119 JOINT APPLICATIONS (FSM)

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New applications for financial assistance, medical assistance, child care, or SNAP benefits are made on BFA Forms 800-Application for Assistance or 800HR-New HEIGHTS generated Application for Assistance.

Individuals may apply for SNAP benefits at the same time they apply for other programs. If a current recipient applies for SNAP benefits during the face-to-face/phone redetermination interview for the other program, the Eligibility Interview Summary (EIS) may be used rather than a separate paper BFA Form 800.

Determine the programs of assistance for which the individual wants to apply. Conduct one interview for all programs.

Exception: If necessary to meet the SNAP expedited processing time frames, finish the interview for the remaining programs at a later date.

When the same eligibility factors are involved in each program, verification provided to meet the verification requirements for one program of assistance is used to meet the verification requirements for all other programs of assistance requested, if the program’s verification requirements align.

Example: If each program of assistance the individual has requested requires verification of citizenship and the individual provides a birth certificate, the birth certificate satisfies citizenship verification requirements for all the programs of assistance requested.

Do not delay the eligibility decision in one program when all the required verification is provided for that program but not for the other(s).

Application processing time frames must be met for each program of assistance for which the individual has applied. If individuals are denied for one program while a decision is pending for other programs, they are not required to file a new application. Use the original application to determine eligibility for the remaining programs.

References: RSA 161:4-a,IV; 7 CFR 273.2(j)(1)