SR 03-41 Dated 10/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

 

SIGNATURE DATE:

September 29, 2003

FROM:

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Laurie Snow for Mary Anne Broshek

AT (OFFICE):

Division of Family Assistance

TO:

DFA Supervisors

NHES Managers

 

SUBJECT:

Revised Heat and Utility and Utilities-Only Standard Utility Allowances Originally Released by SR 03-26 dated October 1, 2003

EFFECTIVE DATE:

October 1, 2003

 

 

SUMMARY

 

This SR releases revisions to the Heat and Utility standard utility allowance (SUA) and the Utilities-Only SUA to supercede those figures released in the October 2003 Food Stamp Mass Change, SR 03-26 dated October 1, 2003.

 

POLICY

 

Effective October 1, 2003, the Food Stamp Program Standard Utility Allowances are as follows:

 

Utility Standard

REVISED STANDARD AMOUNTS

2003-2004 Standard Amounts

Released in SR 03-26

Heat and Utility

$355

$361

Utilities-Only

$186

$192

Electric-Only

$105 no change

$105

Telephone-Only

$ 32 no change

$ 32

 

POLICY MANUAL REVISIONS

 

Revised Food Stamp Manual Topics

 

PART 601, Table I  FOOD STAMP DEDUCTIONS

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

See SR 03-26. The revised Standard Utility Allowances released by this SR have been programmed into the October mass change recalculations and will be effective October 1, 2003.

 

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

 

Households experiencing a change in Food Stamp benefits due to the mass change will receive the same New HEIGHTS Notice of Decision (NOD) as described in SR 03-26.

 

TRAINING

 

No training is planned or necessary.

 

DISPOSITION

 

This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topics released by this SR have been posted to the On-line manuals.

 

DISTRIBUTION

 

This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for Division of Family Assistance policy releases. This SR, and revised On-Line Manuals, will be available for agency staff in the On-Line Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/DFA/LIBRARY, effective November 1, 2003.

 

This SR, and printed pages with posting instructions, will be distributed under separate cover to all hard copy holders of the Food Stamp Manual.

 

DFA/JK/JBV:s