Field Ops Memo 2009-31: Interim Contact with Certain SNAP Households

Field Operations Memo 2008-14 transmitted procedures for extending certification periods for many SNAP households. Elderly/disabled households are to be assigned a 24-month certification period, and all other households are to receive a 12-month certification period, unless an exception (as described in the memo) applies. This memo introduces two new interim contact notices that will be sent midway through the certification period to elderly/disabled households that currently have a 24-month certification period and to households that currently have self-employment income and a 12- month certification period. The purpose of these notices is to remind these clients of their responsibility to report changes in their household circumstances.