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(Revised 01/01/04 ML2893)
A household arrives in North Dakota on May 16 and applies on May 17. The only income for May was a final paycheck from a job in Texas that was received on May 10. The household expects to go to work on or about June 1 and does not anticipate a wage advance but expects payment on June 8. Liquid assets do not exceed $100.
This household is destitute. For May, the terminated source income received on May 10 is counted because it was received between the 1st of the month and date of application.
For June, the grower’s statement is used to anticipate income because the destitute provisions apply for only the first month of the certification period.
A household issued SNAP benefits on June 5 reapplies for July on July 5 and anticipates a payment of $500 on July 14.
The household is not destitute because income of more than $25 will be received from a new source within 10 days of the household's date of application for July. July benefits must be issued to this household no later than 30 calendar days after the July 5 application date.
The household lost its right to receive SNAP on the regular issuance date because of failure to timely reapply for July. Benefits for July are not prorated as a period of more than one calendar month had not lapsed before the household was recertified.
New Source Income Examples
A household applies on July 1 and expects to receive a final payoff of $2,000 on July 10.
The household is not destitute because income of more than $25 will be received within 10 days of the date of application.
The $2000 is counted as income to the household.
The household applies on July 1 and expects to receive a final payoff of $2,000 on July 13.
The household is destitute because income will not be received within 10 days of the date of application. The final payoff is disregarded because it is a payment that will not be received within 10 days of the date of application.
A household that was issued SNAP in June timely recertifies for July on June 14 and anticipates a payment of $2,000 on July 10.
This household is not destitute because the payment will be received within 10 days of July 1.
The $2000 is counted as income to the household.
Final Payoff Examples
A household applies in early June and does not anticipate that they will receive any payment until the end of July at which time the payoff is expected.
The application is processed for June and benefits issued. Based on the anticipated payoff, a 10-day advance notice to decrease benefits for July is sent.
In July, the household reports the payoff will not be received until August 1 and provides verification. The reported change is not acted on for July, as supplements are not issued in the current month.
The anticipated payoff would be used when processing August benefits.
The following example illustrates correct treatment of final payments anticipated in July, including all actions throughout the season:
May 20 - The household initially applied, stating that:
SNAP had not been received elsewhere in May.
A $500 travel advance was received on May 15 that would be subtracted from wages later earned (at the time of application there was no written statement that the advance would later be deducted from wages); and there was no other household income.
Liquid assets did not exceed $100.
No further advances would be requested until final payoff in July. The worker verified identity through a collateral contact, but was unable to verify income within the expedited service time frame.
May 26 - The household is certified and issued SNAP benefits for the month of May within the prescribed expedited service time frame. Because in-state income verification for the travel advance was not provided within the appropriate expedited service time frame, June benefits cannot be issued until income verification is received (postponed verification procedures require assignment of a two-month certification period when application is made after the 15th of the month).
The household was certified as destitute and assigned a two-month certification period because the May 15 travel advance was disregarded while making destitute household determination. The $500 advance was disregarded as a travel advance under special destitute household income calculation procedures because a written contract (or written employer statement) stating that it was to be deducted from wages later earned was not available within the required expedited service time frame.
May 28 - The worker received a completed Grower's Statement, which stated the following:
Item six indicated that an advance to be subtracted from wages later earned was paid on May 15.
Item 8b was not checked for weekly, biweekly, or monthly payments, and no dollar amounts were entered. Item 8b did, however, contain a handwritten statement to the effect that the household would be paid as requested before the final payoff.
Final payoff, on about July 25, would be in the amount of $3,000 minus any wage advance paid.
The case is worked for June benefits using no income based on the Grower’s Statement.
June 14 - The household timely recertifies for July and reports receipt of a $2,000 wage advance on June 7. At the time of the recertification interview it was learned that the $2,000 wage advance had been drawn to pay for a previously unanticipated household emergency.
June 28 - The case is worked for July using July anticipated income of $500. A one-month certification period is assigned because the household expects to leave North Dakota immediately upon completion of the job about July 25. The $500 is counted because:
The household received advances before the final payoff, making the anticipated July 25 payoff recurring, rather than new source income.
Only that amount will be received in July. Advances totaling $2,500 were received in May and June. Only income actually received or anticipated during the certification period is taken into account at the time of certification.
July 1 - July benefits are issued. In this case situation, no claims against the household are required for either May or June. Because the travel advance could not be verified as an advance that would be deducted from wages later earned within the expedited timeframe, the $500 advance was correctly excluded from the destitute household income calculation procedure as a travel advance.
The $2,000 wage advance in June had not been anticipated in time to affect June issuance.
