reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.8 - Verification Sources-Collateral Contacts

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Collateral
				contact is an acceptable form of verification if written evidence cannot be
				obtained or is insufficient to make a firm determination of eligibility or
				benefit level.
B. A collateral
				contact is a verbal confirmation of the household's circumstances by a person
				outside of the household and may be made over the phone or in person.
C. The household must specify a collateral
				contact who can verify their statement.
D. MDHS may select a collateral contact if
				the household fails to designate one or designates one that is unacceptable to
				the agency due to it not being expected to provide an accurate third-party
				verification.
E. When talking with
				collateral contacts, MDHS staff must only disclose information that is
				absolutely necessary to get the needed information.
7 CFR §
											273(f)(4)(ii);
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(f)(5)(ii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.9 - Verification Sources-Home Visits

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Home visits are
				also an acceptable form of verification if written evidence is insufficient to
				make an eligibility determination.
B. Home visits must always be scheduled in
				advance with the household.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(4)(iii);
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(f)(5)(ii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.10 - Responsibility

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Households have the primary responsibility
				to provide documentary evidence to support statements on the application and to
				resolve any questionable information.
B. MDHS is responsible for acquiring
				verification from acceptable collateral contact or substituting a home visit
				whenever documentary evidence cannot be obtained or is insufficient to make an
				eligibility determination.
C.
				Workers must offer to assist when the household reports difficulty in getting
				verification or requests help provided it is cooperating with MDHS.
D. MDHS must be responsible for verifying
				fleeing felon and parole or probation violator status.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(5)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.11 - Automated Resources-Mandatory Use of Income Eligibility and Verification System (IEVS)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. IEVS uses the
				SSN of an applicant or a recipient to collect and exchange income and resource
				data from other federal and state agencies to be used in verifying eligibility
				for benefits for eligible households.
B. This must be done in accordance with the
				disclosure safeguards and date exchange agreement.
C. IEVS data must be requested for all
				household members, including excluded household members if the SSN is
				known.
D. Applicants must be
				notified that information available from IEVS will be requested, used, and may
				be verified through collateral contact when discrepancies are found and that
				such information may affect household eligibility and benefit levels.
E. IEVS data matches must be reviewed at
				every initial application and every time a new household member is
				added.
F. Verified Upon Receipt:
				Information regarding social security, SSI benefit information, TANF benefit
				information and UB information are all considered verified upon receipt. Proper
				notices to households must be sent to households to terminate, deny or reduce
				benefits based on this information.
G. Unverified Upon Receipt: Information
				regarding unearned income from IRS, wage information from SSA and SWICAs (State
				Wage Information Collection Agency) and any questionable IEVS information must
				be independently verified by MDHS before any action is taken to terminate, deny
				or reduce benefits. Independent verification entails contacting the household
				in writing and/or the appropriate income, resource or benefit source. Except
				with respect to unearned income from IRS, if MDHS has information which
				indicates that independent verification is not needed, then such verification
				is not required.
H. Documentation:
				MDHS must record when IEVS information results in an adverse action and when it
				does not.
Section
				  7 CFR §
											272.8,
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(f)(6) and
				  (9)(iii)(iv)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.12 - Mandatory Use of Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. SAVE is a program that verifies
				immigration status.
B. U.S.
				Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) maintains the SAVE system to
				conduct this verification.
C. Each
				household member that is a non-citizen must be submitted to SAVE.
D. Non-citizen Applicants are given at least
				ten (10) days from the date requested to submit acceptable documentation prior
				to the 30th day following the date of
				application.
E. After the USCIS
				document is received, use the SAVE system to verify the document is
				accurate.
F. Written consent from
				the non-citizen is not required as a condition to contact USCIS for
				documentation validation.
G. If the
				above requirements are met, but the non-citizen applicant fails to submit
				acceptable documentation, then the non-citizen will not be certified for
				benefits until acceptable documentation has been provided.
H. However, if the ten (10) days does not
				lapse prior to the end of the 30th day following the
				date of application, then MDHS must provide benefits to the household no later
				than 30 days following the date of application provided that the household is
				otherwise eligible.
7 CFR §
											272.11;
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(f)(10)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.13 - Automated Resources-State Data Exchange and Beneficiary Data Exchange

