure specified described in Policy 24.22 SNAP Claims and Issuances. 4. If a household should lose benefits because of failure to report changes timely or at all, the household is not entitled to restoration of lost benefits. Mass Changes 1. Certain changes are initiated by the Department or the Federal Government which may affect the entire caseload or portions of the caseload. These changes include annual adjustments to the income eligibility standards and various deductions, adjustments to Families First standards and payment levels, Social Security and SSI benefit adjustments, and other changes in the eligibility criteria based on legislative or regulatory actions. 2. Federal SNAP program changes include federal adjustments to eligibility standards, allotments, and deductions. These adjustments shall go into effect for all applicable households at a specific point in time. 3. State SNAP program adjustments to the utility standards shall be effective for all issuance in the month specified by State Office. Although a notice of disposition is not required prior to these adjustments, appropriate notices are generated through the case management system to all affected SNAP households 4. When the Department makes an overall adjustment to Families First standard payments, corresponding adjustments in the households SNAP benefits shall be handled as a mass change. • If a household requests a fair hearing timely, benefits shall be continued at the former level only if the issue being appealed is that SNAP eligibility or benefits were improperly computed and not that benefits are reduced because of the mass change. 5. Mass changes normally occur within the case management system for all applicable SNAP cases. There are instances in which cases may be listed on an exception report for review by staff. Notice of Adverse Action 1. Prior to reducing or terminating a household’s SNAP benefits within their certification period, the household shall be provided timely and adequate advance notice before the adverse action is taken. a. An adverse action is: