249.05 Determining the Extended Food Stamp (EFS) Benefit Allotment (FSM)

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The EFS benefit amount is determined by using the Food Stamp budget for the last month that TANF cash was issued and deducting the TANF grant that the household is no longer receiving. The resulting net income is used to calculate the EFS benefit amount.

The EFS benefit amount is frozen for the duration of the EFS period and is not subsequently altered by changes to the household’s circumstances. See FSM 249.09, Extended Food Stamp Requirements.

Exceptions: Only under the following circumstances are EFS benefits recalculated during the EFS period:

• federally mandated updates to Food Stamp program allotments and deductions in October;

• recoupment; and

• if a member of an EFS household moves out and either reapplies on their own or is reported as a new member in another Food Stamp household.

References: He-W 756.06(b), RSA 161:4-a,IV, 7 CFR 273.27(a), 7 CFR 273.30, 7 USC 2020(s)(3)