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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1907 - Expedited Service-Initial and Subsequent Month Benefits

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Eligible households that apply after the
					 fifteenth of the month under the expedited processing standards shall be
					 certified the initial month with prorated benefits and for the subsequent month
					 with full benefits.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:44712 et seq., and
						7 CFR
						273.2.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1911 - Households Eligible for Expedited Service

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Expedited service is defined as the
					 providing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits no later
					 than seven calendar days from the application date.
B. Households entitled to receive benefits
					 under the SNAP Program's expedited service procedure are defined as follows:
1. those households whose combined gross
					 income and liquid resources are less than the household's monthly rent or
					 mortgage and utilities;
2.
					 households whose countable gross monthly income is less than $150 and whose
					 countable liquid resources are $100 or less;
3. migrant or seasonal households who are
					 destitute and whose countable liquid resources are $100 or less.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1913 - Determination of Eligibility of Migrant or Seasonal Farmworkers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Two provisions
					 of the Drought Relief Act changed SNAP's procedures pertaining to the
					 determination of eligibility and benefit levels for migrant or seasonal
					 farmworkers. This is effective for applications received as of September 1,
					 1988 or allotments issued for the month of September, 1988.
1. Proration of Initial Month's Benefits. The
					 first provision affects the proration of benefits after a break in
					 participation in SNAP. This provision requires that migrant and seasonal
					 farmworkers receive the full allotment for a month of application when the
					 household has participated in the program within 30 days prior to the date of
					 application. Thus, unless the household's break in participation exceeds 30
					 days, the migrant or seasonal farm worker household is eligible for a full
					 month's allotment, rather than a prorated allotment, in the month of
					 application.
2. Income Exclusion
					 for Emergency PA or GA Assistance Payments. The second provision provides an
					 income exclusion for any emergency PA or GA assistance payment which is
					 provided to a third party on behalf of the migrant or seasonal farmworker
					 household (i.e., vendor payments) while the household is in the job stream.
					 This assistance may include, but is not limited to emergency vendor payments
					 for housing or transportation.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1915 - Homeless SNAP Household

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 definition of "homeless SNAP household" is being replaced by the definition of
					 a "homeless individual."
B.
Homeless Individual
- individual who lacks a fixed and regular
					 nighttime residence or an individual whose primary nighttime residence is:
1. a supervised shelter designed to provide
					 temporary accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate
					 shelter);
2. a halfway house or
					 similar institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended
					 to be institutionalized;
3. a
					 temporary accommodation for not more than 90 days in the residence of another
					 individual; or
4. a place not
					 designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for human
					 beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby or similar places).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1919 - Certification of Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective August 1, 1986, one adult member in all applicant households must
					 certify in writing under penalty of perjury, the truth of the information
					 contained in the application for the household's allotment.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						49:953(B),  7 CFR 273.2,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1921 - SSI and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Application by Residents of Public Institutions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective May 1, 1989 residents of public institutions who apply for SSI prior
					 to their release from an institution under the Social Security Administration's
					 Prerelease Program for the Institutionalized (42 U.S.C.
					 1383)  shall be permitted to apply for SNAP
					 benefits at the same time they apply for SSI.
B. When a resident of an institution is
					 jointly applying for SSI and SNAP prior to leaving the institution, the filing
					 date of the application to be recorded by the department on the application is
					 the date of release of the applicant from the institution.
C. The department shall make an eligibility
					 determination and issue SNAP benefits to a resident of a public institution who
					 applies jointly for SSI and SNAP within 30 days (or five days if expedited
					 processing is appropriate) following the date of the applicant's release from
					 the institution. Expedited processing time standards for an applicant who has
					 applied for SNAP and SSI prior to release shall also begin on the date of the
					 applicant's release from the institution. SSA shall notify the department of
					 the date of release of the applicant from the institution.
D. If, for any reason, the department is not
					 notified on a timely basis of the applicant's release date, the department
					 shall restore benefits to such applicant back to the date of release.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 54:4249 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.2,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1923 - Verification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective April
					 1, 1987, in addition to federally required verification, the department may
					 mandate verification of any other factor which affects household eligibility or
					 allotment level, including household size.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 52:26937 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.2,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1927 - Disclosure of Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective February 1, 1985, use or disclosure of information obtained from SNAP
					 applicant households, exclusively for SNAP, shall be restricted to the
					 following persons:
1. persons directly
					 connected with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of the Food
					 and Nutrition Act or regulations, other federal assistance programs, or
					 federally assisted state programs which provide assistance, on a means-tested
					 basis, to low income individuals;
2. employees of the Comptroller General's
					 Office of the United States for audit examination authorized by any other
					 provision of law; and
3. local,
					 state or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, for the
					 purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Food and Nutrition Act or
					 regulations. The written request shall include the identity of the individual
					 requesting the information, and his authority to do so, the violation being
					 investigated and the identity of the person on whom the information is
					 requested.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter B - Application Processing › Section III-1928 - Verification of Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 Office of Family Support shall require verification of residency requirements,
					 the identity of the person making application and continuing shelter
					 charges.
B. The Office of Family
					 Support may, with prior food and nutrition service approval, require additional
					 verification of other eligibility factors as indicated by quality control
					 reviews, audits, or other special reviews.
C. The agency will require verification of
					 necessary information within 10 days. Failure to provide such verification may
					 result in rejection of the application unless the household has requested
					 additional time in which to obtain the verification or assistance in obtaining
					 the verification. If the case is closed due to failure to submit required
					 verification and the verification is subsequently provided within the initial
					 30-day period, the application will be reactivated retroactively to the date of
					 application. If the verification is provided in the second 30-day period, the
					 application will be reactivated and benefits will be prorated from the date the
					 missing verification is provided.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:3194 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.2,
						7 CFR
						273.3.c.(1)(ii).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter D - Citizenship and Alien Status › Section III-1931 - Qualified Aliens