Current through June 25, 2024
A. SSI benefits may be verified through the
				State Data Exchange (SDX) and Social Security benefits information through the
				Beneficiary Data Exchange (BENDEX), or through verification provided by the
				household.
B. SDX and BENDEX data
				may be used to verify other SNAP eligibility criteria.
C. The household will be given an opportunity
				to verify information from another source if the SDX and BENDEX data
				contradicts information provided by the household or is unavailable.
D. Eligibility determination and benefit
				levels must not be delayed past the normal application processing standards if
				SDX and BENDEX data is unavailable.
E. Access to SDX and BENDEX data may be
				acquired without release statements from households provided there is a
				necessary data exchange agreement in place with the SSA.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(7)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.14 - Automated Resources-Deceased Person Match

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				This system is used to ensure benefits are not issued to individuals who are
				deceased.
B. The deceased person
				match is completed through an automated match using the State Verification and
				Exchange System (SVES), SSA Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange (BENDEX),
				and State Data Exchange (SDX).
C.
				Households must be provided with an opportunity to respond to the match prior
				to an adverse action to deny, reduce or terminate benefits.
7 CFR §
											272.14;
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(f)(7)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.15 - Automated Resources-Electronic Disqualified Recipient System (EDRS)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. EDRS is a nationwide database of persons
				disqualified for an Intentional Program Violation (IPV), which must be searched
				each time an initial application or recertification application is registered
				to prevent participation of individuals found guilty of an IPV by another
				state.
B. MDHS must not take any
				adverse action to terminate, deny, suspend or reduce benefits to an applicant
				or recipient based on these match results unless the match information has been
				independently verified.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(11)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.16 - Automated Resources-National Directory of New Hires (NDNH)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. MDHS routinely enters into a computer
				matching agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
				Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement
				(OCSE) to participate in the federal matching program.
B. OCSE provides MDHS with new hire data from
				the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), which is part of the Federal Parent
				Locator Service.
C. A monthly match
				on members 18 years of age or older from a national directory that verifies
				wage and unemployment data.
D. MDHS
				must independently verify NDNH information and households must be provided with
				an opportunity to respond to the match prior to an adverse action to deny,
				reduce or terminate benefits.
42 U.S.C. §
											653(i)(1) and
				  7 CFR §
										272.16
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.17 - Automated Resources-Quarterly Wage Match Data (QWMD)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Wage information is reported to the NDNH
				by state and federal agencies.
B.
				OCSE provides MDHS with quarterly wage match data (QWMD) from NDNH.
C. MDHS must independently verify QWMD and
				households must be provided with an opportunity to respond to the match prior
				to an adverse action to deny, reduce or terminate benefits.
42 U.S.C. §
											653(i)(1);
				  7 CFR §
										272.16
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.18 - Automated Resources-Unemployment Insurance Information

Current through June 25, 2024
A. This is information pertaining to benefits
				paid under state unemployment compensation programs and reported to the
				NDNH.
B. OCSE provides MDHS with
				unemployment insurance data from NDNH.
C. MDHS must independently verify
				unemployment insurance information and households must be provided with an
				opportunity to respond to the match prior to an adverse action to deny, reduce
				or terminate benefits.
42 U.S.C. §
											653(i)(1);
				  7 CFR §
										272.16
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.19 - Automated Resources-Prisoner Verification System (PVS)

Current through June 25, 2024
A. A match to identify individuals who have
				been or are currently incarcerated.
B. This is used to monitor and prevent
				individuals being detained for more than 30 days from being included in a SNAP
				household.
C. Households must be
				provided with an opportunity to respond to the match prior to an adverse action
				to deny, reduce or terminate benefits.
7 CFR §
											272.13
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.20 - Automated Resources-Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) and PARIS VA

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Public
				Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) is a quarterly data match to
				identify individuals receiving both federal compensation or pension benefits
				and public assistance benefits under federal programs administered by
				states.
B. The matching program
				will compare Department of Defense military and civilian pay records, military
				retired pay records and survivor pay records.
C. The PARIS VA match shows Veteran
				Administration (VA) benefits received by individuals receiving public
				assistance benefits under federal programs administered by states.
D. PARIS and PARIS VA can help detect dual
				participation.
E. MDHS must
				independently verify PARIS data and households must be provided with an
				opportunity to respond to the match prior to an adverse action to deny, reduce
				or terminate benefits.
7 CFR §
											272.12;
				  42 U.S.C. §1320b-7;
				  42 U.S.C. §
											1396
				  b(r)(3)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.21 - Discrepancies

