100 CASE PROCESSING (FSM)
101 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (FSM)
101.01 Individual Rights (FSM)
101.03 Individual Responsibilities (FSM)
103 NONDISCRIMINATION (FSM)
103.01 Racial and Ethnic Heritage Data (FSM)
103.03 Primary Language Data Collection (FSM)
105 COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS (FSM)
105.01 Eligibility Determinations (FSM)
105.03 Eligibility Reviews (FSM)
105.05 Failure to Cooperate (FSM)
105.07 Refusal to Cooperate (FSM)
107 PROVIDING VERIFICATION (FSM)
109 APPLICATION PROCESS (FSM)
109.01 Filing an Application (FSM)
109.03 Processing a Filed Application [FSM]
109.05 Withdrawal of a Request for Assistance (FSM)
109.07 Reuse of Forms 800 and 800H After Denial (FSM)
111 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES (AR) (FSM)
111.01 AR Acting in Place of the Individual (FSM)
111.03 AR Signature Required (FSM)
111.05 AR Receiving or Using Food Stamps (FSM)
111.07 AR Documentation Required (FSM)
111.09 Emergency AR (FSM)
111.11 Abuse by AR or Failure of an AR to Perform Their Duties (FSM)
111.13 Residential Treatment Centers as AR (FSM)
117 APPLICATION PROCESSING TIME FRAMES (FSM)
119 JOINT APPLICATIONS (FSM)
119.01 When Eligibility Is Uncertain (FSM)
121 DELAY IN PROCESSING (FSM)
121.01 Division Delay (FSM)
121.03 Applicant Delay (FSM)
123 BENEFIT DELIVERY TIME FRAMES (FSM)
125 EXPEDITED SERVICE (FSM)
125.01 Eligibility Criteria for Expedited Service (FSM)
125.03 Destitute Migrant or Seasonal Farm Workers (FSM)
125.05 Frequency of Expedited Service (FSM)
125.07 How to Determine Eligibility for Expedited Service (FSM)
125.09 Time Frames for Expedited Service (FSM)
125.11 Combined Allotments (FSM)
125.13 Postponed Verification (FSM)
125.15 Postponed Social Security Numbers (SSN) (FSM)
125.17 Postponed Work Registration (FSM)
125.19 Postponed Citizenship (FSM)
125.21 Expedited Service Certification Periods (FSM)
127 INTERVIEWS (FSM)
127.01 Interview Sites (FSM)
127.03 Failure to Appear for an Interview (FSM)
127.05 Food Stamp Identification Card (FSM)
129 PENDING INFORMATION (FSM)
131 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS (FSM)
133 LENGTH OF ELIGIBILITY (FSM)
133.01 Very Stable Households (FSM)
133.03 Stable Households (FSM)
133.05 Households With Unstable Circumstances (FSM)
133.06 Households With Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) (FSM)
133.07 Public Assistance Households (FSM)
133.09 Certification Periods (FSM)
135 PROVIDING NOTICES TO INDIVIDUALS (FSM)
137 NOTIFYING LOCAL WELFARE OFFICERS (FSM)
139 NOTICES OF DECISION (NOD) (FSM)
141 ADVANCE NOTICE PERIOD (ANP) (FSM)
141.01 Fair Hearing Requests and the ANP (FSM)
141.03 No ANP Required (FSM)
141.07 30-Day ANP (FSM)
143 COMPLAINTS AND FAIR HEARINGS (FSM)
145 CHANGES (FSM)
145.01 Reporting Requirements (FSM)
145.03 What to Report (FSM)
145.04 Special Reporting Requirements FSM
145.05 How to Report (FSM)
145.07 When to Report (FSM)
145.09 Notifying Individuals of Reporting Requirements (FSM)
147 ACTIONS ON CHANGES (FSM)
149 MASS CHANGES (FSM)
151 CHANGES THAT INCREASE BENEFITS (FSM)
153 CHANGES THAT DECREASE BENEFITS (FSM)
155 ADDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL (FSM)
157 FAILURE TO REPORT A CHANGE (FSM)
159 CHANGES DURING EXTENDED FOOD STAMP EFS PERIODS FSM
161 REDETERMINATION/RECERTIFICATION (FSM)
161.01 Timely Notice (FSM)
161.03 Required Verification for Redetermination/Recertification (FSM)
161.05 Processing Redeterminations/Recertifications (FSM)
161.07 Termination at Redetermination/Recertification (FSM)
161.09 Untimely Reapplication (FSM)
163 TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE (FSM)
200 PROGRAM CRITERIA (FSM)