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In addition
					 to U.S. citizens, the following qualified aliens are eligible for benefits:
1. an alien who is lawfully admitted for
					 permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
2. an alien who is granted asylum under
					 Section 208 of such Act;
3. a
					 refugee who is admitted to the United States under Section 207 of such
					 Act;
4. an alien who is paroled
					 into the United States under Section 212(d)(5) of such Act for a period of at
					 least one year;
5. an alien whose
					 deportation is withheld under §243(h) of such Act [as in effect immediately
					 before the effective date (April 1, 1997) of
					 §307 of Division C of
					 Public Law
					 104-208] or §241(b)(3) of such Act [as amended by
					 §305(a) of Division C of Public Law 104-208];
6. an alien who is granted conditional entry
					 pursuant to §203(a)(7) of such Act as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;
					 or
7. an alien who is a
Cuban
or
Haitian
entrant, as defined in §501.
					 e of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;
8. an alien who has been battered or
					 subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent, or by
					 a member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as
					 the alien if the spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in, such battery
					 or cruelty. The individual who has been battered or subjected to extreme
					 cruelty must no longer reside in the same household with the individual who
					 committed the battery or cruelty. The agency must also determine that a
					 substantial connection exists between such battery or cruelty and the need for
					 the benefits to be provided. The alien must have been approved or have a
					 petition pending which contains evidence sufficient to establish:
a. the status as a spouse or a child of a
					 United States citizen pursuant to Clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of §204(a)(1)(A)
					 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); or
b. the classification pursuant to Clause (ii)
					 or (iii) of Section 204(a)(1)(B) of the INA; or
c. cancellation of removal under Section
					 1229b of the INA (as in effect prior to April 1, 1997); or
d. the status as a spouse or child of a
					 United States citizen pursuant to Clause (i) of §204(a)(1)(A) of the INA, or
					 classification pursuant to Clause (i) of §204(a)(1)(B) of the INA;
e. cancellation of removal pursuant to
					 Section 1229b(b)(2) of the INA;
9. an alien child of a battered parent or the
					 alien parent of a battered child as described in §1931. A 8; or
10. an alien who is the victim of a severe
					 form of trafficking in persons;
11.
					 an Iraqi or Afghan immigrant who has been granted Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)
					 status.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter D - Citizenship and Alien Status › Section III-1933 - Non-Qualified Aliens

