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INTERPRETIVE MEMO [X] All Programs Rule Interpretation [ ] Procedural Instruction This memo remains effective statewide until it is specifically superseded – either by a subsequent memo or by a contradictory rule with a later date. Facing page 2000 Effective date of this memo December 15, 2016 Page 2 of 2

This memo: [ ] is new [X] Replaces one dated January 24, 1997

When ESD staff receive a request for information under the claim that the disclosure of such information is required by law, the staff member must refer the matter to an ESD Benefit Programs Policy Analyst.

D. A federal, state, or local law enforcement officer has requested information about a 3SquaresVT household member. The address, social security number, and, if available, photograph of any member of a 3SquaresVT household shall be made available, on request, to any federal, state or local law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the Department with the name of the member and demonstrates that all three criteria below are met:

1. The member:

a. is fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody or confinement after conviction for a crime (or attempt to commit a crime) that, under the law of the place the member is fleeing, is a felony (or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor), or is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law; or

b. has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related to paragraph a above; and

2. locating or apprehending the member is an official duty; and

3. the request is being made in the proper exercise of an official duty.

ESD staff must refer requests for information from law enforcement to an ESD Benefit Programs Policy Analyst.