(A)How is the supplemental
nutrition assistance program (SNAP) allotment determined?
Except for computation of the initial allotment or when circumstances
as defined in rule 5101:4-7-13 of the Administrative Code are in effect, the assistance
group's monthly allotment shall be equal to the maximum SNAP allotment for the assistance
group's size, reduced by thirty per cent of the assistance group's net monthly income.
After multiplying the net income by thirty per cent, the county agency shall round
the product up to the next whole dollar if when it ends in one through ninety-nine cents prior to
subtracting that amount from the maximum SNAP allotment. This rounding method shall
be used in all determinations of allotments.
(B)What is the minimum issuance amount in an
initial month?
When the calculation of benefits for an initial
month made in accordance with rule 5101:4-4-27 of the Administrative Code would
yield an allotment of less than ten dollars for the assistance group, no benefits
shall be issued to the assistance group for the initial month.
(B)(C) What are the minimum allotment amounts?
When the calculation of benefits in accordance
with rule 5101:4-4-27 of the Administrative Code for an initial month would yield
an allotment of less than ten dollars for the assistance group, no benefits shall
be issued to the assistance group for the initial month.
Except during an initial month, allAll eligible one and two-person assistance groups shall
receive the "minimum benefit" as defined in rule 5101:4-1-03 of the Administrative
Code, for each month following the initial month and all eligible assistance groups with three or more members
which are entitled to one-dollar, three-dollar, and five-dollar allotments, shall
receive allotments of two dollars, four dollars, and six dollars, respectively.
(C)(D) What happens if when there is eligibility after the gross income test but
not after the net income test?
When the assistance group is program eligible after the gross income
test, but, after calculating net income is ineligible due to income in excess of
the net income standard (issued in a food assistance change transmittal letter located
in the food assistance certification handbook on the Ohio department of job and
family services website), the county agency shall deny the assistance group's application
on the grounds that its income exceeds the net income standard. For those eligible
assistance groups which that
are entitled to no benefits in their initial month of application but are entitled
to benefits in subsequent months, the county agency shall certify the assistance
groups beginning with the month of application, but not issue benefits until the
second or subsequent month.
(D)(E) How are changes in circumstances that affect an
assistance group's income eligibility standard handled?
When an assistance group's circumstances change and it becomes entitled
to a different income eligibility standard, the county agency shall apply the different
standard at the next recertification or whenever the county agency changes the assistance
group's eligibility, whichever occurs first. This applies when an assistance group
loses or gains an elderly or disabled member or when an assistance group has a change
in its categorical eligibility status.
Effective: 3/1/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 12/1/2022
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 01/18/2019
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 5101.54
Rule Amplifies: 329.04, 5101.54, 329.042
Prior Effective Dates: 10/01/1981, 01/01/1983, 06/01/1983, 01/16/1987
(Emer.), 04/06/1987, 07/01/1991, 08/01/1992 (Emer.), 10/30/1992, 09/28/1998, 11/01/2007,
09/01/2012, 12/01/2017