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
					 following aliens may be eligible for an indefinite period of time even though
					 they are not qualified aliens.
1. Individuals
					 who are lawfully residing in the United States and were members of a Hmong or
					 Highland Laotians tribe at the time the tribe rendered assistance to the United
					 States personnel by taking part in a military rescue operation during the
					 Vietnam era beginning August 5, 1964 and ending May 7, 1975, as defined in
					 §101 of Title 38,
United
					 States
Code
; the spouse or an unmarried, dependent
					 child of such an individual; or the unremarried surviving spouse of such an
					 individual who is deceased.
2.
					 Individuals who are American Indian born in Canada to whom the provisions of
					 §289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act apply or who is a member of an
					 Indian tribe as defined in §4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
					 Assistance Act.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter D - Citizenship and Alien Status › Section III-1934 - Alien Eligibility Criteria

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 The following qualified aliens are eligible for benefits:
1. refugees admitted under §207 of the
					 Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
2. asylees admitted under §208 of the INA;
					 and
3. an alien whose deportation
					 is withheld under §243(h) of such ACT (as in effect immediately before
					 effective date [April 1, 1997] of
					 §307 of division C of
					 P.L.
					 104-208) or §241(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by
					 Section 305(a) of Division C of
					 P.L.
					 104-208);
4.
Cuban
and
Haitian
entrants as defined in §501(e) of the Refugee
					 Education Assistance Act of 1980;
5.
Amerasian
immigrants
					 admitted pursuant to §584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
					 Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988 as contained in §101(e) of P.L.
					 100-202 and amended by the 9th provision under migration and refugee assistance
					 in Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
					 Appropriations Act, 1989, P.L. 100-461,as amended;
6. an alien who is the victim of a severe
					 form of trafficking in persons;
7.
					 veterans who have met the minimum active-duty service requirements of
					 Section 5303 A(d) of Title 38, United States
					 Code, who were honorably discharged for reasons other than alienage and their
					 spouses or unremarried surviving spouses, if the marriage fulfills the
					 requirements of Section 1304 of Title 38, United States Code, and unmarried
					 dependent children;
8. active-duty
					 personnel (other than active duty for training) and their spouses, or
					 unremarried surviving spouses, if the marriage fulfills the requirements of
					 Section 1304 of Title 38, United States Code, and unmarried dependent
					 children;
9. aliens who have worked
					 40 qualifying quarters of coverage under Title II of the Social Security Act or
					 can be credited with such qualifying quarters;
10. effective October 1, 2002, individuals
					 who are lawfully residing in the United States and are receiving benefits or
					 assistance for blindness or disability as defined in §3(r) of the Food Stamp
					 Act of 1997;
11. individuals who
					 were lawfully residing in the United States on August 22, 1996 and were 65
					 years of age or older;
12.
					 effective October 1, 2003, individuals who are lawfully residing in the United
					 States and are under 18 years of age;
13. effective April 1, 2003, individuals who
					 have been lawful, permanent residents or otherwise qualified aliens for at
					 least five years beginning on the date the immigrant was designated as a
					 qualified alien by the Immigration and Naturalization Service;
14. an Iraqi or Afghan immigrant who has been
					 granted Special Immigrant VISA (SIV) status.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter E - Students › Section III-1935 - Student Provisions (Effective March 1, 2006)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An individual enrolled at least half-time
					 (as defined by the institution) in an institution of higher education is
					 considered a student. A student is ineligible to receive SNAP benefits unless
					 the individual meets at least one of the following conditions:
1. under age 18 or over age 49;
2. physically or mentally unfit;
3. receiving FITAP benefits;
4. employed an average of at least 20 hours
