NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
October 5, 2010

IM 5107

TO:		County Social Service Directors
Economic Assistance Policy Regional Representatives
Economic Assistance Policy Quality Control Reviewers

FROM:	Tove Mandigo, Director, Economic Assistance Policy

SUBJECT:	BEST Exemption Codes –Burleigh and Cass Counties	 

PROGRAMS:	SNAP

EFFECTIVE:	October 1, 2010

RETENTION: 	Until Manualized

SECTIONS 
AFFECTED:	Exemptions from BEST 430-05-40-55-10

For Federal reporting effective October 1, 2010, we are required to report the number of individuals in Burleigh and Cass Counties that are exempt from the BEST Program by exemption code.

When processing cases for the benefit month of November, 2010, if a work registration date has been entered in the work registration field, an ENR DATE or an EX RSN code with an EX START DATE must also be entered on the WORE screen in TECS. 

For any case that has been processed for the benefit month of October 2010 or November 2010 where an individual was a mandatory work registrant and is exempt from the BEST Program, the worker must go back and enter one of the following codes in the EX RSN column. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Exemption from BEST Codes:

1.	CL – City Limits
2.	EX - Exempt from Work Registration
3.	MI - Migrant in job stream
4.	CH - Child under 12 in home
5.	GC – Good cause
6.	AG - Under 18 or 50 and older
7.	NE – Limited or non-English speaking
8.	PP - Pride Program 
9.	LT - Lack of transportation
10.	DI – Temporary Disability
11.	PG - Pregnant woman
12.	MA – No Fixed mailing address
13.	IA – Inappropriate referral 

If you have questions, please contact your Regional Representative.