(A)In the Ohio works first (OWF) program, an intentional program violation shall consist of any action by an individual, for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the family's eligibility for OWF or for increasing or preventing a reduction in the amount of the monthly OWF grant that is intentionally:

(1)A false or misleading statement or misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts; or

(2)Any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts or propound a falsity.

(B)In the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)food assistance program, an intentional program violation shall consist of an action by an individual, for the purpose of using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, or possessing food assistanceSNAP benefits that is intentionally:

(1)A false or misleading statement, or a misrepresentation, concealment or withholding of facts; or

(2)Any act that constitutes a violation of the Food Stamp Act (as in effect on February 28, 2014October 1, 2018), the food assistance programSNAP regulations, or any state statute relating to the use, presentation, transfer, acquisition, receipt, or possessing or trafficking of food assistanceSNAP benefits, or the electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card.

(C)In the prevention, retention and contingency (PRC) program, an intentional program violation shall consist of an action by an individual, for the purpose of establishing eligibility for PRC benefits that is intentionally:

(1)A false or misleading statement or misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts; or

(2)Any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts or propound a falsity.

Effective: 3/1/2019

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/27/2018 and 03/01/2024

Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Date: 02/05/2019

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 5101.35

Rule Amplifies: 5101.35

Prior Effective Dates: 06/20/1980, 10/01/1981, 08/01/1983, 09/01/1994, 03/18/1996, 05/15/1999, 06/01/2003, 09/01/2008, 02/28/2014