					 per week, and be paid for such employment, or if self-employed, employed for an
					 average of at least 20 hours per week and receives weekly earnings at least
					 equal to the federal minimum hourly wage multiplied by 20 hours;
5. participating in a state or federally
					 financed work-study program during the regular school year;
6. participating in an on-the-job training
					 program;
7. responsible for the
					 care of a dependent household member who is:
a. under age 6; or
b. age 6 or over but under age 12 and
					 adequate child care is not available;
8. is a single parent who is a full-time
					 student (as defined by the institution) and who is responsible for the care of
					 a dependent child under age 12, regardless of the availability of adequate
					 child care;
9. assigned to or
					 placed in an institution of higher education through or in compliance with the
					 requirements of one of the following:
a. the
					 work program under Title IV of the Social Security Act, which is the Strategies
					 to Empower People (STEP) Program;
b. the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
					 Act of 2015;
c. a SNAP employment
					 and training program subject to the condition that the course or program of
					 study is part of a program of career and technical education as defined in
					 section 3 of the Carl D Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20
					 U.S.C 2302)  designed to be completed in not
					 more than four years at an institution of higher education or is limited to
					 remedial course, basic adult education, literacy, or English as a second
					 language;
d. a program under
					 Section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974; or
e. a state or local government employment and
					 training program.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter G - Work Requirements › Section III-1938 - Work Registration Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each household member who is not exempt
					 from work registration shall be registered for employment before certification
					 and recertification as a condition of eligibility. At the time of application,
					 the state agency shall explain to the applicant the consequences of violation
					 of the work requirements.
1. No individual
					 physically and mentally fit and between the ages of 16 and 60, is eligible to
					 participate if that individual:
a. refuses
					 without good cause to provide sufficient information to allow a determination
					 of his/her employment status or job availability;
b. voluntarily and without good cause quits a
					 job;
c. voluntarily and without
					 good cause reduces his/her work effort (and, after the reduction, is working
					 less than 30 hours a week);
d.
					 fails at certification and recertification to register for employment;
					 or
e. refuses without good cause to
					 accept an offer of employment.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter G - Work Requirements › Section III-1939 - Work Exemption Guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Exemptions from Work Registration. A parent or other household member who is
					 responsible for the care of a dependent child under the age of 6 is exempt from
					 work registration.
B. Job Search.
					 The Office of Family Support has opted not to impose job search at the time of
					 application.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 49:39035 et seq.,
						7
						CFR 273.7;
						P.L.
						104-193.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter G - Work Requirements › Section III-1940 - Work Participation Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Individuals are ineligible to continue to receive SNAP benefits if, during the
					 current 36-month fixed clock period they received SNAP benefits for at least 3
					 months (consecutive or otherwise) while that individual did not either:
1. work (including paid or unpaid) an average
					 of 20 hours per week or participate in and comply with a program under Title 1
					 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Trade Adjustment
					 Assistance Act program, or employment and training program (other than a job
					 search or job search training program) for an average of 20 hours per
					 week;
2. participate in a
					 combination of work and training as described in Paragraph A.1 of this Section
					 for an average of 20 hours per week; or
3. participate in and comply with a workfare
					 program.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter G - Work Requirements › Section III-1941 - Work Requirements of the SNAP Household

