Action Memo: SNAP REDES Impacted By Late Mailing of Central Notices

Summary:

From the period of December 26, 2011 through January 17, 2012, approximately 56,341 SNAP households were affected by issues with central mailings of SNAP REDE notices.
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved our request to issue SNAP benefits without proration to customers filing an untimely application as a result of not receiving a REDE notice of expiration on time.
If the customer's REDE application is filed during the month after the end of their approval period, do not prorate benefits.
Use the date of receipt to register the REDE. Issue a mercury for a full month's benefit for the month of application using TA 11/TAR 02, unless expedited.
For applications that have already been processed and the customer did not receive a full month's benefit, issue a supplement and document in the case file.
Check the availability date to make certain it does not change. For 94/96 approvals in Group 22, the system assigns the case to one of three availability dates, 4th, 7th, or 10th when an untimely REDE is filed. Use TA 31/TAR D1, to change the date back if the customer would normally receive benefits on the 1st of the month, but the mailing issues caused the untimely REDE.