Policy                                                            Issuance Number: FSC 02-19

Food Stamp Certification Manual                     Issuance Date: 11/01/02

From: Joni Jones, Director                                    Expiration Date: Until Superseded

Subj:  Update of FSC 7000 & Related Changes

1. FSC 1621.1 – Items 3 has changed to remove disabled aliens as a class of aliens who must have been lawfully present in the United States on August 22, 1996, in order to participate in the Food Stamp Program. A new number 4 has been added to clarify that an alien who is lawfully residing in the United States and who is receiving disability benefits may participate in the Food Stamp Program if otherwise eligible. The following items have been renumbered. A new item 8 has been added to clarify the circumstances under which battered aliens may participate in the Food Stamp Program.
2. FSC 1621.4.1 – This section has been rewritten to clarify the circumstances under which battered aliens may participate in the Food Stamp Program.
3. FSC 1730 – The examples have been updated to reflect the new standard deduction amounts and the current food stamp benefit amounts.
4. FSC 4300 – The new resource standards have been incorporated.
5. FSC 7200 – The charts have been updated.
6. FSC 7410 – The resource chart has been updated.
7. FSC 7430 – The new resource standard for disabled households has been incorporated. The examples have been updated.
8. FSC 7431 – The example for determining the value of a vehicle has been updated. The instructions for completing a denial have been updated.
9. FSC 7500 – The examples have been updated.
10. FSC 7520 – The instructions for using the "Review for Change" fields have been removed.
11. FSC 7522 - The instructions for using the "Review for Change" fields have been removed.
12. FSC 7523.1 – A statement has been added to clarify that weeks when little or no pay is received must be used to anticipate earned income if this is the normal pattern of pay.
13. FSC 7523.3 – Instructions for completing a DCO-233 have been removed.
14. FSC 7525 - Instructions for completing a DCO-233 have been removed.
15. FSC 7600 – Item 2, the description of the standard deduction has been revised.
16. FSC 7610 – This section has been rewritten. Field by field instructions for completing a DCO-233 have been removed and replaced with step by step instructions for completing a food stamp budget. The revised pages may be used as a worksheet to complete a budget.
17. FSC 7700 – The section has been updated.
18. FSC 7710 - The examples have been updated.
19. FSC 7720 - The examples have been updated.
20. FSC 7730 - The examples have been updated.
21. FSC 7740 – The examples have been updated.
22. Glossary, "Aged/Disabled Household" – The definition has been changed to show that households with an aged or a disabled member will be allowed up to $3,000 in countable resources.

Inquiries to: Betty Helmbeck, Food Stamp Section, 501 682-8284