Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Social Services
 
Board
State Board of Social Services
 
chapter
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [22 VAC 40 ‑ 601]
Action Alter the time an application for food stamp benefits may be held pending before processing.
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 11/26/2008
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11/10/08  10:56 am
Commenter: Debprah Belcher, Supervisor, Henry/Martinsville DSS

Eliminate the extended processing time for food stamps
 

The processs of extending an application for an additional 30 days in not productive and does not help the majority of customers.  Most cases that are extended for processing the extra 30 days are denied becasue the customer never turned in the verifications that the agency was waiting for in the first 30 days.  This process would help reduce the food stamp error rate by not having to deal with an application for such a long period of time also.

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