This ACIN is one of several that provide answers to questions regarding food stamp policy. This ACIN states that because there have been several food stamp regulation packages in the past few years, some of the answers in the Food Stamp Questions and Answers Distribution System (FSQUADs) may be obsolete.

The answers to some of the questions in this ACIN are as follows:

Although MPP §63-504.151 provides that the county shall not shorten the household’s certification period, MPP §63-504.123 still permits the county to align a food stamp certification period when a food stamp household subsequently applies for public assistance benefits within the current certification period.

Per MPP §63-300.4, if the household completes the recertification process by mail as permitted under this regulation, the household must still complete a telephone interview even if it has provided all necessary verification.

A household consists of an SSI/SSP mom, a dad and their children in common. The Social Security Administration deems a portion of dad’s earnings to the SSI/SSP mom that reduces mom’s SSI/SSP grant. Since there is no applicable exclusion in MPP §63-502.2, all dad’s income, including that deemed to the mom is counted as earned income in computing the food stamp allotment.