Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 50 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program › Subchapter 3 - Application Process › Section 340:50-3-3 - Verification

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
General
				verification standards.
Verification is the use of documents or third
				party information to confirm the accuracy of statements made on the
				application. Refer to Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:50-5, for
				non-financial verification criteria and OAC 340:50-7 for financial eligibility
				verification criteria. When the household must provide documentation to verify
				eligibility before receiving or continuing to receive benefits, the worker
				provides the household with Form 08AD092E, Client Contact and Information
				Request, that lists required verification and gives the household at least
				10-calendar days to provide the verification.
(b)
Mandatory verification.
The
				worker must verify the eligibility factors in (1) through (11) of this
				Subsection before certifying a household initially applying for Supplemental
				Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for a normal certification
				period, per Section 273.2(f)(1) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations
				(7 C.F.R. §
										273.2(f)(1)) . When the
				household is eligible for expedited service processing, the worker may postpone
				verifying eligibility factors, other than identity, when they cannot be
				verified within the seven-calendar day period, per OAC
				340:50-11-5.
(1)
Able-bodied adults without
				dependents (ABAWD) subject to the time limit.
When there is an ABAWD
				subject to the food benefit time limit living in the home, the household must
				verify the hours the ABAWD works or participates in a work program and, if
				there is an indication that the ABAWD received food benefits in another state,
				the number of countable months received there, per
				7 C.F.R. §
											273.24 and OAC
				340:50-5-100.
(2)
Citizenship and alien
				status.
The household must verify the citizenship or alien status of
				household members, per OAC
				340:50-5-67.
(3)
Disability.
A
				household member's disability must be verified, per OAC
				340:50-5-4
				when it affects SNAP eligibility.
(4)
Gross nonexempt income.
The
				gross nonexempt income of all household members must be verified, per OAC
				340:50-7-29 and
				OAC
				340:50-7-30.
				However, when attempts by the household and the worker to verify the income are
				unsuccessful because the person or organization that provided the income fails
				to cooperate and other sources of verification are unavailable, the worker uses
				the best available information to determine household income.
(5)
Household composition.
The
				household must verify household composition, when questionable, per OAC
				340:50-5-1
				through
				340:50-5-3.
(6)
Identity.
The identity of
				the person submitting the SNAP application must be verified, per OAC
				340:50-5-65.
(7)
Legal obligation to pay child
				support.
Prior to allowing a deduction for legally-binding child support
				payments, the legal order and payment amounts must be verified, per OAC
				340:50-7-31(a)(5).
(8)
Medical expenses.
A medical
				expense deduction is only allowed for household members meeting the definition
				of elderly or disabled, per OAC
				340:50-5-4.
				Before allowing a medical expense deduction, the household must verify medical
				expenses exceeding $35 per month, per OAC
				340:50-7-31(a)(3).
(9)
Residency.
The
				household is required to verify it resides in Oklahoma, per OAC
				340:50-5-66.
(10)
Social Security number
				(SSN).
Each household member must provide his or her SSN to participate
				in SNAP, per OAC 340:50-6-68.
(11)
Students.
When a household member claims to be physically or
				mentally unfit for purposes of the student exemption, per OAC
				340:50-5-45, and the
				unfitness is not evident to the worker, verification may be required.
				Appropriate verification may consist of receipt of temporary or permanent
				disability benefits issued by governmental or private sources, or of a
				statement from a physician or licensed or certified psychologist.