201 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (FSM)
211 COMPOSITION OF ASSISTANCE GROUPS (FSM)
211.01 Who Must Be Members (FSM)
211.03 Disqualified Individuals (FSM)
211.05 Who Must Be Separate (FSM)
211.07 Food Stamp Household Composition Chart (FSM)
211.09 Who May Be Members (FSM)
211.11 Who Is Not a Member (FSM)
213 REQUIRED VERIFICATION (FSM)
227 STRIKERS (FSM)
227.01 Individuals Not Considered Strikers (FSM)
227.03 Striker Eligibility (FSM)
227.05 Treatment of Striker Income (FSM)
227.09 Required Verification (FSM)
229 TARGET POPULATION (FSM)
229.01 Definition of Elderly (FSM)
229.03 Definition of Disabled (FSM)
229.05 Social Security's Permanent Disability Criteria (FSM)
229.07 Required Verification (FSM)
231 CATEGORICALLY ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS (FSM)
231.01 Categorical Eligibility Criteria (FSM)
231.03 Required Verification (FSM)
233 ALCOHOL OR DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS (FSM)
235 GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENTS (FSM)
235.01 Definition of Group Living Arrangement (FSM)
235.03 Responsibilities of the Group Living Arrangement (FSM)
235.05 When Residents Leave the Group Living Arrangement (FSM)
235.07 Disqualified Group Living Arrangements (FSM)
235.09 Decertified Group Living Arrangements (FSM)
235.11 Required Verification (FSM)
237 SHELTERS FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN (FSM)
237.01 Approved Shelters (FSM)
237.03 Buying Meals (FSM)
237.05 Two Issuances in the Same Month (FSM)
237.07 Determining Eligibility (FSM)
237.09 Required Verification (FSM)
239 STUDENTS (FSM)
239.01 Student Eligibility (FSM)
239.03 Required Verification (FSM)
245 ABLE BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS (FSM)
245.01 ABAWD Work Participation Requirements vs Food Stamp Work Registration Requirements (FSM)
245.03 Criteria for Exemption from ABAWD Work Participation (FSM)
245.05 ABAWD Work Participation Requirements (FSM)
245.07 Determining the 36 Month and 3 Month Periods of Eligibility (FSM)
245.09 The One Time "Cure"
Reestablishing Eligibility After Closing for Failure to Meet ABAWD Requirements (FSM)
245.11 Maintaining Eligibility After a One Time Cure (FSM)
245.13 The 3 Consecutive Month "Cure" Period (FSM)
245.15 Verification Requirements (FSM)
249 EXTENDED FOOD STAMPS FSM
249.01 Who Is Eligible for Extended Food Stamps EFS FSM
249.03 Who Is Not Eligible For Extended Food Stamps EFS FSM
249.05 Determining the Extended Food Stamp EFS Benefit Allotment FSM
249.07 Extended Food Stamp Period FSM
249.09 Extended Food Stamp EFS Work Requirements FSM
249.11 Changes During the Extended Food Stamp EFS Period FSM
249.13 Terminationg Extended Food Stamps EFS FSM
300 NON-FINANCIAL CRITERIA (FSM)
301 IDENTITY (FSM)
301.01 Application (FSM)
301.03 Case Membership Changes (FSM)
301.05 Recertification (FSM)
301.07 How to Verify (FSM)
303 RESIDENCY (FSM)
303.01 Residence for Eligibility (FSM)
303.03 When to Verify Residency (FSM)
303.05 How to Verify Residence (FSM)
303.07 Moves within the State (FSM)
303.09 Out-of-State Recipient Moves into New Hampshire (FSM)
303.11 Absence from New Hampshire
Temporary (FSM)
303.13 Absence from New Hampshire
Permanent (FSM)
305 CITIZENSHIP (FSM)
305.01 Definition of U.S. Citizen (FSM)
305.03 Declaration of Citizenship (FSM)
305.05 Verification of Citizenship (FSM)
305.09 Determining Qualified Alien Status (FSM)
305.11 Eligibility for Certain Qualified Aliens (FSM)
305.13 Qualified Aliens Eligible Without Restriction (FSM)
305.14 Special Category Non-Citizens Eligible Without Restriction FSM
305.15 Qualified Aliens Eligible After Meeting Certain Criteria FSM
305.15 Qualified Aliens Eligible Only for the First 7 Years in the U.S. (FSM)
