133.09 Certification Periods SR 12-29, 11/12 (FSM-A)

The length of Food Stamp certification periods is based on household circumstances as noted under the headings below:

1 Month

• Imminent changes are expected.

• One or more individuals are subject to lockout or are on strike.

Up to 4 Months

• Expenses exceed household income.

• Households containing a potential wage earner.

• Households indicating the clear potential for fluctuating circumstances.

• Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) households who are receiving Food Stamp benefits for the first time.

Up to 6 Months

• Households receiving Food Stamps only*.

• Receiving unemployment compensation benefits.

• Receiving earned income.

• Jointly receiving Food Stamp and adult category financial or medical assistance, including QMB, SLMB, SLMB135, or QDWI.

• Jointly receiving FANF or FANF-related MA, including In and Out, and Food Stamps.

• Little likelihood of changes in income and household circumstances.

• Households containing one or more ABAWD members only when the initial 4-month certification period indicates a longer certification period is warranted.

• Provided information which resulted in incorrect benefits.

• Granted separate household status because an individual with parental control of a minor child lives with a parent or sibling.

• Self-employed households with one or more individuals with unstable circumstances.

• Initial four-month certification period indicates a longer certification period is warranted.

Up to12 Months

• Very stable income and all individuals are unemployable.

• Very stable income and all individuals are elderly.

• Very stable circumstances and the only source of income is from self-employment.

References: He-W 746.02, RSA 161:4-a,IV, 7 CFR 273.10(f), 7 USC 2012(f)