Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 121.1 - Application for Assistance
a) An
application for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits is a
written or spoken request containing the client's name, address and signature.
An electronic signature, obtained pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. Code
10.410,
is created when an application is submitted and received on the internet or
telephonically. An electronic signature may be accepted by the phone interview
system for redeterminations.
b) An
application is required for initial certification and subsequent certification.
For subsequent certifications see Section
121.120.
c) An application for SNAP participation may
be made by the head of the household, spouse, another household member or an
adult non-household member designated by the household as an authorized
representative. When a SNAP household also files an application for a Public
Assistance cash grant under TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families),
AABD (Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled), or Refugee Program, the grantee for
the Public Assistance case shall be the head of the SNAP household.
d) If other household members are not
available to make application due to employment, health problems,
transportation problems, care of a household member, etc., a responsible adult
outside the household may be designated as an authorized representative if the
following conditions exist:
1) The head of
household, spouse or other responsible family members cannot be
interviewed;
2) The authorized
representative has been designated in writing by the head of the household or
the spouse, and is sufficiently aware of relevant household
circumstances.
e) The
head of the household shall be held liable for any overissuance which results
from erroneous information given on an application by the authorized
representative except in instances of participants in drug addiction or
alcoholic treatment centers. The center is responsible for misrepresentation or
fraud which it knowingly commits in the certification of center
residents.
f) For residents of
public or private non-profit drug addiction or alcoholic treatment centers, or
residents of small group living arrangements, the facility will assign an
authorized representative to apply in behalf of each resident. This provision
is applicable only when the facility has been authorized by the United States
Department of Agriculture to accept SNAP benefits in accordance with
7 CFR
278.1 and
278.2(g)
(2005, with no later additions or amendments).
g) When the eligible members of a household
are all unemancipated minors and the only adult is an ineligible alien, the
ineligible alien may make application as head of the household in behalf of the
eligible minors in the household. (Ineligible aliens applying as head of
household will be responsible for any misrepresentation or fraud committed in
the certification of the household and will sign the application as head of
household, not as authorized representative.)
h) Homeless meal providers cannot act as an
authorized representative for homeless SNAP applicants or recipients.
Notes
Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 5382, effective February 7, 2014
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