1. (1) Individuals who are determined to be eligible through streamlined certification as described in OAR 461-196-0060, are not required to provide verification (see OAR 461-196-0200).

2. (2) Summer EBT (SEBT) applications (see OAR 461-196-0020) are subject to the following verification requirements at any time during the eligibility period (see OAR 461-196-0020 and 461-196-0060):

   1. (a) Verification for Cause. The Department (see OAR 461-196-0020) must verify for cause SEBT applications when the Department has knowledge or available information suggesting a filing group (see OAR 461-196-0020) has intentionally misreported its income, including by leaving the income fields blank on the SEBT application.

   2. (b) Verification Sample of three percent of Approved Applications.

      1. (A) The Department must verify eligibility of children in a sample of SEBT applications approved for benefits for the summer.
      2. (B) The sample size for the Department must equal three percent of all SEBT applications approved by the Department from the start of the eligibility period through April 1 of the school year immediately preceding the summer operational period (see OAR 461-196-0020 and 461-196-0060), selected randomly from all applications.
3. (3) Individuals must provide verification when requested by the Department. The Department will notify the filing group through a Notice of Request for Information as described in OAR 461-196-0100, when verification, or additional verification, of any factor affecting eligibility is required.
4. (4) The Department must give filing groups at least 15 calendar days to provide required verification.
5. (5) The Department must make at least two follow up attempts, at least one week apart, to contact a filing group that does not respond to a Notice of Request for Information. The follow up attempts can be made by a telephone call, email or mail.
6. (6) SEBT benefits cannot be issued for SEBT applications selected for verification until the verification process is completed with the exception of verification for cause, as described in subsection (2)(a) of this rule.
7. (7) If the filing group refuses to cooperate or fails to provide verification when requested by the Department, the filing group’s application for SEBT benefits will be denied.
   

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 411.060

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 411.060

History

SSP 12-2025, amend filed 06/26/2025, effective 07/01/2025
SSP 58-2024, adopt filed 11/27/2024, effective 12/01/2024
SSP 40-2024, temporary adopt filed 06/18/2024, effective 06/18/2024 through 12/14/2024