Section 475-2-007 - RECERTIFICATIONA household may file an application for recertification before the end of the current certification period. If an application is filed timely, eligible households receive uninterrupted benefits. Any application filed before the certification period expires is considered a recertification. Benefits are not prorated. An application f iled after the certification period has expired but within 30 days following the expiration date is also considered a recertification. Since the filing date is later than the last day of the previous certification period, benefits are prorated from the date the application is filed.
007.01TIMELY FILING. Households must return an application for recertification by the 15th day of the month the certification period expires.007.02SCHEDULING THE INTERVIEWS. A face-to-face or telephonic interview is conducted with a member of the household or its authorized representative as enumerated above in this chapter. The interview is scheduled so that the household has at least ten days after the interview in which to provide verification before the certification period expires. If a household misses its scheduled interview, a notice of missed interview is sent to the household.007.03INTERVIEW. In addition to submitting the application in a timely manner, the household must appear for a scheduled interview and provide the required verifications within ten days of the date verifications were requested. If the household does not meet these requirements, a denial notice is sent on the 30th day following the application filing date.007.04VERIFICATION AFTER INTERVIEW. The household is provided a written notice of the required verifications and the date by which the verification requirements must be satisfied. Households who have applied but eligibility has not been determined by the end of the current certification period are allowed a minimum of ten days to provide the required verification. When all the required verification is provided in the ten days, the household, if eligible, is given an opportunity to participate within five working days after the household provides the missing verification. Any household whose eligibility is not determined by the end of its current certification period due to the time period allowed for submitting any missing verifications extending into the following month will receive an opportunity to participate, if eligible, within five working days after the household submits the missing verification. Benefits cannot be prorated in this situation if the missing verification is provided by its due date.007.05APPLICATION RECEIVED AFTER THE END OF THE CERTIFICATION PERIOD. Households who apply after the end of their certification period are allowed a minimum of ten days to provide the required verification information. When all the required verification is provided in the ten days, the household, if eligible, is given an opportunity to participate within five working days after the household provides the missing verification. 007.05(A)LATE RECERTIFICATION APPLICATION PRORATION. When the household submits an application after the expiration of the last certification period, the first month's benefits are prorated from the application filing date.007.06DELAYS. The following procedures apply to delays in processing.007.06(A)CAUSED BY HOUSEHOLD. A household will lose its right to uninterrupted benefits and have its application approved or denied by the end of the certification period for any of the following reasons: (i) The household returns the application for recertification after the timely filing deadline;(ii) The household does not attend the scheduled interview; or(iii) The household does not return requested verifications within ten days of the date the worker requests it.007.06(B)CAUSED BY LOCAL OFFICE. When an eligible household that has filed a timely application is not given an opportunity to participate due to administrative error, the household is entitled to retroactive benefits because the household was unable to participate in the month after the certification period expired.007.07CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY. Categorical eligibility for public assistance households is assumed at the time of recertification if the public assistance redetermination is late. If the household is later found ineligible for public assistance and is not otherwise eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, the case is closed.475 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 007
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