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Initial Denial with 2nd Month Certification

Last Updated August 12, 2026

Instructions regarding cases that have a denial in the month of application, but can be certified the month after.

Subject: Programs, SNAP Topics: Actual Income, Anticipated Income, Certification, Denial, Earned Income, Exceeds Agency Guidelines, Expedited Services, Initial Denial, Other State, over income, Resources, SNAP, terminated income

Income – Social Security COLA and Continued Eligibility

Last Updated December 12, 2018

When the annual COLA makes a client over income, the benefit can stay open till the new standards come out.

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: ABD, Aged, Appendix C-1, Blind, COLA, cost of living adjustment, dependent, Disabled, income edit, income standards, over income, override, QI-1, QMBP, Retirement, RSDI, SLMB, Social Security Administration, Social Security disability, SSA, SSI