Reduction of Public Assistance Benefits

Reduction of Public Assistance Benefits. A. If a household’s benefits are reduced because of the failure of a SNAP household member performing an action under a Federal, State or local means-tested public assistance program, MDHS will not increase the household allotment as the result of the decrease in income. B. The prohibition on increasing SNAP benefits exists for the duration of the reduction in the assistance program. C. If the sanction is still in place at the end of one year, MDHS must review the case to determine the appropriateness of a further sanction. D. MDHS must lift the prohibition on increasing SNAP benefits if it is determined that the individual has become ineligible for the assistance program for another reason or the individual’s assistance case is closed. E. MDHS must act on changes that are not related to the assistance violation and that would affect the household’s benefits.