Staff must report violations as noted in B Staff must:. Individuals residing in a family violence shelter may be potentially eligible for SNAP, regardless of the number of meals the shelter provides, if the family violence shelter is an approved institution.
A family violence shelter is an approved institution if it is either:. Individuals residing in family violence shelters that are not approved institutions are potentially eligible for SNAP only if the facility provides half of their meals or less as described in B, Determining Whether an Individual Who Resides in a Facility Is Institutionalized.
Residents in eligible family violence shelters may receive SNAP benefits as individual household units or as part of a group of individuals like any other household. Resident households must meet the same income and resource standards as other households.
Resources held jointly with the person who abused the individual are considered as inaccessible. Room payments to the shelter are considered as shelter expenses. These households have the same rights to notices of adverse action, fair hearing, and lost benefits as other households. Residents should be registered for work unless otherwise exempt.
The usual processing standards for initial and later eligibility decisions, handling reported changes and other actions, and usual verification and documentation requirements apply to residents in shelters for battered persons. Family violence shelters that provide meals must be public or private nonprofit residential facilities that serve victims of family violence.
If a facility serves other people, part of the facility must be set aside on a long-term basis to serve only family violence victims. Advisors must verify the shelter's status as a nonprofit organization by seeing a current certificate from the IRS or a document from the Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts.
If the shelter is a USDA-certified retailer, the shelter's eligibility is verified. If the shelter is not a USDA-certified retailer, the household may authorize a shelter representative as secondary cardholder.
Special certification procedures based on entries made on the Living Arrangements screen allow duplicate participation until the resident is removed from the former household. The advisor must establish a new SNAP case and food account for the individual whether or not the individual is the case name or has a Lone Star Card on the previous case. Eligible individuals and their spouses may use SNAP benefits to purchase prepared meals through communal dining or meal delivery services authorized by FNS.
The Lone Star Card does not identify people qualifying for communal dining, meal delivery, or homeless people eligible for prepared meals.
If a meal-provider representative contacts HHSC about certification procedures, the advisor should refer the meal-provider representative to the EBT coordinator to approve these providers. The EBT coordinator must ensure through discussion with the meal provider that the establishment:. E — Homeless and either elderly or SSI household authorized to purchase from every service communal dining, meal delivery services or homeless meal providers.
H — Homeless household authorized to purchase from homeless meal provider. Categorically eligible households are subject to fewer eligibility requirements than other SNAP households. HHSC uses special procedures to process applications from persons who potentially meet the categorical eligibility criteria.
Categorical eligibility does not mean the applicants automatically receive SNAP. These households are exempt from verification requirements regarding:. Prorate from the SNAP application date. The effective date of benefits for TANF is the earlier of the certification date or 30 days after the file date.
The effective date of benefits for SSI applicants is the:. For the SNAP-SSI caseload , Texas is operating under a waiver that allows the state to process both timely and untimely redeterminations without an interview.
Advisors cannot deny redetermination households for a missed appointment, except for a case with earned income. For the other two situations, staff must schedule an appointment and attempt to conduct an interview but continue to process the redetermination application if the household misses the appointment. If the household is ineligible, the EDG must be denied for the appropriate reason rather than a missed appointment.
If the household submits a redetermination application by the last day of the last benefit month, no interview is required. If the file date falls after the last day of the last benefit month, an interview is required. These households may be denied for a missed appointment.
For untimely submitted redetermination applications, the initial application processing time frames are used, as stated in B , Processing Untimely Redeterminations.
If more information is needed from the household to complete the redetermination, the advisor must attempt to contact the household immediately by telephone to obtain the information. Combining the pending information notice and the appointment notice in one envelope will help staff complete the redetermination timely, rather than waiting to schedule the appointment later if the household fails to provide requested information.
The advisor should mail Form HI , Interview Notice Applications or Reviews , the same day the EDG is identified as one that must be scheduled for an interview, or no later than the next workday. If the household member misses the scheduled appointment, a missed appointment notice is not required. The advisor should continue to attempt to process the EDG without an interview.
If this occurs, the advisor must contact the household and pend the EDG if necessary to resolve the inconsistency. For the SNAP-SSI population, advisors should pay careful attention to shelter costs since this area historically is the most prone to quality control errors.
Advisors should establish the actual costs the individual pays, review the current application's reported expenses compared to the previous entries, and resolve any inconsistencies or discrepant information.
