Timely Notice

A timely Notice of Change must be mailed or given to the client at least 10 days before the date of change. A timely notice is required when benefits are reduced, suspended, canceled, voided, withheld, or paid to a client under a protective payee plan.

Day one of the 10-day period is the day after the date of notice. Day 10 can be no later than the date of change. If the timely notice was not sent when required, do not take the action. Start over by sending another notice and waiting 10 days to take the action. Take action, if called for, for the first month a timely notice can be sent.

SNAP clients should receive a timely written notice when benefits end or are reduced during the approval period and when an approval period is shortened because the case is enrolled in Mid-Point Reporting status.

All notices are centrally issued, unless stated differently in the Workers' Action Guide, or they are withheld by the Family Community Resource Center so that a local notice can be sent.