Certification Periods at Application 430-05-20-95

(Revised 01/01/04 ML2893)

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Certification periods, conforming to calendar months, must be assigned to all eligible households. At initial application, the first month of the certification period will generally be the month in which the application is filed.

 

Households must be assigned the longest certification period (1 to 12 months) based on the predictability of the household’s circumstances.

 

For food stamp households, the worker is responsible to assign the appropriate certification period, up to 12 months, based on whatever is most appropriate for the household.

 

Exceptions:

  1. Households that have earned income must be certified for no more than six months.
  2. Households, in which all members are in receipt of TANF, must be assigned certification periods that are the same as the TANF certification period, to the extent possible.
  3. Households eligible for a child support deduction that have no record of regular child support payments or of child support arrearages must be certified for no more than three months.

Households with a record of regular child support payments and/or child support arrearages must be certified for no more than six months.

  1. Households containing individuals who are not exempt from the ABAWD provisions must be certified for no more than three months.
  2. Adult siblings (age 18 or older) who live together but claim separate household status must be certified for no more than six months.
  3. Adult children over 22 who live with parents but claim separate household status must be certified for no more than six months.