FOOD STAMPS

AS OF: 07/21/2008 04:06

1000                 GENERAL INFORMATION.. 15

1000.05             GENERAL USES FOR FOOD STAMP BENEFITS. 15

1000.10             SPECIAL USES FOR FOOD STAMP BENEFITS. 15

1000.10.05          Communal Dining. 16

1000.10.10          Meals on Wheels. 16

1000.10.15          Addicts and Alcoholics in Treatment Programs. 16

1000.10.20          Residents of Group Living Facilities. 16

1000.10.25          Residents of Shelters for Battered Women. 17

1000.10.30          Homeless Food Stamp Households. 17

1000.15             PERSONNEL STANDARDS. 17

1000.20             RECORDS AND REPORTS. 18

1000.20.05          Certification Records. 18

1000.20.10          Fiscal Records. 18

1000.20.15          Case Record Organization. 18

1000.25             AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.. 19

1000.25.05          Program Informational Activities. 20

1000.30             DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.. 20

1000.30.05          Protection of Released Information. 22

1000.30.10          The Household's Access to its Case Record. 22

1000.35             NONDISCRIMINATION.. 22

1000.35.05          Complaint Procedure. 23

1000.35.10          Agency Complaint Requirements. 24

1000.35.15          Public Notification. 24

1000.35.20          Racial/Ethnic Data Collection. 24

1000.40             DIVISION OF STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES. 25

1000.45             COMPLAINTS. 25

1000.45.05          Definition of a Complaint 25

1000.45.10          Method of Processing a Complaint 25

1000.50             EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE. 26

1000.50.05          Agency Policy. 27

1000.50.10          Definitions. 27

1000.50.15          Applying for Litigation Expenses. 28

1000.50.20          Allowance of Awards. 28

1000.50.25          Disallowance of Awards. 29

1000.50.30          Appeals. 29

1000.50.35          Severability. 29

1000.55             Motor Voter Registration. 29

1002                 APPLICATION PROCESS. 30

1002.05             INTRODUCTION.. 30

1002.05.05          Withdrawing Applications. 31

1002.10             FILING AN APPLICATION.. 31

1002.10.05          Right to Same-day Filing. 31

1002.10.10          Mailing Applications to Households. 32

1002.10.12          The Application Interview.. 32

1002.10.15          Applications from FIP & GPA households. 32

1002.10.20          Applications from SSI Households. 33

1002.10.25          Applications from RSDI Households. 33

1002.10.30          Screening Households for Expedited Service. 33

1002.10.35          Screening for Duplicate Participation. 33

1002.10.40          Persons Applying as Pre-Release Applicants. 34

1002.15.            GENERAL HOUSEHOLD DEFINITION.. 34

1002.15.05          Special Household Definition. 34

1002.15.10          Elderly/Disabled Individuals. 35

1002.20             NONHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. 35

1002.25             INELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. 36

1002.30             BOARDERS. 37

1002.30.05          Determining Who is a Boarder 37

1002.30.10          Consideration of Boarder's Income/Resources. 38

1002.35             DEFINITION OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD - GENERAL. 38

1002.35.05          Head of Household - Work Requirement 39

1002.40             RESIDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS. 40

1002.40.05          Exceptions to the Institution Rule. 40

1002.40.10          Pre-Release Program Residents. 40

1002.45             STRIKERS. 41

1002.50             AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. 41

1002.50.05          Definition. 41