Application Processing 430-05-20

 

Opportunity to Participate 430-05-20-05

(Revised 10/01/06 ML3044)

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Opportunity to participate consists of providing households with an EBT card and having card issuance available for households to obtain their benefits.  

 

Households must be afforded an opportunity to participate within the 30-day or 7-day expedited processing timeframes.  In order to afford households the opportunity to participate within these timeframes, the household must be issued an EBT card at prescreening or at the time of interview and have their benefits authorized no later then the 29th or 6th day.  This allows for the benefits to be deposited into their EBT account and available to the household on the 30th or 7th day.

 

If a household is not issued a card at the time of the prescreening for expedited services, when the interview is conducted or if an interview is waived, the household must:

  1. receive the notice of eligibility within the processing timeframe allowing two days mailing time, and

  2. receive F012 - EBT Client Training and Schedule Notice, allowing two days mailing time and allowing the household at least 24 hours within the processing timeframe to obtain an EBT card.

Items 1 and 2 MUST be completed within the processing timeframe (taking into account holidays, weekends, and the fact that any notice generated on a Friday is not mailed until the next working day).

 

When the household comes in for EBT training and card issuance, the county must ensure that the EBT account is reactivated, if necessary.

 

Ongoing cases must be authorized by the last day of the month so benefits are available to the household by the 1st day of each month.