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The household must be given ten (10) days
				to provide information when unverified information from the household or
				another source contradicts statements made by the household.
B. The worker may verify the information
				directly and contact the household only if such direct verification efforts are
				unsuccessful.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(4)(iv)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 3 - Verification and Documentation › Rule 18-14-3.22 - Case Documentation

Current through June 25, 2024
The case must contain documentation to support eligibility,
				  ineligibility, and benefit level determinations.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(6)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Expedited services are allowed for those
				in immediate need.
B. Households
				must be screened at the time of application to determine eligibility for
				expedited services whether requested by the applicant or not.
C. Expedited services allow households to
				quickly receive an initial benefit with fewer required verifications.
D. All SNAP requirements must be completed
				before providing future months' benefits.
E. Expedited service applies for the month of
				application only.
F. Households are
				not eligible for expedited service at renewal (recertification) when they
				reapply before the end of the current benefit period.
G. Households are not eligible for expedited
				service if they received benefits in another household or another state in the
				current month. However, eligibility for expedited service for the month
				following the month of application may be explored.
H.
Exception
: Households in
				shelters for battered persons can receive benefits in the same month.
I. Households requesting, but not entitled
				to, expedited service will have their applications processed under normal
				standards.
7 CFR §
											273.2(a)(2);
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(i);
				  7 CFR §
											273.3(a);
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(i)(4)(E)(v)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.2 - Screening Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
The following households are entitled to expedited
				  service:
A. Households with less than
				$150 in monthly gross income and liquid resources of $100 or less;
B. Migrant or seasonal farmworker households
				who are destitute and have liquid resources of $100 or less; or
C. Households whose combined monthly gross
				income and liquid resources are less than the household's monthly rent or
				mortgage payment and utility expenses (including entitlement to a standard
				utility allowance (SUA) if the SUA is higher than actual bills).
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(1)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.3 - SSA Screening of Joint SSI and SNAP Applications

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
				Social Security Administration (SSA) will pre-screen all applications on the
				day it is received at SSA for expedited services.
B. SSA will advise the household of the
				option to:
1. Take the application to the
				appropriate county office for screening and an interview, or
2. The application and any available
				verifications will be forwarded to the appropriate county office within one day
				and an interview will be scheduled.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.4 - Expedited Service Minimum Actions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Households must
				complete the following minimum actions for expedited service:
1. Complete the application (this may be done
				during the interview),
2. Complete
				the interview, and
3. Prove
				identity.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.5 - Interview

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Households must complete an interview
				before benefits are issued.
B.
Exception
: A second interview is not required if SSA completed the
				interview and provided a complete application and verification of identity (if
				required), unless information is incomplete or questionable.
C. The interview must be completed within the
				expedited service processing timeframes. See
Rule
				4.13 Processing
				Timeframes
.
D. The
				interview will be either:
1. In-office
				face-to-face interview;
2.
				Telephone interview; or
3. Home
				visit.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.6 - Required Verification of Identity

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Households
				qualifying for expedited service must prove the identity of the person
				applying.
B. Where an authorized
				representative applies on behalf of the household, the identity of both the
				authorized representative and the head of household must be verified.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(4)(i)(A)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.7 - Verification of Other Eligibility Factors

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Reasonable
				efforts should be made to verify residency, expenses, income and resources
				within the expedited service timeframes.
B. However, do not delay benefits once the
				expedited service minimum actions are completed.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(4)(i)(B)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.8 - Postponed Verification

Current through June 25, 2024
All required SNAP verification requirements not completed
				  during expedited service processing must be submitted and completed before the
				  second month's benefits are issued.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(4)(A)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.9 - Social Security Numbers

