Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-4-2 - CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS › Section 660-4-2-.10 - Simplified Reporting

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Simplified reporting is a term used to describe the limited
				reporting requirements for all households receiving food assistance
				benefits.
Six-month reporting is a term used to describe those simplified
				reporting households who are required to submit a report form during the sixth
				month of the certification period.
All households are assigned a 12-month certification period
				(unless ineligibility can be predicted with reasonable certainty based on
				information provided at the certification interview).
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. All households are required to report when
			 their income exceeds 130% of the poverty level for their household size. Do not
			 consider ineligible or disqualified persons in determining the household size
			 for reporting purposes.
2.
			 Households containing an ABAWD, exempt from the time-limits only because he or
			 she meets the 20 hour/week work requirement (80 hours a month) must report when
			 that person's work hours fall below 20 hours per week.
Households must report required changes by the 10th day of the
				month after the month during which the change occurred.
Households with no earned income and all adult household
				members are elderly or disabled have no additional required reporting
				requirements during their assigned certification period. Eligibility and
				benefit level for the entire certification period are determined prospectively
				based on the best information available at the time of certification to
				anticipate for the entire certification period.
All other households are subject to six-month reporting. They
				are sent a computer generated six-month report form, which must be completed
				and returned by the specified filing date in order to continue receiving
				benefits, if eligible. Eligibility and benefit levels for the first six months
				of the certification period are determined prospectively, based on the best
				information available at the time of certification to anticipate for the first
				six months of the certification period. Eligibility and benefit level for the
				last six months of the certification period are determined prospectively based
				on information reported on the six month report form to anticipate for the
				remaining six months of the certification period.
All households must be provided with information at
				certification to advise them of their gross income limits for reporting
				purposes.
No other changes must be reported by households during their
				certification period, except for those changes required on the six month report
				form.
If a household voluntarily reports a change, the change will
				only be acted on if the change will result in an increase in the household's
				benefits.
Author:
Pamala Pace
Statutory Authority:
Food Stamp Act of 1977,
				  7 U.S.C.
				  2011 et
seq
;
Code of Ala. 1975
, §
										38-2-6(17); 7
				  C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter II Subchapter C Section 273.21(b).