Filing an Application 430-05-20-10

(Revised 01/01/2022 ML 3643)

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Human Service Zones must encourage a household to file an application for the program if the household expresses concern about food insecurity. An application form must be provided to anyone making a request. A household must file an application by submitting the form to the human service zone either in person, through an authorized representative, or by mail. A household may also file an application electronically using the on-line self-service application system. A household has the right to file an application on the same day contact is made at the human service zone during office hours.

 

Households must be informed that receiving SNAP does not have any bearing on any other program’s time limits that may apply to the household.

 

Applications signed using electronic signature techniques and applications containing handwritten signatures which are then transmitted to the human service zone office via fax or other electronic transmission techniques are acceptable means of filing a SNAP application.

 

If a household requests by telephone or in writing that an application be mailed, it must be sent to the household on the same day the request is made.

 

A household must be advised that it does not have to be interviewed before filing an application.

 

Applications may be received, filed and maintained at any human service zone office within the state, based on what is most convenient for the applicant or recipient.