4-005.02 Mass Changes in State Grants

475 NAC 4-005.02

When the Department makes an overall adjustment to state grant payments, the worker must handle adjustments to food stamp benefits as a mass change using the following procedures:

1. If the worker knows of the change at least 30 days before it is effective, the food stamp benefits must be recomputed to be effective in the same month as the grant change.

2. If the local office does not have 30 days notice of the change, the food stamp change must be effective no later than the month following the month of the grant change.

A timely notice is not required as a result of a mass change in the state grant, however, the household must be informed of the change. If a household requests a fair hearing, benefits must be continued at the former level only if the issue being appealed is the incorrect computation of food stamp eligibility or benefits.