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Eligible
				expedited households must furnish a social security number for each applicant
				or apply for one for those applicants before the second
				(2nd) full month of participation.
B.
Exception
: Households with
				newborns have up to 6 months following the month of the child's birth to
				provide a SSN or proof of application for a SSN for the newborn.
C. Household members unable to provide the
				required SSN or who do have one prior to the 2nd
				full month of participation will only be allowed continued participation if one
				of the good cause exemptions has been met.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(4)(i)(B)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.10 - Work Registration

Current through June 25, 2024
A. At a minimum, an
				applicant for expedited service must register for work unless exempt.
B.
Exception
: Work registration
				does not need to be completed at the interview for:
1. Household members who are exempt or
				claiming an exemption, or
2. When
				an authorized representative applies for the household.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.11 - eDRS

Current through June 25, 2024
The Electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS) must be
				  used to screen each adult household member to ensure they are not disqualified
				  for an intentional program violation (IPV).
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(11)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.12 - Household Fails to Complete Postponed Verification

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Case closure is required if the household
				fails to complete the postponed verification within thirty (30) days of the
				application date.
B. Notice is not
				required as long as the household had received a prior notice advising it that
				benefits would end if all postponed actions were not completed, what actions
				were still needed and the due date to complete such actions.
7 CFR §
											273.13(b)(8)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.13 - Processing Timeframes

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The seven (7)
				day timeframe begins the day after the application date.
B. Do not delay issuing expedited benefits if
				the household has applied for other programs still pending.
C. For households entitled to expedited
				service, benefits must be made available to the recipient no later than the
				7th calendar day after the application is filed.
Note
: To ensure timely issuance of the EBT card, the card, if
				needed, must be requested on the day of application or the day of the interview
				so the participant has access to benefits by the 7th
				day.
D. If there is a late
				determination for expedited services, the processing timeframes will be
				calculated from the date MDHS discovers the household is entitled to expedited
				service.
E.
Note
: Do
				not include mailing time as part of the processing timeframe when the
				application is returned to the household for a signature following a phone
				interview. Mailing time only includes the days the application:
1. Is in the mail to and from the household,
				and
2. With the household pending
				their signature and mailing.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.14 - Minimum Actions Not Completed

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Households lose
				their entitlement to expedited service if they fail to complete the minimum
				actions within the seven (7) day timeframe. See
Rule
				4.4 Expedited Service Minimum
				Actions.
B. Process the
				application under normal thirty (30) day timeframes.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i)(4)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.15 - Other Application Dates

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Application Date
				for Joint SSI and SNAP Applications Completed at SSA: The application date for
				expedited service SNAP applications received at SSA is the date the application
				is received in the correct MDHS county office. SSA will forward SNAP
				applications within one day of receipt.
B. Application Date for Pre-release
				Institution Residents: The date the resident is released from the institution
				for joint SSI and SNAP applications, if submitted by a resident of an
				institution prior to their release. SSA will provide notification of the
				resident's date of release.
C.
				Application Date for Late Determination of Expedited Service Eligibility:
				Provide expedited service within 7-calendar days of the date of discovery when
				the application:
1. Was screened as not
				meeting expedited service requirements, and
2. Later found eligible for expedited
				service.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.16 - Benefit Periods

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The longest
				benefit period possible based on the household's situation should be
				provided.
B. Households that are
				certified on an expedited basis and have provided all necessary verifications
				prior to certification shall be assigned normal certification
				periods.
C. Households assigned a
				benefit period longer than one (1) month with postponed verification must not
				receive the second month's benefits until the postponed verifications are
				completed.
7 CFR §
											273.2(i);
				  7 CFR §
										273.2(4)(iii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.17 - Benefit Issuance: Initial Benefit

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Eligible
				households receive benefits for the initial month of eligibility.
B. Benefits are not issued for future months
				until all postponed verifications are completed.
C.
Exception
: Do not issue
				migrant or seasonal farmworker households:
1.
				Second month's benefits until any postponed verifications from an in-state
				source are provided;
2. Third month
				of benefits until any remaining postponed verifications from an out-of-state
				source are provided.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 4 - Expedited Service › Rule 18-14-4.18 - Reapplication After Expedited Service

