HAR §17-647-45. Verification

(a) The applicant's identity (i.e., the identity of the person making the application) and whenever possible, the household's residency shall be verified through a collateral contact or through readily available documentary §17-647-45 647-56 evidence. Examples of acceptable documentary evidence include, but are not limited to: (1) Driver's license; (2) Work or school ID; (3) Voter registration card; or (4) Birth certificate. (b) All reasonable efforts shall be made to verify within the expedited processing standards, the household's residency, income statement (including a statement that the household has no income), liquid resources and all other factors required by section 17-647-6, through collateral contacts, or readily available documentary evidence. However, benefits shall not be delayed beyond delivery standards prescribed in section 17-647-44 solely because these eligibility factors have not been verified. (c) The branch may also verify factors other than identity, residency, and income provided that verification may be accomplished within expedited processing standards. (d) Households entitled to expedited service shall provide or apply for social security numbers in accordance with chapter 17-655. (e) Households who have applied after the fifteenth of the month and who were issued their initial and second month's benefits based on postponed verifications shall be required to provide the postponed verifications within thirty days from the date of their application. (f) The branch shall at a minimum require the applicant to register for work unless exempt or unless the household has designated an authorized representative to apply on its behalf. (1) The branch may attempt to register other household members but shall postpone the registration if it cannot be accomplished within the expedited time frame. The branch may attempt registration of other household members by: §17-647-46 647-57 (A) Requesting the applicant to complete the work registration forms for other household members to the best of the applicant's ability; or (B) Other means, such as calling the household. (2) Verification of questionable work registra- tion exemptions shall be postponed if the expedited service time frames cannot be met. (g) Once an acceptable collateral contact has been designated, the branch shall promptly contact the collateral contact in accordance with section 17-647-6. Although the household has the primary responsibility for providing other types of verification, the branch shall assist the household in promptly obtaining the necessary verification. (h) Households entitled to expedited service shall meet the resource criteria in chapter 17-675, although any verification of resources that may be required shall be postponed as specified in subsection (b). [Eff 3/19/93; am 8/18/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §273.2(i)(4))