With the exception of cases with earned income, the policy on scheduling an interview before denying a household's request to recertify SNAP benefits is a federal condition of HHSC's waiver approval. The policy helps to ensure the household has a chance to explore continued eligibility before being denied.
Additionally, staff must review facts about the EDG, the household's income and all possible deductions for which the household may be eligible, especially ones that are not as commonly claimed, such as medical transportation costs or adult dependent care costs.
Staff must call the household to conduct the interview if a phone number is available. Form H must be mailed the same day, or no later than the next workday, when the EDG is identified as one that requires an interview. Staff must continue to attempt to process the redetermination, and deny if ineligible using normal processing time frames.
After the local office completes an initial certification, an automated process converts EDGs that meet the criteria to CBS. The automated process occurs monthly at cutoff. The individual is mailed a notice to inform the individual:. The notice includes contact information. Local office staff may fax changes to CBS.
The vendor will create a task for online or mailed changes. The individual can print an image of the medical care identification card and request a replacement online through YourTexasBenefits. The local office must coordinate with CBS to determine the effective date of certification when a youth certified for TP 70, TA 82, or TP 44 Medicaid coverage to eligible youths in the custody of or released from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department , or an adult certified for TA 67, applies for Medicaid.
If the individual contacts the local office to decline the opportunity to register to vote after receipt of Form H, the advisor should mail Form H , Opportunity to Register to Vote, to the individual for a signature. The advisor sends the completed Form H for imaging and retains the form for 22 months.
For individuals who previously received SNAP benefits in Texas, the mail out occurs two months after the last month individuals last received benefits in Texas. If an individual receives a SNAP-CAP application and also applies for SNAP at the local office, advisors coordinate the application process with CBS staff before making an eligibility decision in the local office to ensure that the individual can make an informed choice about which program the individual prefers.
The individual may voluntarily withdraw the other application. Refer the individual to Advisors must document that the individual was informed of the program, but that the individual withdrew the SNAP application.
A SNAP-CAP application returned to a local eligibility determination office must be faxed to the non-expedited fax line at the same day it is received. A standard allotment is issued for the month the application is returned. State office also shares any felony drug conviction data matches with CBS.
CBS staff must follow policy in A See A , Who Is Included. A SNAP-CAP participant who resides in a household in which other members receive SNAP through the regular program is considered a separate household, regardless of how they purchase and prepare their meals.
See A Follow policy in A After the household returns Form H, the advisor sends the form for imaging and retains the image for 22 months. State office uses SDX records to automatically update individual information on a weekly basis.
Replacement EBT cards may be obtained from local eligibility determination offices if the local office replacement criteria are met. Follow policy in B , Fair Hearings. Staff file an overpayment referral when a household receives benefits it is not entitled to receive. This may occur based on agency error, applicant or recipient error or misunderstanding, through fraud or an Intentional Program Violation IPV.
OIG receives the overpayment referral and establishes a claim if the referral is valid. Households may repay benefits through either recoupment or restitution. Recoupment is a method of recovering an overpayment claim by withholding a portion of the household's benefits.
Restitution is a method of recovering an overpayment claim by the receipt of payments from the household paid to HHSC. To reapply in a timely manner, the individual must submit the completed Form H by the 15th day of the last benefit month.
CBS staff must process timely redeterminations by the last workday of the certification period. Advisors must ensure that the individual's normal issuance cycle is not interrupted. If CBS receives Form H after the 15th day of the last benefit month, advisors certify or deny the application by the 30th day after the file date.
A Form H returned to a local eligibility determination office must be faxed to CBS the same day it is received. The fax number is These individuals are not required to come to the SNAP office to complete the application or redetermination process. If more information is needed from the household, the advisor must contact the household by home visit, telephone, or mail. The file date for the application is the date SSA receives the application.
Advisors determine expedited services eligibility for SSI households the same as other households, except expedited time limits begin with the date the correct SNAP office receives the application. For households applying at SSA, advisors process a special review during the third month of the certification period to determine whether the individual received a decision on the SSI claim.
Advisors must take action on information from this or any other source. A resident of a public institution may jointly apply for SSI and SNAP while in the institution if scheduled for release within 30 days. When the person does not have a post-release address, SSA holds the application for 30 days and documents its actions. Note: The file date is the date the applicant is released from the institution.
