Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 364.000 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Determining Household Eligibility and Benefit Level
Section 364.810 - Notice of Eligibility
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
A Notice of Eligibility shall be sent to all applicant households determined eligible to participate in SNAP and shall contain the following information.
(A) The amount of the monthly allotment including any variations in the allotment based on changes. If the initial allotment contains benefits for both the month of application and the current month's benefits, the notice shall explain that the initial allotment includes more than one month's benefits, and shall indicate the allotment amount for the remainder of the certification period.
(B) The notice shall advise Public Assistance (PA) households receiving SNAP benefits pending the approval of the PA grant that SNAP benefits will be decreased upon receipt of that PA grant.
(C) The beginning and ending months of the certification period must be in the notice. For households certified one or two months, the Notice of Eligibility shall be combined with the Notice of Recertification. For households certified three months or longer, the notice shall include a reminder of the need to reapply for continued certification at the end of the certification period. For PA households, the notice shall state that the household's certification period will expire the month after the next PA redetermination or in one year, which ever occurs first.
(D) The notice shall also advise the household of its rights to a fair hearing, the telephone number of the Department, and, if possible, the name of the individual to contact for additional information.
(E) The notice shall advise the household if there is an individual or organization available that provides free legal representation and the notice shall also advise the household of the availability of such services.
(F) The Department may include in the notice a reminder of the household's obligation to report changes in circumstance, or other information which would be useful to the household.
(G) The notice shall inform households whose application is approved on an expedited basis without verification that the household must provide the needed verifications that were waived, and the consequences if the household does not provide the verification.
