New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Part 180 - GENERAL OPERATING POLICIES - EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS › Section 8.100.180.12 - FOOD STAMP EXCEPTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Adverse action notices are not required under the following
				  conditions.
A. Mass changes: The state
				initiates a mass change.
B. Death:
				The ISS determines, based on reliable information, that all members of a
				household have died.
C. Move from
				project area: The ISS determines, based on reliable information, that the
				household has moved from the project area, or will move before the next FS
				issue.
D. Completion of restoration
				of lost benefits: The client has been receiving an increased allotment to
				restore benefits, the restoration is complete, and the client has been
				previously notified in writing when the increased allotment would
				end.
E. Anticipated changes in
				monthly benefit amount: A household's allotment varies from month to month
				within the certification period to take into account changes which are
				anticipated at the time of certification, and the household was notified at the
				time of certification of the allotment variations.
F. Benefit reduction upon approval of
				household's FA application: The household jointly applied for FA and FS
				benefits, and has been receiving food stamps pending the approval of the FA
				grant, and was notified at the time of certification that FS benefits would be
				reduced upon approval of the FA grant.
G. Household member disqualified for
				intentional program violation: The benefits of the remaining household members
				are reduced or terminated to reflect the disqualification of a household
				member.
H. Benefits contingent upon
				providing postponed verification: The ISS has assigned a normal certification
				period to a household certified on an expedited basis, for whom verification
				was postponed, and the household was given a written notice that the receipt of
				benefits beyond the month of application was contingent upon its providing the
				required verification.
I.
				Conversion: Converting a household from cash or FS benefit recovery to
				recoupment (benefit reduction) because of failure to make agreed-upon
				repayment.
J. Loss of certification
				by drug or alcoholic treatment center or group living arrangement.: The ISS
				terminates the eligibility of a resident of a drug or alcoholic treatment
				center or a group living arrangement because the facility loses either its
				certification from the New Mexico health department or other appropriate state
				agency, or has its status as an authorized representative suspended because FCS
				has disqualified it as a retailer.
K. Transfer between FSP and food distribution
				programs: If a local office is notified by the appropriate Indian tribal
				organization (ITO) that a participating household wishes to switch programs,
				the ISS:
(1) advises the ITO of the earliest
				date that program transfer may occur without risk of dual
				participation;
(2) closes the FS
				case without advance notice; and
(3) follows up with the appropriate
				ITO-provided form.