904 SNAP Replacement Conditions

SNAP benefits may be replaced if the participating household reports:

• Food purchased with SNAP benefits that has been destroyed in a fire, flood, tornado, power loss (if at least 4 hours or more), or other misfortune beyond the household’s control.

• Participant A person who is eligible for benefits under SNAP, even if that person is not currently receiving benefits because the amount is too low, or the person is under a sanction or disqualification. reports their EBT card was stolen, and benefits were used AFTER this was reported.

Note: If a household reports their EBT card was stolen and benefits were used PRIOR to this being reported, a replacement cannot be authorized.

Replacement issuance An issued SNAP benefit. shall be provided only if the household timely reports a loss orally or in writing within 10 days of the loss.

 

The maximum replacement cannot be for more than one month and cannot be more than the Thrifty Food Plan Diet required to feed a family in accordance with guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The cost of that diet is the basis for uniform allotments for all households. The thrifty food plan is based on 100% of the federal poverty level. if that had been the original amount issued.

 

There is no limit to the number of replacements.

 

 

Prior to issuing a replacement, the household must provide a signed SFN 270 - Request for Replacement Due to Loss of SNAP Benefits or signed statement from the participant within 10 days of the date of the report.

 

The SFN 270 - Request for Replacement Due to Loss of SNAP Benefits or signed statement shall attest to the destruction of food purchased with the original issuance and reason for the replacement. It shall also state that the household is aware of the penalties for intentional misrepresentation of the facts, including but not limited to, a charge of perjury for a false claim.

 

If the eligibility worker does not receive the signed SFN 270 - Request for Replacement Due to Loss of SNAP Benefits or signed statement from the client within 10 days of the date of the report, no replacement is made.

 

If the 10th day falls on a weekend or North Dakota Department of Human Services holiday, and the request or statement is received the day after the weekend or North Dakota Department of Human Services holiday, the worker must consider it timely.

 

Upon receiving a request for replacement of SNAP benefits destroyed in a household misfortune or disaster, the eligibility worker shall:

• Confirm or verify the details of the household misfortune or disaster. This shall be verified through a collateral contact An oral confirmation of a household’s circumstances by a person outside of the household. The collateral contact may be made either in person or over the telephone and may include employers, landlords, social service agencies, migrant service agencies, and neighbors of the household who can be expected to provide accurate third-party verifications., documentation from a community agency including, but not limited to, the fire department or the Red Cross, or a home visit.

• Document Used as a noun, as in documentary evidence indicates a written record of the circumstances of an event or fact. Used as a verb, indicates the act of entering the case file actual proof or statement of proof that the contents of the record are accurate. in the narrative the date, amount and if a replacement can be issued.

After determination has been made by the Eligibility Worker, the completed SFN 270 or signed statement must be emailed to SNAP policy so a replacement can be issued from the integrated eligibility system.