SR 11-35 Dated 10/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

SUMMARY

This SR releases revisions to DFA Form 218, Food Stamp Employment & Training (FSET) Job Search Log, and its associated instructions.

DESCRIPTION OF REVISIONS MADE TO DFA FORM 218

DFA Form 218, Food Stamp Employment & Training (FSET) Job Search Log, was revised as follows:

·   The following text was added to the end of the first paragraph on the Form: While in the FSET program, you should make at least six job contacts per week;

·   The request for the participant’s case number was replaced with a request for the participant’s recipient identification (RID) number instead;

·   The statement allowing an electronic signature was revised and now reads as follows:

For DHHS to be able to accept this form electronically, you must provide an electronic signature. To do this, check the box to the left. Checking this box is the legal equivalent of signing this document in pen and ink and you are saying that the information provided is true and complete to the best of your knowledge. To submit by email, please send this completed form as an attachment to your email.

·   The website where additional job search logs can be downloaded was added to the bottom of the Form.

The instructions for this form were updated accordingly. District Office staff and FSET Technicians must use up the old version of this form until the supply is depleted. At next print order, the new version will be printed.

IMPLEMENTATION

District Office staff and FSET Technicians must continue to use the old version of DFA Form 218 until the supply is depleted. At next print order, the new version of DFA Form 218 will be printed.

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

No special notice is planned or needed.

TRAINING

No special training is planned or needed.

FORMS MANUAL POSTING INSTRUCTIONS

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 www.dhhs.nh.gov/DFA/publications.htm, effective October 3, 2011. Additionally, this SR, and printed pages with posting instructions, will be distributed under separate cover to all internal hard copy holders of the Food Stamp and Forms Manuals.

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