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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 79 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process

1.4.18.E.2 When a New Application Is Required In the following redetermination situations, a new application is required. Benefits for the first month of certification and the beginning of the certification period are determined as they are for any other applicant. • The verification is due within the last month of the certification period and is not returned by the end of the certification period or during the following month; or • The verification is due after the last day of the certification period and is not returned by the last day of the month it was due, i.e., the month following the end of the certification period. • The AG does not submit a redetermination before the end of the certification period. If the CSLE/CSLR is not completed and returned by the end of the certification period, benefits are stopped. Notice of closure is required, but advance notice is not required. If the CSLE/CSLR is returned in the month after the end of the certification period, no DFA-2 or DFA-SNAP-1 is required for reapplication. The CSLE/CSLR is used as the application form and benefits are prorated from the date the application is received in that month. You must screen for expedited service for any household that applies after the end of the certification period and, if determined eligible for expedited service, the household must have an opportunity to participate within 7 days from the date the CSLE/CSLR was filed. Redetermination Example 1: A SNAP AG is redetermined on July 3 and submits required verification by July 20. The new certification period begins August 1. Benefits are not prorated. Redetermination Example 2: Same situation as above, but the verification is not provided until August 4. No reapplication is required, and August is the first month of the new certification period. Benefits are prorated from August 4. Redetermination Example 3: A SNAP AG is redetermined on July 29 and the verification is due by August 8. The verification is received in the local office on August 4. The first month of the new certification period is August. Benefits are not prorated. Redetermination Example 4: Same situation as above, but the verification is returned on August 20. The first month of the new certification period is August. Benefits are prorated from August 20. Redetermination Example 5: Same situation, but the verification is not returned until September 3. The AG must apply with a new application because the