SR 23-18 Dated 4/23 |
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES - BUREAU OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (BFA)
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
FROM THE OFFICE OF: |
Administrator IV of Bureau of Family Assistance (BFA) Debra E. Sorli
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BFA SIGNATURE DATE: |
March 22, 2023
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AT (OFFICE): |
Bureau of Family Assistance |
TO: |
All BFA Staff |
SUBJECT: |
Editorial Updates to Food Stamp Manual
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EFFECTIVE DATE: |
April 1.2023
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SUMMARY
This Supervisory Release (SR) releases editorial updates to policy manual pages located in the Food Stamp Manual.
POLICY
No policy is being changed by the release of this SR.
NEW HEIGHTS & NH EASY SYSTEMS PROCEDURES
There are no changes to the New HEIGHTS system or NH EASY Gateway to Services.
POLICY MANUAL REVISED
Food Stamp Manual Topics
Section 125.13 Postponed Verification
Section 127.01 Interview Sites
Section 161.03 Required Verification for Recertification
Section 161.05 Processing Recertifications
Section 161.07 Termination at Recertification
Section 301.05 Identity at Recertification
PART 409 COMMON TYPES OF RESOURCES: STOCKS
PART 509 VERIFICATION OF INCOME
Section 609.03 Time Frames for Using Averaged Fluctuating Income
Section 709.01 What Benefits May be Replaced
PART 805 NOTIFICATIONS AT RECERTIFICATIONS
PART 809 WORK REGISTRATION AND EXEMPTIONS FROM SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS
DESCRIPTION OF REVISIONS MADE TO POLICY MANUALS
The above manual pages have been updated. The updates include:
• Removing the word “redermination” from the FSM policy manual as SNAP has “recertifications”, not “redeterminations”;
• Updating the website address and phone number;
• Updating and adding references and citations;
• Replacing DFA with BFA;
• Replacing TANF with FANF;
• Replacing Food Stamps with SNAP;
• Adding terminology to include “Phone” as an option for an initial interview and recertification;
• Adding language regarding the “ebtEDGE” app for clients to utilize to freeze or replace their EBT Cards;
• Updating language and making general grammatical and formatting edits for readability;
• Clarified the language regarding verification of identity for expedited SNAP on FSM manual page 125.13.
DISPOSITION
This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topics released by this SR have been posted to the Online Manuals.
DISTRIBUTION
This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for BFA policy releases. This SR, and revised Online Manuals, will be available for agency staff in the Online Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sr_htm/sr.htm, effective April 3, 2023.
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