1. (1) No household may participate beyond the expiration of the certification period without a determination of eligibility for a new period.
2. (2) Notice of Expiration: Each certified household shall be provided with a Notice of Expiration prior to the start of the last month of the household’s certification period. (The notices are automated.) Any household certified for one month or when the certification action is not completed until the second month of a two-month certification shall have a Notice of Expiration provided at the time of certification. The notice shall contain the date by which the household must timely reapply in order to ensure uninterrupted benefits

3. (3) Timely Applications for Recertification: All households that are certified for one month, or certified for two months in the second month of certification, shall have 15 days from the date the Notice of Expiration is received to file a timely application for recertification.

   All other households who submit identifiable applications between the first day and by the 15th day of the last month of the certification period shall be considered to have a timely application for recertification.

4. (4) Scheduling Timely Recertification Interviews: Any household receiving a Notice of Expiration shall attend any interview scheduled by the county department after the date the application is timely filed in order to retain its right to uninterrupted benefits. The household shall be provided at least 10 calendar days from the date of the county department’s initial request for verification to provide the verification.

   The county department shall ensure that any household which timely reapplies does not lose its rights to uninterrupted benefits for failure to submit any requested verification prior to the date the household submits a timely application for recertification, and that the household is adequately informed of this procedure.

Author: Amy Plunkett

Statutory Authority: 7 C.F.R. 273-14.

Editor’s Note: Chapter 660-4-7 - Monthly Reporting And Retrospective Budgeting was replaced with a new chapter per certification filed October 9, 2018; Effective November 23, 2018. Below is list of previous repealed rules.

History: Emergency new rule effective April 20, 1990. Permanent adoption effective July 11, 1990. Repealed: Filed November 1, 1995; effective December 6, 1995. New Rule: Filed October 9, 2018; effective November 23, 2018.