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An Advocate's Guide to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Massachusetts By Patricia Baker and Victoria Negus, January 2024 Edition (Updated May 2024) An indispensable handbook for all who need to know about the SNAP program in Massachusetts. The SNAP…

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DTA changes to expand Simplified Reporting for nonpublic assistance (NPA) SNAP households.  In November 2015, DTA implemented Simplified Reporting for elder/didsabled households eligible for a 24-month certification period (SIMP-24).  With the new BEACON update, DTA is…

PowerPoint overview of: Simplified Reporting, a recertification type that allows for varying certification periods and reduced reporting requirements for SNAP households. The ABAWD (able bodied adults without dependents) Work Program. Massachusetts has operated under a statewide…

DTA Introduction:  To further streamline the recertification process and ease administrative burden, the Department is extending Simplified Reporting to additional SNAP households and automatically processing Interim Reports that meet predetermined criteria. Effective with…

Information about simplified reporting (SIMP).

When a SNAP Web application is received through the Virtual Gateway and is either a new client (not known to BEACON using SVES match) or a former SNAP client whose case was closed for more than 60 days, the Web Application workflow (Assessed Person/Grantee Page, Address - Web Application, Additional…

Overview Based on a Food and Nutrition Service finding in the 2014 Program Access Review, the Department will begin sending a Notice of Benefits Ending to certain SNAP household when the case automatically closes as a result of the timely case closing batch process. We have developed four notices…

To ensure that appointment letters are not automatically sent in error, when an interview is not required, it is important that the Interview page in BEACON be updated to reflect the fact and reason that an appointment is not needed. When reinstating a SNAP case that closes at Interim Report (IR)…

Overview This Operations Memo updates Department procedures related to the delayed processing of applications, recertifications and case maintenance activities. When a case is denied or closed and the client returns to the agency seeking benefits within 30 days of the denial or closing, the…

Effective September 12, 2011 the Interim Report, phase two of the Annual Reporting (AR) process (see Operations memo 2011-31: SNAP – Annual Reporting Process), has been programmed into BEACON. Beginning 45 days before the end of the sixth month of the AR period, the Interim Reports will be…

Invalid Denial: Interview and Notice of Missed Interview The second error is an invalid denial. The client was late submitting the semiannual recertification form. The certification period had ended on April 6, 2011. The client subsequently submitted a reapplication form on April 25, 2011. On…

To streamline the SNAP recertification process, this Operations Memo introduces the Annual Reporting (AR) process for households currently receiving earned or unearned income or is homeless. Federal law allows for a  ertification of one year for households with earned or unearned income as…

OverviewBeginning with April’s SNAP issuance, the automatic closing for failure to recertify for continuing eligibility will resume for NPA SNAP households and Pure SSI SNAP households. If the household has not been recertified by the appropriate BEACON Release Date for the next SNAP Benefit…

Overview In 2005, the Department implemented a prefilled recertification form for Universal Semiannual Reporting (USR) households. In an effort to streamline the SNAP recertification process, the Department will expand the use of a prefilled recertification form to additional SNAP households. A…

Field Operations Memo 2009-38 transmitted procedures for assigning 24- month SNAP certification periods to households where all adult members are elderly/disabled. It also described the BEACON data-fix which occurred on June 27-28 that automatically extended the certification periods of certain…