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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND VOLUNTARY QUIT/WORK REDUCTION

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a. A recertification is filed March 15. Deny the recertification for three months, from April through June.

b. No recertification is filed by March 31. Establish a claim beginning February 1, the first of the month following the quit.

There are two months from February to March, the last month of the certification period. Consider the period of ineligibility to extend through April to complete the three-month period of ineligibility.

Each household has a right to a fair hearing to appeal a termination or reduction of benefits due to a determination that the household's head or other household member voluntarily quit a job or reduced the work effort without good cause. If the participating household requests a hearing and receives continuation of benefits and the local agency determination is upheld, the disqualification period will begin the first of the month after the hearing decision is rendered.

5. Changes in Household Composition After a Sanction Has Been Determined

A sanction will follow an individual who voluntarily quit or reduced employment when the person leaves the household of which he/she was a member when the quit or reduction occurred. The sanction will follow such a member who joins another participating household as its head if the original sanction period has not yet expired. The Advance Notice of Proposed Action must be sent to close the case if the household is currently certified. If the individual files an application alone or with persons who are not receiving SNAP benefits, the application must be denied if the original sanction period has not yet expired. The new household remains ineligible for the remainder of the sanction period. If an individual who voluntarily quit or reduced work joins a new household and is not its head, the individual remains disqualified for the balance of the sanction period.

If a participating household reports the addition of a person who quit a job within 60 days of the report, and that individual meets the definition of the head of the household, the BPS must evaluate voluntary quit provisions.

6. Ending a Voluntary Quit or Work Reduction Disqualification

Following the end of the disqualification period, a household may reapply and be eligible for SNAP benefits.

Eligibility may be reestablished during a disqualification period and the household is allowed to resume participation if the member who caused the disqualification leaves the household.

Eligibility may also be reestablished if the violator becomes exempt from the work registration requirements under Part VIII.A.1 except for TANF Employment Services Program registration (Part VIII.A.1.c) or an application for or receipt of Unemployment Compensation (Part VIII.A.1.f).

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