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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 383404" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Food stamps have a 30 or 45 day time limit on the application. They have to give her x amount of time to get her info in to them. Say she goes in and does the application on 10/1/10. That application must be either approved or denied by either the 30 or 45 day limit. She has 60 days to appeal that decision. </p><p></p><p>Now because they have income coming in, she wont be eligible for emergency food stamps within 5 days. That sux but that is the rule. If you go in with all your paperwork, you are more likely to get your application approved quickly. You need ID's and BC's for everyone, you need income verification for all adults, you need school verification for kids (I believe), you need proof of residence and rent, bank statement, utilities, any medical bills you pay, any property in your name, name and number of landlord, and there may be something else they want in your state. </p><p></p><p>If it goes past the 45 days, call and complain to a supervisor because the county can get fined by the state for cases that go over time limits. I had medicaid case go 90 days for no reason even though I walked in with every single piece of information they needed on day 1. Ended up my worker ended up fired for not getting cases worked up correctly and my case was lost in space. Even though I was calling once a month asking about the case, I was being ignored. I finally went to the top and threatened to file a complaint with the state on out of compliance with state standards and low and behold my case was approved in 2 days! I offered to come in and key it in myself for them if they were too busy...lol. </p><p></p><p>There is a supervisor over the caseworker, then a program manager and then the director of the county. If that doesnt work, there is something called a Careline or something similar that gets you to the main DHS in your state capitol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 383404, member: 1514"] Food stamps have a 30 or 45 day time limit on the application. They have to give her x amount of time to get her info in to them. Say she goes in and does the application on 10/1/10. That application must be either approved or denied by either the 30 or 45 day limit. She has 60 days to appeal that decision. Now because they have income coming in, she wont be eligible for emergency food stamps within 5 days. That sux but that is the rule. If you go in with all your paperwork, you are more likely to get your application approved quickly. You need ID's and BC's for everyone, you need income verification for all adults, you need school verification for kids (I believe), you need proof of residence and rent, bank statement, utilities, any medical bills you pay, any property in your name, name and number of landlord, and there may be something else they want in your state. If it goes past the 45 days, call and complain to a supervisor because the county can get fined by the state for cases that go over time limits. I had medicaid case go 90 days for no reason even though I walked in with every single piece of information they needed on day 1. Ended up my worker ended up fired for not getting cases worked up correctly and my case was lost in space. Even though I was calling once a month asking about the case, I was being ignored. I finally went to the top and threatened to file a complaint with the state on out of compliance with state standards and low and behold my case was approved in 2 days! I offered to come in and key it in myself for them if they were too busy...lol. There is a supervisor over the caseworker, then a program manager and then the director of the county. If that doesnt work, there is something called a Careline or something similar that gets you to the main DHS in your state capitol. [/QUOTE]
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