305.16 General Guide to Alien Eligibility Status in the Food Stamp Program FSM
305.17 Qualified Aliens with Restricted Eligibility Based on Date of Entry into the U.S. (FSM)
305.19 Crediting SSA Work Quarters (FSM)
305.21 Documentation of BCIS Status-FSM
305.23 Verification of Qualified Alien Status (FSM)
305.25 When INS Responds Late FSM
305.27 Administrative Appeals FSM
305.29 Reporting Illegal and Indigent Aliens
307 INSTITUTIONS (FSM)
307.01 Eligibility Within Institutions (FSM)
307.09 How to Verify (FSM)
309 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS (FSM)
309.01 SSN Eligibility and Applicant Notification Requirement (FSM)
309.03 Other Worker Action at Application (FSM)
309.05 Completing an Application for an SSN (FSM)
309.07 Verification (FSM)
315 VOLUNTARY QUIT (FSM)
315.01 Definition of Voluntary Quit (FSM)
315.03 Good Cause for Voluntary Quit (FSM)
315.05 Sanctions/Disqualifications for Voluntary Quit (FSM)
315.07 Informing the Household about Voluntary Quit (FSM)
315.09 Fair Hearings (FSM)
315.11 Reapplication/Reinstatement after Voluntary Quit (FSM)
315.13 Verification (FSM)
319 FUGITIVE FELONS AND VIOLATORS OF PROBATION OR PAROLE (FSM)
321 INELIGIBILITY FOR FRAUDULENT RECEIPT OF MULTIPLE BENEFITS (FSM)
400 RESOURCES (FSM)
401 GENERAL INFORMATION (FSM)
403 RESOURCE LIMITS (FSM)
405 WHOSE RESOURCES COUNT? (FSM)
407 TREATMENT OF RESOURCES (FSM)
409 COMMON TYPES OF RESOURCES (FSM)
411 LESS COMMON TYPES OF RESOURCES (FSM)
413 VERIFICATION OF RESOURCES (FSM)
415 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY (FSM)
415.01 What Is a Property Transfer? (FSM)
415.03 Examples of Property Transfers (FSM)
415.05 Transfers to Monitor (FSM)
415.07 Evaluation of Transfers (FSM)
415.09 Penalty for Transferring Resources (FSM)
415.11 Notifying the Household (FSM)
415.13 Verification of Property Transfers (FSM)
500 INCOME (FSM)
501 GENERAL INFORMATION (FSM)
503 AVAILABLE INCOME (FSM)
505 WHOSE INCOME COUNTS? (FSM)
507 TREATMENT OF INCOME (FSM)
509 VERIFICATION (FSM)
511 COMMON TYPES OF INCOME (FSM)
513 LESS COMMON TYPES OF INCOME (FSM)
600 STANDARDS AND BUDGET (FSM)
601 INCOME LIMITS
PAYMENT STANDARDS: AND ALLOTMENTS (FSM)
603 DEDUCTIONS AND DISREGARDS (FSM)
603.01 Earned Income Disregards (FSM)
603.05 Child/Dependent Care Deduction (FSM)
603.09 Other Allowable Deductions (FSM)
603.11 Verification of Deductions (FSM)
605 BUDGETING OVERVIEW (FSM)
607 CONVERSION TO MONTHLY AMOUNTS (FSM)
609 FLUCTUATING INCOME (FSM)
609.01 Averaging Fluctuating Income (FSM)
609.03 Time Frames for Using Averaged Fluctuating Income (FSM)
611 INCOME BUDGETING (FSM)
611.01 Computing Income Eligibility [FSM]
611.03 Deeming Principles (FSM)
611.04 Exceptions to the Sponsor-to-Immigrant Deeming Principles FSM
611.05 Income of Disqualified and Excluded Individuals (FSM)
613 ROUNDING PROCEDURES (FSM)
615 BENEFITS
DETERMINATION: FREQUENCY: AND MAILING (FSM)
FREQUENCY AND ISSUANCE (FSM)
619 CORRECTIVE PAYMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS (FSM)
619.01 Determine the Corrective Payment or Supplemental Benefit (FSM)
621 RECOUPMENT/REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE (FSM)
621.01 Determine the Overpayment or Overissuance (FSM)
621.03 Rate and Method of Recoupment (FSM)
621.05 When the Household Fails to Make Proper Payment (FSM)
621.07 Suspending or Terminating Collection Action (FSM)
621.09 Claims Discharged through Bankruptcy (FSM)
621.11 When a Household Makes an Overpayment on a Claim (FSM)
700 MISCELLANEOUS (FSM)
701 PURPOSE OF FOOD STAMPS (FSM)
701.01 The Purpose and Uses for Food Coupons (FSM)
701.01 The Purpose and Uses for Food Stamp Benefits (FSM)