Current through June 25, 2024
A. When a household
				that failed to complete a postponed verification reapplies for benefits, the
				30-day application processing timeframe applies.
B.
Exception
: Provide expedited
				service if the household completes the postponed verification and qualifies for
				expedited service again.
C. Approve
				households for expedited service without limits as long as the household:
1. Completes the postponed verifications from
				the last expedited approval or
2.
				Was approved under normal 30-day timeframes since the last expedited service
				approval.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A household is comprised of one of the following:
A. An individual living alone;
B. A group of individuals living together who
				routinely purchase and prepare food together; or
C. An individual (or group of individuals)
				living with others who purchase and prepare food separately.
7 CFR §
											273.1(a)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.2 - Required Household Combinations

Current through June 25, 2024
Individuals identified below must be included in the same
				  SNAP household with the other people they live with, even if they purchase and
				  prepare food separately:
A.
Spouses
: Individuals must be legally
				married.
B.
Parents
				and Children
:
An individual under 22 years of age living with
				his/her natural, adoptive or stepparent(s).
C.
Minors Under Parental
				Control
: A child (other than a foster child) under 18 years of
				age who is financially or otherwise dependent on a household member who is not
				his or her parent.
7 CFR §
											273.1(b)(1)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.3 - Head of Household

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The household
				may select an adult parent of children (of any age) living in the household or
				an adult who has parental control over children under 18 years of age as the
				head of household provided that all adult members of said household are in
				agreement.
B. Each household will
				be permitted to select its own head of household at each certification action
				or wherever there is a change in the composition of the household.
C. If all adult members of the household do
				not agree to the selection or decline to designate an adult parent as the head
				of household, then MDHS will designate the head of household.
D. The head of household will be the
				principal wage earner regarding failure to comply with the work requirements
				unless the household has selected an adult parent of children, see
Rule
				12.9 Household
				Ineligibility
.
7 CFR §
											273.1(d)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.4 - Temporary Absences

Current through June 25, 2024
A. If, because of a
				loss of income, or loss or damage to a home as the result of a disaster, a
				household is forced to temporarily move in with other individual(s) or groups,
				the household may continue to participate as a separate household. However, if
				the household temporarily moves in with parents, the household may not be
				granted separate household status unless the child(ren) is 22 years of age or
				older.
B. Household members away
				from home because of vacation or illness will maintain their status as
				household members if they are in the home during any part of the calendar
				month.
7 CFR §
											273.1(c)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.5 - Elderly and Disabled Persons

Current through June 25, 2024
An individual and spouse living together may be a separate
				  household even if they purchase and prepare meals with others if all of the
				  following are true:
A. One of them is
				sixty (60) years or older;
B. That
				person cannot purchase and prepare meals because of:
1. A disability considered permanent by SSA,
				or
2. Another permanent physical or
				mental non-disease related disability; and
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.6 - Excluded Individuals

Current through June 25, 2024
The following, in addition to other individuals within this
				  chapter, are not eligible to participate as separate households or as a member
				  of any household:
A. Disqualified
				Members: These are individuals who would be household members, but are not
				allowed to be:
1. Individuals who were found
				guilty of an intentional program violation.
2. Individuals who failed to provide or apply
				for a social security number.
3.
				Individuals who failed to meet work registration requirements (see
Rule
				5.3 Head of
				Household
).
4. Individuals
				who failed to cooperate with TANF Work Program requirements, but who meet a
				SNAP work registration exemption.
5. Individuals who failed to comply with the
				child support cooperation requirements.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.7 - Boarders

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Residents of Commercial Boarding Houses:
				Individuals or groups who reside in a commercial boarding house, regardless of
				the number of residents, are not eligible for SNAP. Commercial boarding houses
				are businesses that are licensed to offer meals and lodging for payment with
				the intent of making a profit.
B.
				All other individuals or groups paying a reasonable compensation for lodging
				and meals in a noncommercial situation are considered boarders.
C. Reasonable Compensation: This exists when
				the total paid by the boarders is equal to:
1. When boarder pays for more than two meals
				a day: the maximum benefit for the appropriate boarder household
				size.
2. When boarder pays for two
				meals or less per day: 2/3 of the maximum benefit for the appropriate boarder
				household size.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.8 - Foster Children and Adults

