Policy Memo: Federal Waivers for Transition from Disaster SNAP to Normal Processing

Policy Memo: Federal Waivers for Transition from Disaster SNAP to Normal Processing

Summary:

  • Due to the flooding in July 2010 the Department issued Disaster SNAP benefits from August 30, 2010 through September 3, 2010 in 7 counties.
  • Because so many people applied for the recent D-SNAP, some offices experienced a hardship in processing their regular work and customers had a hardship in reporting changes.
  • The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) granted DHS a waiver to extend the time that customers have to report changes; and to extend approval periods for certain cases. The waivers were granted to help offices return to normal processing.
  • The waivers described in this memorandum were approved for all of Cook, DuPage and Stephenson County FCRCs.
  • Category 08 and Category 94/96 SNAP cases in Cook, DuPage, and Stephenson, had their approval periods centrally extended for six months.
  • All SNAP units in Cook, DuPage, and Stephenson have 30 calendar days to report a change that occurred during the period 08/30/10 through 09/17/10.