Application for Review 430-05-35-05
(Revised 09/26/22 ML 3681)
A review (for all households) is determining continued eligibility based on circumstances anticipated for the review period. Workers must approve or deny an application for review.
To determine continued eligibility a household must:
- File a Review Form.
If an applicant completes a review online at a human service zone office, the human service zone office must print a copy and provide it to the household.
- Complete an interview, if required, and provide required verifications.
A Review Form is considered incomplete if it contains only the applicant's name, address (residential or mailing) and signature of a responsible household member or authorized representative. The household must be advised that it does not have to be interviewed before filing the review form and may file an incomplete review form. The incomplete review must be registered, the pending notice sent and the interview scheduled, if required.
The remainder of the review form with signature on the last page, an interview, if required, and all mandatory verifications are required to complete the review process.
The date of an application for review is the date the human service zone office receives a signed form, provided the review form was submitted during the human service zone's normal business hours. When a review is submitted after normal business hours, on a weekend, or on a North Dakota Department of Human Service holiday, the review is considered received the next business day. The human service zone must document the date the review is filed by recording the date it was received on the review form. The processing timeframe begins the day following the date of review. The completed form must be filed in the last month of the current review period.
Example:
If a household's review period expires at the end of March, the household must file the review for April by March 31.
If the household files a review without an address (residential or mailing), it is not a completed review. The human service zone must file the review and note on the form that it is not considered a complete review.
If the household provides a residential address but does not provide a mailing address and the applicant is not able to get their mail at their residential address, General Delivery must be used as the address. The worker must explain to the household that they may not get information necessary to keep their case open. If mail is returned with an unknown address, the case, if otherwise eligible, would continue until review.
If a review form is not filed in the last month of the review period, the case will automatically close.
If a review is submitted prior to the last month of the review period, the worker may register it effective on the first day of the last month of the review period.
Example: A review form is submitted on July 31st for a review that was due August 31st. The worker will register the review in the eligibility system using August 1st.