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Individuals
				placed in the homes of relatives or other individuals by a governmental foster
				care program are considered boarders.
B. Therefore, households providing foster
				care services may choose to include or exclude a foster child or foster adult
				who lives with them.
C. If
				excluded, the foster child or adult is not eligible as a separate
				household.
7 CFR §
											273.1(b)(4)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.9 - Roomers

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Roomers are individuals who pay the
				household a flat fee for lodging, but not meals.
B. They do not purchase and prepare food with
				the household from whom they rent.
C. Roomers may be eligible for SNAP as a
				separate household.
D. Individuals
				in required households who do not have an SSN (see
Rule
				6.2 Individuals Without an
				SSN
) are not treated as roomers even if they pay each other for
				lodging.
7 CFR §
											273.1(b)(5)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.10 - Live-In Attendants

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Live-in
				attendants live with the household to provide medical, housekeeping, dependent
				care or other similar personal services.
B. Live-in attendants may be eligible for
				SNAP as a separate household.
C.
				Individuals in required households who do not have an SSN (see
Rule
				6.2 Individuals Without an SSN
) are not
				treated as live-in attendants even if they are providing these types of
				services.
7 CFR §
											273.1(b)(6)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.11 - Residents of Institutions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Individuals who
				receive over 50% of three (3) meals daily from an institution where they live
				are residents of institutions.
B.
				Residents of institutions are not eligible for SNAP.
C.
Note
: There are five
				exceptions to this rule listed in
Rule
				5.12 Residents of Institutions
				Exceptions
7 CFR §
											273.1(b)(7)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.12 - Residents of Institutions Exceptions

Current through June 25, 2024
Individuals who receive more than 50% of their meals while
				  living in the following institutions may be eligible for SNAP if they meet
				  program requirements:
A. Addiction
				Treatment Centers: Individuals participating in a public or private nonprofit
				residential treatment facility for drug addicts or alcoholics must meet program
				requirements to become eligible. The children of a resident (but not the
				spouse) who lives with them in the center are included in the resident's
				household.
B. Group Living for the
				Blind or Disabled: A public or private nonprofit residential setting that
				provides housing for no more than 16 residents. The resident must be blind or
				disabled to be eligible for SNAP.
C. Homeless Shelters: A public or private
				nonprofit facility that provides temporary housing for homeless people. The
				household is defined as a single person or an individual and spouse and
				children.
D. Shelters for Battered
				Persons: A public or private nonprofit residential facility that provides
				temporary housing for battered persons. The household is the battered person
				and their children.
E. Subsidized
				Housing for Seniors: Federally subsidized housing for seniors built under
				either Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or Section 236 of the National
				Housing Act. The household is the senior and spouse. Eligibility is determined
				the same as any other household.
7 CFR §
											271.2;
				  7 CFR §
										273.1(b)(7)(vi)(A)-(E)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 5 - Household Composition › Rule 18-14-5.13 - Strikers

Current through June 25, 2024
A. A striker includes anyone involved in a
				strike or the planned stoppage of work by employees and any other concerted
				interruption of operations by employees.
B. Households with a striking member are not
				eligible to participate in SNAP unless the household was eligible for benefits
				the day before the strike and is otherwise eligible at the time of
				application.
C. Government
				employees who go on strike are considered to have voluntary quit their job
				without good cause.
D. Strikers do
				not include the following:
1. Any employee
				affected by a lockout;
2. An
				individual who goes on strike, but is exempt from work registration the day
				before the strike began (exception: does not include the exemption for being
				employed 30 hours or more);
3.
				Employees who are not part of the bargaining unit on strike who do not want to
				cross the picket line due to fear of injury or death; or
4. Individuals who are unable to work due to
				striking employees.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.1 - Requirements for Participation

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All household
				members initially applying for or participating in SNAP must provide their
				Social Security number (SSN) or apply for one before certification.
B. Household members with more than one SSN
				must provide all of the numbers.
C.
				Household members refusing or failing without good cause to provide or apply
				for an SSN will be disqualified and be ineligible to participate in
				SNAP.
7 CFR §
											273.6(a) and (c)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.2 - Individuals Without an SSN

