3625 Budget for an AU with IPV Disqualified or Work Sanctioned Individuals or Lawbreakers | SNAP

Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
SNAP Policy Manual

Policy Title:

Budget for an AU with IPV Disqualified or Work Sanctioned Individuals or Lawbreakers

Effective Date:

March 2020

Chapter:

3600

Policy Number:

3625

Previous Policy Number(s):

MT-58

Updated or Reviewed in MT:

MT-60

Requirements

An individual found to have committed an Intentional Program Violation (IPV), determined to be a lawbreaker or who has failed to comply with FS work requirements is not eligible to be included in the assistance unit (AU).

Basic Considerations

Exclude the disqualified, lawbreaker OR work sanctioned individual from the AU when determining resource limits, gross and net income limits and benefit levels.

Countable resources and income are counted in their entirety toward the remaining eligible AU members. The income of a disqualified or sanctioned individual receives all of the allowable deductions.

Refer to 3315 Intentional Program Violations, 3310 Lawbreakers and 3380 Failure to Comply with Work Requirements.

Procedures

Follow the steps below to compute the income and determine the benefit level of an AU that contains a disqualified or sanctioned member:

Step 1

Subtract allowable income exclusions from the disqualified or sanctioned individual’s income.

Step 2

Include all of the countable income of the individual found to have committed the IPV or who failed to comply with work requirements or who is a lawbreaker.

Step 3

Exclude the disqualified or sanctioned individual from the AU count when determining income and resource limits and the benefit level.

Step 4

Add the countable income of the disqualified or sanctioned individual to the countable income of the remaining AU members.

Step 5

Allow the following deductions if appropriate, to all eligible and ineligible AU members:

Earned income deduction
Standard deduction (for the AU size)
Excess medical deduction
Child support deduction
Dependent care deduction
Excess shelter deduction

Step 6

IPV Disqualified AU Member

Provide the AU with adequate notice of an IPV disqualification. Timely notice is not required. Include in the notice the information listed below:

the new benefit amount
the period of the disqualification

Lawbreakers or Work Sanctioned Individuals

Provide the AU with timely notice. Include in the notice the following information listed below:

the new benefit amount
the period of the disqualification or sanction

Step 7

Impose the disqualification or sanction effective for the appropriate month.

If a court order specifies the date for initiating an IPV disqualification period, comply with the court order. Otherwise, use the OPIC decision date to determine the month an IPV disqualification period begins. The IPV disqualification period begins with the month following the month in which the OPIC decision is made.

Step 8

Determine over issuances if the disqualification or sanction is not imposed for the appropriate month or by the date in the court order.

Step 9

Continue the disqualification or sanction once it is imposed until the disqualification period is completed even if the AU is not receiving benefits.

Step 10

Upload the pertinent documents in the Document Imaging System (DIS).

Step 11

Document case notes with the appropriate information and update the Gateway system.