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Persons losing exemption status due to any
					 change in circumstances that are subject to the reporting requirements shall
					 register for employment when the change is reported.
1. A person age 16 or 17 who is not head of
					 household or who is attending school or enrolled in an employment training
					 program on at least a half-time basis is exempt.
2. A household member subject to and
					 complying with any work requirement under Title IV of the Social Security Act
					 is also exempt.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter G - Work Requirements › Section III-1942 - Workforce Training and Education Pilot Initiative (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						P.L.
						104-193,
						P.L.
						110-246, and Act 622 of the 2014 Regular Session
						of the Louisiana Legislature.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter H - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section III-1945 - Resource Test

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective
					 June 1, 1983, households in which all members receive Family Independence
					 Temporary Assistance (FITAP) and whose income meets the gross income
					 eligibility standards will be considered to have satisfied SNAP's resource
					 test. However, the households must continue to meet all other SNAP eligibility
					 standards, including the net income standards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 47:55907 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.8,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter H - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section III-1947 - Resources

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
					 resources shall be countable resources:
1.
					 cash on hand;
2. money in checking
					 or savings accounts;
3.
					 certificates of deposit;
4. stocks;
					 and
5. bonds.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter H - Resource Eligibility Standards › Section III-1949 - Exclusions from Resources

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
					 resources other than those listed in
					 Section 1947 of this Title shall be excluded
					 from countable resources.
B. All of
					 the resources of individuals who are included in a household that is
					 categorically eligible are excluded.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 52:26937 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.8 and 273.9C(v),
						P.L.
						103-66,
						P.L.
						106-387,
						45
						CFR 263.20, and
						P.L.
						107-171,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1951 - Strikers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For SNAP
					 purposes, a striker is defined as anyone involved in a strike or concerted
					 stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration
					 of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other
					 concerted interruption of operations by employees. Any employee engaged in a
					 lockout, however, is not deemed to be a striker.
B. Strikers shall be subject to the work
					 registration requirement unless otherwise exempt.
C. Effective March 1, 1983, households with
					 striking members shall be ineligible to participate in SNAP unless the
					 household was eligible for benefits the day prior to the strike and is
					 otherwise eligible at the time of application. However, such a household shall
					 not receive an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in the income of
					 the striking member(s) of the household. Eligibility shall be determined by
					 considering the day prior to the strike as if it were the day of application
					 and assume the strike did not occur. Eligibility at time of application shall
					 be determined by comparing the striking member's income before the strike to
					 the striker's current income and adding the higher of the two to the current
					 income of nonstriking members during the month of application. To determine
					 benefits, deduction shall be calculated for the month of application as for any
					 other household. Whether the striker's pre-striker earnings are used or his
					 current income is used, the earnings deduction shall be allowed if
					 appropriate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:44712 et seq., F.R. 47:52328 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1953 - Income Eligibility Standards

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The income eligibility standards for SNAP
					 shall be as follows:
1. Gross Income. (All
					 households except those specified in Paragraph 2 below.) The income eligibility
					 standards for the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia, Guam,
					 Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands shall be 130 percent of the Office of
					 Management and Budget's (OMB) nonfarm income poverty guidelines for the 48
					 states and the District of Columbia. Broad-based categorically eligible
					 households shall meet 200 percent of the income poverty guidelines instead of
					 130 percent.
2. Net Income. For
					 households which contain a member who is 60 years of age or over, or a member
					 who receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the
					 Social Security Act, or disability and blindness payments under Titles I, II,
					 X, XIV of the Social Security Act, the net income eligibility standards for
					 SNAP shall be as follows: The income eligibility standards for the contiguous
					 48 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
					 Islands shall be the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) nonfarm income
					 poverty guideline for the 48 states and the District of Columbia.
3. Effective April 1, 1983, Section 12-236
					 will be revised to amend the income eligibility standards. Households with no
					 elderly or disabled members will be subject to both the gross and net income
					 eligibility tests. To be eligible, these households must meet both the net and
					 gross income standards.
4. The
					 income eligibility limits, as described in this Paragraph, are revised annually
					 to reflect OMB's annual adjustment to the nonfarm poverty guidelines for the 48
					 states and the District of Columbia, for Alaska, and for Hawaii.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1957 - Income Eligibility and Benefit Level

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For households containing a member age 60
					 or over or who receives SSI under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or
					 disability and blindness payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the
					 Social Security Act, income eligibility shall be based on net income.
B. For all other households, income
					 eligibility shall be based on gross income.
C. All eligible one and two-person households
					 shall receive a minimum monthly allotment of 8 percent of the thrifty food plan
					 for one person except when proration of initial month's benefits occurs. No
					 issuance shall be made for the initial month for allotments less than $10 due
					 to proration. For those eligible households with three or more members, which
					 are entitled to no benefits except for the initial month due to proration, the
					 eligibility worker shall deny the household's participation, on the grounds
					 that its net income exceeds the level below which benefits are
					 issued.
D. The level of benefits
					 for all eligible households shall be based upon net monthly income.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:44712 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1959 - Thrifty Food Plan

