Choice of Food Stamp Program or Food distribution Program (Tribal Commodities) 430-05-05-50-05

(Revised 11/01/04 ML2941)

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A household eligible for either the Food Stamp Program or the Food Distribution Program may participate in either program. Households may switch from one program to the other at the end of the certification period or within a certification period by terminating their participation and notifying the administering agency. An application for the new program is required and eligibility would begin the month following the termination of the previous program.

 

Households certified in either the Food Stamp or Food Distribution Program on the first day of the month can only receive benefits in the program for which they are currently certified during that month.

 

Exception:

A household may participate in the Food Stamp Program in the same month that they are certified for the Food Distribution Program if the household did not pick up their commodities.  The worker will need to contact the Food Distribution Program to verify that the household did not pick up their commodities for that month.  The household's certification for the Food Distribution Program must be ended.

 

When an individual has received benefits from both programs in the same month, a claim must be completed. The program that initially certified the individual does not complete a claim.