The file date is day zero. Advisors must contact the household to ensure that the household wants the child's TANF to continue. Advisors provide TANF to the other-related child without a break in benefits, if the other-related child is eligible alone and the household:.
If more than one other-related child is in the household, other-related children who are not siblings are certified on separate EDGs. Exception: The individual may choose to combine EDGs if one EDG is ineligible separately but would be eligible if the members were combined.
Advisors must verify that each certified group contains the correct members. A new application is not required. Individuals residing in institutions that are not approved may be potentially eligible for SNAP only if the individual is not considered institutionalized.
Approved institutions are defined in A Additionally, individuals who reside together and receive residential services from nonprofit organizations or for-profit providers who contract with HHSC to provide residential services may participate in SNAP only if the individual is not considered institutionalized.
If the individual requests the provider staff to manage the individual's personal account, the staff must maintain a financial account for the individual and a separate detailed record of all deposits and expenditures for each individual. For individuals residing in a facility or receiving residential services, staff must determine whether an individual is institutionalized for SNAP eligibility following the steps below:.
Verify and document the answers to the questions in the chart. For households receiving residential assistance, responses to the questions in B , Determining Whether an Individual Who Receives Residential Assistance Is Institutionalized, must be documented.
B, Special Households. Printer-friendly version Revision ; Effective July 1, B— Students in Higher Education Revision ; Effective October 1, B— General Policy Revision ; Effective October 1, SNAP A student in higher education is one who is enrolled at least half-time as defined by the institution in a college or university curriculum that offers degree programs, regardless of whether a high school diploma is required for admittance, or at a business, technical, trade or vocational school that normally requires a high school diploma or equivalent for admittance.
Student higher education policy does not apply to individuals: under age 18 students are 18 the month after the student's 18th birthday ; age 50 or older students are 50 the month of the student's 50th birthday ; enrolled in curricula such as beauty school or auto mechanics that do not require a diploma or the equivalent for entrance; or enrolled only in English as a second language curriculum.
If not evident, proof is required from a certified doctor or psychologist, or receipt of permanent or temporary disability benefits issued by government or private sources must be verified. Employed for pay an average of 20 hours a week.
If self-employed, the student must work an average of 20 hours a week and earn at least the federal minimum hourly wage. Participating during the regular school year in a state or federally-funded work study program. The student must be working at a job for pay or for dollar credits against tuition charges. This does not include students who must work for academic requirements, such as interns and student teachers. The student exemption begins the month the school term begins or the work study is approved to begin, whichever is later.
The student exemption stops: if the student quits working unless it results solely from lack of work study funds ; or when there is a break between terms of a full calendar month or longer unless the student continues work study during the break. Participating in an on-the-job training program classroom study is not considered on-the-job-training for this purpose. Responsible for the care of a dependent child who is a certified household member and the child is: under 6 years old; at least 6 but under 12, and the student states there is no other available child care, which prevents the student from attending class and complying with work requirements in 2 or 3 above.
Note: If both parents or caretakers are students, both cannot obtain student eligibility by caring for the same child. A single parent natural, adoptive or stepparent in the home or other single adult with parental control who is: enrolled full-time as determined by the school ; and responsible for the care of a child under B— Verification Requirements Revision ; Effective October 1, SNAP Staff must verify self-employment hours of students who work at least a weekly average of 20 hours and earn at least the federal minimum hourly wage.
Veterans who receive Veterans Affairs VA benefits because they are rated a percent service-connected disability or who, according to the VA, need regular aid and attendance or are permanently housebound. Surviving spouses of deceased veterans who meet one of the following criteria according to the VA: need regular aid and attendance, are permanently housebound, or are approved for benefits from the VA because of the veteran's death and could be considered to have a permanent disability for Social Security purposes.
See B Surviving children any age of a deceased veteran who the VA: determines are permanently incapable of self-support, or approves for benefits because of the veteran's death and could be considered to have a permanent disability for Social Security purposes. People receiving disability retirement benefits from any government agency for a disability that could be considered permanent for Social Security purposes.
People receiving Railroad Retirement Disability who are also covered by Medicare. Amputation of leg at hip. Amputation of leg or foot because of diabetes mellitus or peripheral vascular diseases. Total deafness, not correctable by surgery or hearing aid. Statutory blindness, unless caused by cataracts or detached retina. IQ of 59 or less, established after the person becomes age Spinal cord or nerve root lesions resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia.
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