Application date – for all programs except Child Care Subsidy, this is the date the applicant or a person acting on the applicant’s behalf signs the application.  For Child Care Subsidy, it is the date the applicant or a person acting on the applicant’s behalf completes the child care interview and provides all necessary verification, including the name of the child care provider the applicant wishes to use.  Policy regarding both terms is located at:

• Child Care:
  • 340:40-3-1. Application process.
• LIHEAP
  • 340:20-1-14. Actions, method of payment, and notifications
• Public Assistance Procedures (all programs):
  • 340:65-3-2. Definitions.
• SNAP
  • 340:50-1-9. Rights and responsibilities;
  • 340:50-3-1. The application process;
  • 340:50-3-2. Interview process;
  • 340:50-5-29. Homeless households;
  • 340:50-5-100. Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) work requirements and time limits;
  • 340:50-9-1. Determining the food benefit allotment;
  • 340:50-9-3. Certification and denial notice information;
  • 340:50-9-4. Delayed applications;
  • 340:50-9-6. Procedures relating to food benefit certification renewals;
  • 340:50-11-5. Expedited services procedures and benefit issuance; and
• SoonerCare (Medicaid)[ABD]:
  • 317:35-5-60. Application for SoonerCare; forms;
  •  317:35-9-25. Application for ICF/IID, HCBW/ID, and persons aged 65 or over in mental health hospitals;
  • 317:35-15-3. Application for State Plan Personal Care (SPPC) services;
  • 317:35-17-4. Application for ADvantage services; and
  • 317:35-19-5. Application for nursing facility care; forms.
• SoonerCare (Medicaid)[OE];
  • 317:35-5-60. Application for SoonerCare; forms; and
• TANF;
  • 340:10-3-28. Lump sum payments;
  • 340:10-10-3. Unemployed parent;
  • 340:10-22-1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Supported Permanency Program