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The household
				members who do not have an SSN, who do not know if they have an SSN, or are
				unable to find their SSN must apply at the Social Security Administration
				(SSA).
B. The Social Security
				Administration will then inform MDHS of the SSN.
7 CFR §
											273.6(b)(2)(ii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.3 - SSN for a Newborn

Current through June 25, 2024
The household must provide the SSN or proof of the
				  application for an SSN of a newborn child within six (6) months following the
				  month of the child's birth, or at the next recertification, whichever is
				  later.
7 CFR §
											273.6(b)(4)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.4 - Proof of Application

Current through June 25, 2024
MDHS must receive proof of an SSA application, which may be a
				  SSA approved form or a MDHS approved form.
7 CFR §
											273.6(b)(2)(ii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.5 - Failure to Comply

Current through June 25, 2024
If MDHS determines that a household member has refused or
				  failed without good cause to provide or apply for an SSN, only the member
				  without an SSN is ineligible, not the entire household.
7 CFR §
											273.6(c)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.6 - Determining Good Cause

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Good cause must
				be determined if the household is unable to provide an SSN or proof of
				application at its next recertification or 6 months following the child's
				birth.
B. Good cause is determined
				using documentary evidence or collateral contacts showing the household applied
				for or made every effort to supply the necessary information to complete an
				application for an SSN.
C. This
				information may come from any of the following:
1. The household member;
2. Social Security Administration;
				or
3. A collateral
				contact.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.7 - Continued Participation

Current through June 25, 2024
A. A household
				member who can show good cause for failing to complete a timely SSN application
				may participate for the month of application and one additional
				month.
B. Once an application is
				completed, the household member will be allowed continued participation pending
				notification of the SSN.
C. The
				household must show good cause monthly in order to continue further
				participation.
7 CFR §
											273.6(d)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.8 - Regaining Eligibility

Current through June 25, 2024
A disqualified household member may become eligible by
				  providing their SSN.
7 CFR §
											273.6(e)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.9 - Use of the SSN

Current through June 25, 2024
When determining eligibility for SNAP, a SSN may be used
				  to:
A. Determine the amount of benefits
				and the accuracy of information given by households;
B. Prevent duplicate participation;
C. Enable mass changes in federal benefits;
				and
D. Request and exchange income
				and resource information through computer matches.
7 CFR §
											273.6(f)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 6 - Social Security Numbers › Rule 18-14-6.10 - Permanent Entry

Current through June 25, 2024
MDHS must make a permanent notation in their automated
				  database to prevent any unnecessary reverification of the
				  SSN.
7 CFR §
											273.6(g)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 7 - Identity › Rule 18-14-7.2 - Authorized Representatives

Current through June 25, 2024
If an authorized representative applies on behalf of the
				  household, their identity as well as the head of household must be
				  verified.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(1)(vii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 7 - Identity › Rule 18-14-7.3 - Expedited Services

Current through June 25, 2024
Identity is the only mandatory verification when providing
				  expedited service.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(1)(vii)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 8 - Residency › Rule 18-14-8.2 - Length of Time

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Individuals
				living in Mississippi meet the residency requirement regardless of the length
				of time they have been residing or plan to remain.
B. Individuals vacationing in Mississippi
				shall not be considered residents and do not meet the residency
				requirement.
7 CFR §
											273.2(f)(1)(vi);
				  7 CFR §
										273.3(a)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 8 - Residency › Rule 18-14-8.3 - Permanent Dwelling

Current through June 25, 2024
The household is not required to have a conventional
				  permanent dwelling or mailing address.
7 CFR §
											273.3(a)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 8 - Residency › Rule 18-14-8.4 - Duplicate Participation

Current through June 25, 2024
A. No one can
				participate as an eligible member of two or more households, in more than one
				county, or state in any month.
B.
Exception
: A resident of a shelter for battered women and children
				can be a member of the same household as the person who abused him or her as
				well as participate as a member in a separate household.
7 CFR §
											273.3(a)
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 14 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Manual › Chapter 8 - Residency › Rule 18-14-8.5 - Moving Within the State

Current through June 25, 2024
When a household moves within the State and reports a change
				  of address to another county, MDHS will transfer that household's casefile to
				  the new county of residence and continue the household's certification without
				  reapplication.
7 CFR §
											273.3(b)