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7 CFR 273.2(i)
Expedited services are designed to ensure that expedited services are issued to eligible FoodShare assistance groups by the seventh day after the date of the application. The applicant must be allowed to complete the interview quickly and benefits must be issued timely. The two phases of expedited services are described below.
Agencies must provide expedited benefits to applicants who qualify for them after they are screened through the priority service process.
When contact is made by phone, every effort should be made to complete the FoodShare interview on the same day whenever possible. If an interview cannot be completed that day, an interview appointment must be scheduled within the seven-day time frame at the time of contact with the agency. If an applicant cannot make the scheduled appointment, the applicant will lose their right to expedited benefits.
7 CFR 273.2(i), 273.10(e)(3)
A person or food unit may be eligible for priority services and expedited issuance if:
Treatment of Income for Destitute Migrants:
The home of a migrant worker in their state of residency is an exempt asset.
There is no eligibility for expedited services at renewal (see Section 2.2.1 Certification Periods (Renewals)).
7 CFR 273.2(i)(4)
A food unit eligible for expedited benefit issuance is only required to provide verification of identity of the primary applicant and the authorized representative if applicable, before the expedited benefits can be issued. Any documents, that reasonably establish the applicant's identity, must be accepted, and no requirement for a specific type of document, such as a birth certificate or photo ID, may be imposed. Collateral contact is also acceptable. If any other required verification is readily available, it must be used in the initial eligibility determination. Other outstanding required verification items must be requested, however do not delay the issuance of expedited benefits pending the receipt of other requested verification.
CARES will deny ongoing months with a failure code reason related to expedited verification requirements. If requested verification is not received, the FoodShare assistance group will remain closed due to failure to provide requested expedited verifications (codes 152, 153, or 154). In many instances a verification checklist is not sent, resulting in negative QC errors. To avoid possible errors, confirm all FoodShare benefit months, including the second or third month "fail”. Run eligibility a second time to place the case in pending status and to send a system generated verification request. Change the verification due date on the checklist to the 30th day of the application. Suppress any incorrect notices.
There is no limit to the number of times a FoodShare assistance group can be certified under expedited procedures as long as the FoodShare assistance group:
According to Wis. Stat. § 103.90(5)(a), "A 'migrant worker' is any person who temporarily leaves a principal place of residence outside of this state and comes to this state for not more than 10 months in a year to accept seasonal employment in the planting, cultivating, raising, harvesting, handling, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, or storing of any agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state."
Migrants are eligible for priority service if:
Treatment of Income for Destitute Migrants:
The home of a migrant worker in their state of residency is an exempt asset.
Effective June 1, 2020, the FoodShare interview may no longer be postponed. The interview must be completed prior to initial benefit issuance for all applications.
This page last updated in Release Number: 20-02
Release Date: 08/03/2020
Effective Date: 08/03/2020
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