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective
					 April 1, 1982, the Thrifty Food Plan amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest
					 dollar increment to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
					 Consumers (CPI-U) for the cost of food, for the 15 months ending on December
					 31, 1981.
B. Effective July 1,
					 1983, the Thrifty Food plan amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest dollar
					 amount to reflect changes in the CPI-U for the cost of food, for the 15 months
					 ending March 31, 1983.
C. Effective
					 October 1, 1984, the Thrifty Food Plan amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest
					 dollar increment to reflect changes in the CPI-U for the cost of food, for the
					 15 months ending June 30, 1984.
D.
					 Effective October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, the Thrifty Food Plan
					 amounts shall be adjusted to the nearest dollar increment to reflect changes in
					 the CPI-U for the cost of food, for the 12 months ending on the preceding June
					 30.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:44712 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1961 - Adjustment of Standard Deduction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective October 1, 2002, the standard deduction shall be set at 8.31 percent
					 of the poverty level based on household size of up to six persons. The standard
					 deduction will be adjusted in accordance with directives from the United States
					 Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 46:44712 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9,
						P.L.
						107-171.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1962 - Standard Medical Deduction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective April 1, 2023, elderly/disabled households with verified medical
					 expenses of $35.01 or more may receive a Standard Medical Deduction.
AUTHORITY
						NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with applicable Sections of 7 CFR and
						R.S.
						36:474,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1965 - Standard Utility Allowance (SUA)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Households which incur heating or cooling
					 costs separate and apart from their rent or mortgage use a mandatory single
					 Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) in the determination of shelter costs and
					 deductions. To be qualified, the household must be billed on a regular basis
					 for heating or cooling costs. However, during the heating season a household
					 that is billed less often than monthly, but is eligible to use the standard
					 allowance, may continue to use the standard allowance between billing months.
					 The SUA is available to those households receiving energy assistance payments
					 or reimbursements but who continue to incur heating or cooling costs that
					 exceed the payment during any month covered by the certification
					 period.
B. Effective February 1,
					 2005, households living in public housing with shared meters that are only
					 charged for excess utilities shall use the SUA if heating or cooling costs are
					 incurred.
C. The full SUA shall be
					 allowed to all parties who contribute to the utility costs, if these costs
					 include heating or cooling costs, when the household shares a residence and
					 utility costs with other individuals.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 47:51551 et seq.,  7 CFR 272  and
						273.9,
						P.L.
						104-193,
						P.L.
						107-171.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1966 - Basic Utility Allowance (BUA)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Households which do not incur heating or cooling costs separate and apart from
					 their rent or mortgage use a mandatory single Basic Utility Allowance (BUA). To
					 be eligible, a household must be billed on a regular basis for utility
					 costs.
B. Effective February 1,
					 2005, households living in public housing with shared meters that are only
					 charged for excess utilities shall use the BUA if heating or cooling costs are
					 not incurred.
C. The full BUA shall
					 be allowed to all parties who contribute to the utility costs, if these costs
					 do not include heating or cooling costs, when the household shares a residence
					 and utility costs with other individuals.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						P.L.
						104-193 and
						P.L.
						107-171.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1967 - Setting the Standard Utility Allowance and the Basic Utility Allowance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective
					 October 1, 1985, and each October 1 thereafter, the annualized standard utility
					 allowance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall be adjusted to
					 reflect changes in the cost of utilities.
B. The department will conduct an annual
					 statewide survey of utility companies to determine the average monthly cost of
					 utilities. This methodology is subject to approval by the United States
					 Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The standard allowance
					 developed shall also be submitted to USDA FNS for approval.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						7 CFR
						273.9(d)(6),
						P.L.
						104-193,
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1968 - Homeless Shelter Deduction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Homeless households in which all members are homeless individuals that are not
					 receiving free shelter throughout the month and do not claim an excess shelter
					 deduction shall be allowed the standard homeless shelter deduction. The value
					 of the deduction is indexed based on inflation.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with Section 5(e)(6)(D) of the Food and Nutrition Act
						of 2008,
						7 USC §
													2014(e)(6)(D).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1969 - Standard Telephone Allowance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Effective May 1, 2002, all SNAP households whose only utility cost is a
					 telephone shall use a mandatory standard telephone allowance of $24. Each
					 October 1 thereafter, the mandatory standard telephone allowance shall be
					 adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of basic telephone services.
B. The Office of Family Security will conduct
					 an annual statewide survey of telephone companies to determine the average
					 subject to approval by the United States Department of Agriculture Food and
					 Nutrition Service. The standard allowance developed shall also be submitted to
					 USDA FNS for approval.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						7 CFR
						273.9(d)(6).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1971 - Farm Self-Employment Income

