Date of Application

For households consisting only of SSI applicants or recipients that apply for SNAP benefits at an SSA office, the household's date of application is the date the signed SNAP application is received by the SSA office. The SSA office shall date stamp each application on the date it is received to document the household's date of application. For all other households, the household's date of application is the date an identifiable SNAP application is received by the Department through the online application, the DTA Document Processing Center or at a Department local office, except that when an application is not received by 5:00 P.M. on a business day or is received on a weekend or holiday, the application date will be the next business day. The Department shall date stamp each application on the date it is received to document the household's date of application.