PM 23-06-00: Disqualification for Breaking SNAP Rules (SNAP)

WAG 23-06-00

Disqualification for Breaking SNAP Rules

• Customers convicted of breaking SNAP rules on purpose face penalties from IDHS or a court. See PM 23-02-02-a Intentional Program Violations (IPV).
• If the IDHS SNAP Fraud Unit (SFU) (PM 23-06-05) determines there is enough evidence for an IPV, the household will be notified through the mail with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Notice of Suspected Intentional Program Violation - Waiver - Rights.
• A customer suspected of an IPV can give up the right to a hearing. A customer who gives up their right to a hearing is disqualified from getting SNAP without going through the hearing process. Information about the hearing process is in the packet sent to customers. A customer who wants to give up this right must sign the waiver and return it to the SNAP Fraud Unit within 20 calendar days of the date on the notification.
  • If the signed waiver is returned within 20 calendar days, the SNAP Fraud Unit implements the IPV. BOC will send an Intentional Program Violation Demand Letter and an Intentional Program Violation Repayment Agreement to the customer's household.
  • If the signed waiver is not returned within 20 calendar days, the SNAP Fraud Unit  will request an Administrative Disqualification hearing through IES to the Bureau of Hearings (BAH) to schedule a hearing.
• When an IPV involves a determination of whether a signature is genuine, the SNAP Fraud Unit notes this on the referral. BAH coordinates scheduling so the Forensic Document Examiner (FDE) can testify by telephone at the hearing.