Policy                                                    Issuance Number: FSC 05-07

Food Stamp Certification Manual                     Issuance Date: 08/01/05

From: Joni Jones, Director                                Expiration Date: Until Superseded

Subj: The Social Security Number Requirement

Pages to be Deleted,                 Dated                              Pages to be Added,               Dated

FSC 2000, Entire Section            Various Dates                   FSC 2000, Entire Section       08-01-05

Summary of Changes

1.      The entire policy section has been reformatted and updated.  Specific changes are described below.

2.      FSC 2200 – The policy has been updated.  A statement has been added to clarify that household members can choose to be non-applicants and that non-applicants don’t have to furnish social security numbers.  Household members who choose to be non-applicants will be disqualified.

3.      FSC 2210 – This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.

4.      FSC 2221 – This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.

5.      FSC 2222 - This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.

6.      FSC 2223 – The DHS-645 has been added as a document that may be used to verify that the parents of a newborn child have applied for an SSN for the child.

7.      FSC 2400 - This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.

8.      FSC 2401 - This section has been updated to reflect the current procedures used to resolve multiple SSNs.

9.      FSC 2410 - This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.

10.  FSC 2411 – This section has been updated to reflect the procedures used with ANSWER.  Also, the instructions for closing the case when a household fails to provide the information needed to resolve a mismatch have been removed.  (A household member who fails to resolve a mismatch on his or her SSN is disqualified.)

11.     FSC 2500 – This section has been updated to reflect the current use of IEVS information.

12.     FSC 2510, FSC 2520, FSC 2530, and FSC 2540 – The information in these sections was outdated.  It has been removed.

13.     FSC 2600 – This section now contains new instructions for using IEVS information for applicants.  A DHS county office worker will access ESD and SSA information for selected household members before the application is processed.

14.     FSC 2610 – This section now contains instructions for using IEVS information for recipients.  This includes accessing IEVS information when the semi-annual report is processed and handling IEVS reports generated on households certified for 12 months or for 24 months.

15.     FSC 2620 – This section now contains information about the verification requirements on IEVS matches.

16.     FSC 2700 – The information in this section has been updated.

17.     FSC 2710, FSC 2710.1, FSC 2710.2, FSC 2720, FSC 2800, FSC 2805, FSC 2810, FSC 2900, FSC 2910, and FSC 2920 – These sections have been deleted.  The information provided in this policy was either incorporated into other policy sections or deleted because it was outdated.

Inquiries to:    Betty Helmbeck, Food Stamp Section

                        501-682-8284

                        Betty.Helmbeck@arkansas.gov