HAR §17-686.1-7. (2) The department or department's designee shall verify eligibility of children in a sample of household Summer EBT applications approved for benefits for the summer operational period

(A) The sample size shall equal three per cent of all applications approved by the department or department's designee from the start of the instructional year through April 1 of the school year immediately preceding the summer operational period, selected randomly from all applications. (B) The department or department's designee may choose to sample at any frequency prior to April 1, but may not sample any applications after April 1, and the total applications sampled shall not exceed three per cent of the total number of approved applications as of April 1. (b) Applications received after April 1 are still subject to verification for cause on a case-by-case basis. (c) The department or department's designee shall conduct direct verification activities with the programs eligible for use in streamlined certification where available. (1) Direct verification must be conducted prior to contacting the household for documentation. (2) For the purposes of direct verification, documentation may indicate participation in an applicable program or income at any point during the period of eligibility. The information provided only needs to indicate eligibility at a single point in time during the period of eligibility, and not that the child was eligible at the time of application or verification. (d) Verification is not required of households if all children in the household are determined 686.1-12 3565 §17-686.1-7 eligible based on the results from direct verifications. (e) Households selected for verification shall be notified in writing that their applications were selected for verification. The notice shall include a telephone number to contact for assistance and shall inform the household on the following: (1) They are required to submit the requested information to verify eligibility for Summer EBT benefits, by the due date determined by the department. (2) They may, instead, submit proof that the children receive assistance under SNAP or TANF; or (3) They may, instead, request that the department or department's designee contact the appropriate officials to confirm that their children are foster children, homeless, migrant, or runaway. (4) Failure to cooperate with verification efforts will result in the termination or expungement of benefits. (f) For the purposes of this section, sources of information for verification may include, but are not limited to, written evidence, individuals outside of the child's household who can verify the child's circumstances, and systems of records as follows: (1) Written evidence must be used as the primary source of information for verification. Written evidence includes written confirmation of a household's circumstances, such as wage stubs, award letters, and letters from employers. Whenever written evidence is insufficient to confirm income information on the application or current eligibility, the department or department's designee may require confirmation from a person outside of the child's household, or accept a statement from an adult member of the child's household. 686.1-13 3565