OLGT 2023-23: Cross Program: Updates to P-EBT Expungement Restoration Requests

For more efficient processing of P-EBT Expungement Restoration Requests, the Department has made enhancements to the P-EBT Restoration Requests functionality in BEACON.

A message indicator has been added to the P-EBT Expunged Benefit Restoration Requests page to inform staff that they must select all available records when processing a restoration request. Records older than 180 days are not eligible for restoration approval. The system will not allow a request to be submitted unless all records are selected.

In addition, a new "Restoration" column has been added to the P-EBT Benefit History page and Benefit History page of a DTA client’s Electronic Case Folder (ECF). This column identifies restored P-EBT benefits. Benefits that have been restored will have a "Y" in the Restoration column. Restored Economic Assistance (EA) benefits will not display "Y" in the Restoration column.

There has also been a one-time data fix that automatically entered a P-EBT batch narrative for Non-DTA clients that had a P-EBT expungement from March 22, 2022 through June 13, 2022. These individuals did not have a P- EBT expungement narrative entered in their case record at the time the expungement occurred.