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Applications must be given to anyone who requests the form. Each household has the right to file an application on the same day the household contacts the office during office hours. The local office must ensure that a person can obtain an application packet within 15 minutes of coming into the office. Staff must advise the household that an applicant does not have to be interviewed before filing the application. The household may file an incomplete application as long as the form contains the applicant's name, address, and signature as explained in A-121 , Receipt of Application.

Program Ways to Request an Application* Ways to Submit an Application Applications TANF Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; By fax; or By phone. Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; or By fax. YourTexasBenefits.com Form H1010 , Texas Works Application for Assistance — Your Texas Benefits : Staff must also provide the following forms with the application: Form H1830 , Application/Review/Expiration/Appointment Notice; form VR30, Texas Voter Registration Application ; Form H0050 , Parent Profile Questionnaire, for each absent parent; Appropriate program pamphlets; and A postage-paid return envelope. SNAP Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; By fax; or By phone. Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; or By fax. YourTexasBenefits.com Form H1010 , Texas Works Application for Assistance — Your Texas Benefits: Staff must also provide the following forms with the application: Form H1830 , Application/Review/Expiration/Appointment Notice; form VR30, Texas Voter Registration Application ; Appropriate program pamphlets; and A postage-paid return envelope. Note: Form H1805 , SNAP Food Benefits: Your Rights and Program Rules, must be included in the application packet or given to the applicant during the interview. Medical Programs Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; By fax; or By phone. Online through YourTexasBenefits.com; In the local office; By mail; By fax; or By phone. YourTexasBenefits.com Form H1010 , Texas Works Application for Assistance — Your Texas Benefits: Staff must also provide the following forms with the application: Form H1830 , Application/Review/Expiration/Appointment Notice (if applicable); form VR30, Texas Voter Registration Application ; Appropriate program pamphlets; and A postage-paid return envelope. Form H1205 , Texas Streamlined Application: Staff must also provide the following forms with the application: Form H1830 , Application/Review/Expiration/Appointment Notice (if applicable); form VR30, Texas Voter Registration Application ; Appropriate program pamphlets; and A postage-paid return envelope.

* Staff must give the applicant an application on the same day it is requested. If a household contacts the local office by telephone and does not wish to come to the designated office to file an application on the same day of the request and prefers receiving the application by mail, staff send an application packet on the same day of the telephone request. For written requests, including those received electronically or by fax, staff mail an application packet on the same day the request is received.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) must accommodate reasonable requests to receive communications by alternative means or at alternative locations. The individual must specify in writing the alternate mailing address or means of contact, and include a statement that using the home mailing address or normal means of contact could endanger the individual.

Note: Individuals applying for Medical Programs may also use the Marketplace-only applications explained in A-113.1 , Application Forms. These applications can be submitted to HHSC in person, by fax, by mail, or via an account transfer explained in A-118 , Coordination with the Federal Marketplace.