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective March 27, 1986, if the cost of
					 producing self-employment income exceeds the income derived from
					 self-employment as a farmer, such losses will be offset against other countable
					 income in a household. To be considered a self-employed farmer, the farmer must
					 receive or anticipate receiving annual gross proceeds of $1,000 or more from
					 the farming enterprise. The same base that is used to determine income from
					 self-employed farm operations shall be used to determine any net loss. Losses
					 should be prorated over the year in a manner comparable to that used to prorate
					 farm self-employment income.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 51:6511 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1973 - Diverted Income

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective
					 April 1, 1987, assistance payable for living expenses by Public Assistance (PA)
					 or local General Assistance (GA) Programs, or other basic assistance programs
					 comparable to GA as determined by the secretary of USDA shall be with certain
					 exceptions, considered income to a household if diverted to a third party on
					 behalf of the household.
B. General
					 Assistance (GA) is defined as cash or another form of assistance excluding
					 in-kind assistance, financed by state or local funds as part of a program which
					 provides assistance to cover living expenses or other basic needs intended to
					 promote the health or well-being of recipients.
C. A PA or GA payment which is not made
					 directly to the household, but paid to a third party on behalf of the household
					 to pay a household expense, shall be considered an excludable vendor payment
					 and not counted as income to the household if such PA or GA payment is for:
1. medical assistance;
2. child care assistance;
3. energy assistance; or
4. housing assistance payments made to a
					 third party on behalf of a household residing in temporary housing, if the
					 temporary housing unit provided for the household as a result of such
					 assistance lacks facilities for the preparation and cooking of hot meals or the
					 refrigerated storage of food for home consumption, provided that such vendor
					 payments shall be excluded under this provision if paid to the housing provider
					 during the period beginning October 20, 1987 and ending September 30,
					 1989.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1975 - Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Exclude EITC as resources for 12 months from receipt.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						7 CFR 273.9
						and P.L.
						103-66.
						P.L.
						110-246.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part III - Economic Stability › Subpart 3 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) › Chapter 19 - Certification of Eligible Households › Subchapter I - Income and Deductions › Section III-1977 - Cash Charitable Contributions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Effective immediately, cash charitable
					 contributions based on need, which are received from private nonprofit
					 charitable organizations, not in excess of $300 total per federal fiscal year
					 quarter, shall be excluded as SNAP household income.
B. Affected households are entitled to the
					 income exclusion beginning with the second federal fiscal year quarter of 1988
					 (January, 1988 through March, 1988) but not prior to February 1, 1988.
					 Consequently a household which received $100 in January, 1988, another $100 in
					 February and $250 in March from private nonprofit charitable organizations
					 would be entitled to an income exclusion for the $100 received in February and
					 $200 of the $250 received in March for a total income exclusion of $300 in that
					 quarter.
C. Affected households
					 which were denied benefits because the household's eligibility or benefit
					 calculation during the second federal fiscal year quarter of 1988 (but not
					 prior to February 1, 1988) did not include this income exclusion shall be
					 entitled to restored benefits, if otherwise eligible, at the time of
					 recertification, whenever the household requests a review of its case, or when
					 the department otherwise becomes aware that a review of a particular case is
					 needed. Restored benefits shall be paid to February 1, 1988, or the date of the
					 SNAP application, whichever is later.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with F.R. 53:22291 et seq.,
						7 CFR
						273.9, P.L.
						11-246.