Department of Human Services Index: MAN3420

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Revised: 06/14/2019

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FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME III

CHAPTER SECTION SUBJECT

3000 General Program Overview

3005 Confidentiality

3010 Voter Registration

3020 Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse or Neglect

3025 Americans with Disabilities Act

3030 Civil Rights

3035 Verification

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

3040 (HIPAA)

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3100 Application Process Overview

3105 Application Processing

3110 Expedited Application Processing

3115 Special Considerations for Applications

3120 Authorized Representative

CHAPTER SECTION SUBJECT

3200 Assistance Units Overview

3205 Assistance Units

3210 Categorically Eligible Assistance Units

3215 Residents of Battered Women and Children’s Shelters

3220 Residents of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers

3225 Residents of Group Living Arrangements

3230 Residents of Homeless Shelters

3235 Seasonal Farmworkers (Migrant or Non-Migrant)

3240 Strikers

3245 Students

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3300 Basic Eligibility Criteria Overview

3305 Cooperation with Eligibility Investigations

3310 Lawbreakers

3315 Intentional Program Violations

3320 Citizenship/Alien Status

3325 Enumeration

3335 Identity

3340 Residency

3345 E&T Work Requirement Overview

3350 Work Registration

3355 Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs)

3360 E&T Participation Requirements

3365 E&T Orientation/Assessment/Work Plan

3370 E&T Participation Activities

3375 E&T Support Services

3380 Failure to Comply with Work Requirements

3385 Failure to Perform a Required Action

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3400 Financial Eligibility Criteria Overview

3405 Resources

3415 Real Property

3420 Income

3425 Self-Employment

3430 Military Pay

CHAPTER SECTION SUBJECT

3500 Computer Match Overview

3505 Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)

3515 Clearinghouse

Social Security Administration (SSA) Prisoner

3520 Verification Inquiry

Social Security Administration (SSA) Death Verification

3525 Inquiry

3530 Social Security Number (SSN) Validation Inquiry

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3600 Budgeting Overview

3605 Prospective Budgeting

3610 Budgeting

3611 Deductions Overview

3612 Earned Income Deduction

3613 Standard Deduction

3614 Excess Medical Deduction

3615 Dependent Care Deduction

3616 Child Support Deduction

3617 Shelter and Utility Deductions

Budget for an AU with Individuals Who Fail to Comply

3620 with the Enumeration Requirement

Budget for an AU with IPV Disqualified or Work

3625 Sanctioned Individuals or Lawbreakers

3630 Budget for an AU with Sponsored Aliens

Budget for an AU with Ineligible Aliens or Ineligible

3635 ABAWDs

3640 Contract Employment Budgeting

3650 Failure to Report Earned Income Budgeting

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3700 Ongoing Case Management Overview

3704 Transitional Food Stamps

3705 Notification

3710 Reviews

3715 Interim Changes

3720 Reporting Requirements

Georgia Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP)

3725 Senior SNAP

CHAPTER SECTION SUBJECT

3800 Issuance Overview

3805 Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)

3810 Issuance

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Appendix A Financial Standards

Appendix B Hearings

Appendix C Manual Transmittal Cover Letters

Appendix E Glossary/Acronyms

Appendix F Forms

Appendix J Customer Complaint Procedures

Appendix L Child Support Services Glossary

BACK TO MAN 3420

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