Policy                                                                       Issuance Number: FSC 00-20

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

From: Ruth Whitney, Director                                Expiration Date: Until Superseded

Subj: Updates to FSC 13000 and Appendix D

Appendix D has been updated to provide the maximum SSI payments and Medicare premium effective 01/01/01.

This entire section has been rewritten and generally updated. All references to FACTS have been removed. Specific changes are explained below.

FSC 13100 – The instructions for re-mailing returned food stamp allotments have been deleted. The explanation of the difference between a supplemental issuance and a restoration has been rewritten for clarity.

FSC 13300 – All references to authorizing restored benefits due to a food stamp mail out problem have been removed from this section. A reference to new section FSC 13311 has been added. (New section FSC 13311 provides instructions for restoring aged EBT benefits.)

FSC 13310 – The information in this section has been reorganized. Under step 4, instructions for handling deductible expenses have been added. Also, the note under step 7 has been updated to state that a DCO-201 need not be completed when aged EBT benefits are restored.

FSC 13311 – This is a new section. It provides instructions for restoring aged EBT benefits.

FSC 13320 – A reference to the Recipient Overpayment Accounting System (ROAS) has been added to this section. Also, references to the DCO-216 and DCO-217 have been deleted and replaced with references to the Benefit Overpayment Report (DCO-199).

FSC 13350 – This section has been updated to provide current instructions for authorizing restored benefits to households that have moved out of state.

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