Policy                                                                       Issuance Number: FSC 00-16

Food Stamp Certification Manual                     Issuance Date: 12/01/00

From: Ruth Whitney, Director                                Expiration Date: Until Superseded

Subj: Incorporation of Revised Definition of Categorical Eligibility and Other Changes

The policy has been reformatted and generally updated. Specific changes appear in the highlighted text. The specific changes are explained below:

FSC 1301 – Instructions for accessing the DCO-74 via DHS GOLD have been added to this section.

FSC 1302 – This section has been clarified to specify that households receiving only family planning services through the DHS county office may participate in the Food Stamp Program in a county other than their county of residence.

FSC 1303 – Instructions for keying transfers to the FACTS system have been deleted.

FSC 1500 – Information about keying case heads to FACTS and changing case heads on FACTS has been deleted.

FSC 1610 – This section has been renamed.

FSC 1620 – This section has been renamed and rewritten. None of the policy has changed.

FSC 1621.3.1 – Appendix Q’s title has been added to this section.

FSC 1621.6 – Instructions for entering an ineligible alien’s prorated income to the FACTS system have been deleted.

FSC 1621.7.4 – The budget example has been updated.

FSC 1622.2 – The instructions for determining if a student is to be classified as an eligible student based on the receipt of TEA benefits have been updated. Also, references to the replacement of the JTPA Program by the WIA Program have been added.

FSC 1622.3 – References to the JTPA Program have been changed to the WIA Program.

FSC 1622.6 – The instructions for verifying student income have been revised to include instructions for issuing a DCO-265. Also, references to the JTPA Program have been changed to the WIA Program.

FSC 1622.7 – References to the JTPA Program have been changed to the WIA Program.

FSC 1622.9 – Instructions for entering information about an ineligible student to FACTS have been deleted.

FSC 1622.10 – A definition of a fleeing felon has been added to this section.

FSC 1623.1 – Instructions for entering a budget including a disqualified household member to the FACTS system have been deleted. The section now contains basic instructions for preparing such a budget.

FSC 1623.2 – A statement has been added to this section to clarify that income the disqualified member no longer receives is not counted in the budget unless the disqualification was for an IPV. Also, instructions for entering a budget including a disqualified household member to the FACTS system have been deleted. The section now contains basic instructions for preparing such a budget.

FSC 1624.1 – The examples have been updated to use current food stamp benefit amounts.

FSC 1630 – The examples have been updated to use current food stamp benefit amounts.

FSC 1640 – The instructions for listing children who are boarders as household members on the FACTS system have been deleted.

FSC 1730 – The examples have been updated to use current food stamp benefit amounts.

FSC 1820 – Instructions for handling treatment centers with multiple locations have been added to this section.

FSC 1821.1 – 1821.2 – These are new sections. They provide instructions for handing the applications of treatment center residents when these residents are currently receiving food stamp benefits.

FSC 1824 – Instructions for requiring daily census reports from treatment centers with multiple locations have been added to this section. Instructions for recording the on-site visits on the Record of On-Site Visit have also been added to this section.

FSC 1852 – Instructions for accessing the DCO-223 and DCO-224 via DHS GOLD have been added to this section.

FSC 1920 – The old definition of a categorically eligible household has been deleted and replaced with the new definition.

FSC 1923 – This is a new section. It provides information about the impact of categorical eligibility.

FSC 1924 – This is a new section. It provides information about when to classify a household as a categorically eligible household.

FSC 1925 – This is a new section. It provides information about handling changes in a household’s categorical eligibility status.

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