Benefit Issuance: Initial Benefit

Benefit Issuance: Initial Benefit. A. Eligible households receive benefits for the initial month of eligibility. B. Benefits are not issued for future months until all postponed verifications are completed. C. Exception: Do not issue migrant or seasonal farmworker households: 1. Second month’s benefits until any postponed verifications from an in-state source are provided; 2. Third month of benefits until any remaining postponed verifications from an out- of-state source are provided. D. Households that provide postponed verifications by the 30th day must have their second month’s benefits available either: 1. Within seven (7) working days of receipt of the verifications or 2. The first day of the second month, whichever is later.