701.03 Communal Dining Facilities (FSM)
701.05 Nonprofit Meal Delivery Services (FSM)
701.07 Addicts and Alcoholics in Treatment Programs (FSM)
701.09 Community Mental Health Centers (FSM)
701.11 Group Living Arrangements (FSM)
701.13 Shelters for Battered Women and Children (FSM)
707 ISSUING BENEFITS (FSM)
707.01 Mailing Addresses (FSM)
707.03 Mailing Restrictions (FSM)
707.05 Alternative Delivery of Food Coupons (FSM)
709 REPLACING UNRECEIVED BENEFITS (FSM)
709.01 What Benefits May Be Replaced (FSM)
709.02 Deactivation and Return of EBT Benefits from Unused EBT Accounts
709.03 When Benefits Are Not Received (FSM)
709.04 Cash-out of EBT Food Stamp Benefits (FSM)
709.05 Replacing Undelivered Coupons (FSM)
709.07 Replacing Coupons Totally Lost or Stolen Prior to Receipt (FSM)
709.09 Replacing Coupons Partially Lost in the Mail (FSM)
709.11 Replacing Coupons Lost in Certified Mail (FSM)
709.13 Replacing Post Office Box Losses (FSM)
709.15 Failure to Cooperate with the Post Office (FSM)
709.17 Replacing Coupons or Food Destroyed in a Disaster (FSM)
709.17 Replacing Food Destroyed in a Disaster (FSM)
709.19 Time Frame for Replacing Destroyed Food (FSM)
709.19 Time Frame for Replacing Undeliverable
Lost: Damaged: or Destroyed Coupons or Food (FSM)
709.21 Replacing Coupons Already Returned to Inventory (FSM)
709.23 Exchanging Coupons (FSM)
709.25 Receipt of Coupons after a Report of Nonreceipt (FSM)
711 COUPONS IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE (FSM)
711.01 Coupon Security (FSM)
711.03 Receiving Returned Coupons (FSM)
711.05 Returns of Found Coupons (FSM)
711.07 Returns of Coupons Already Replaced (FSM)
711.09 How to Send Unclaimed Coupons Back to BDM (FSM)
713 INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATIONS (IPV) (FSM)
713.01 Intentional Program Violation (IPV) (FSM)
713.03 Disqualification Periods (FSM)
713.05 IPV Court of Appropriate Jurisdiction (FSM)
713.07 IPV Administrative Disqualification Hearing (FSM)
713.09 Calculating the Amount of Repayment for an Intentional Program Violation (IPV) (FSM)
713.11 Recovering Overpayments/Overissuances Due to IPV
Collections (FSM)
713.13 Court Adjudicated Claims (FSM)
713.15 Initiating Claims (FSM)
713.17 Failure to Respond to a Demand Letter (FSM)
713.19 When a Household Member Leaves During Collection Action (FSM)
713.21 Methods of Collection (FSM)
713.23 When the Household Fails to Make Proper Payment (FSM)
715 NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT FOR WORKING FAMILIES NSWF FSM
800 TRAINING
EDUCATION: AND EMPLOYMENT (FSM)
801 PURPOSE AND LONG-TERM GOAL (FSM)
803 NOTIFICATIONS AT APPLICATION (FSM)
805 NOTIFICATIONS AT REDETERMINATION (FSM)
807 WHICH WORK REQUIREMENTS APPLY? (FSM)
809 EXEMPTIONS FROM FOOD STAMP PROGRAM [FSP] WORK REQUIREMENTS [FSM]
811 VERIFICATION OF EXEMPT STATUS (FSM)
813 FOOD STAMP WORK REGISTRATION (FSM)
815 LOSS OF EXEMPTION FROM WORK PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (FSM)
815 LOSS OF EXEMPTION FROM WORK REGISTRATION (FSM)
817 DETERMINING FOOD STAMP HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD (FSM)
819 FOOD STAMP EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING [FSET] JOB SEARCH ACTIVITIES [FSM]
819 FOOD STAMP JOB SEARCH (FSM)
819.01 Support Services for the Food Stamp Employment & Training [FSET] Job Search Program [FSM]
821 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL (FSM)
823 GOOD CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE (FSM)
825 CONCILIATION PROCESS (FSM)
827 DISQUALIFICATION PENALTIES (FSM)
827.01 Length of Disqualification (FSM)
827.03 Opening and Closing a Case During a Disqualification Period (FSM)
827.05 Notices to Individuals (FSM)
829 FAIR HEARINGS (FSM)