(1) All of our staff are continually responsible to identify you as possibly NSA eligible and assist you with NSA services.
(2) We provide a grace period to continue your aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) or housing and essential needs (HEN) referral assistance when:
(a) We stop a benefit because we are unable to tell if you continue to qualify; and
(b) You provide proof you still qualify for the benefit within the 20 days right after the benefit stops. We restore lost benefits, recalculate your cash assistance, and issue you the correct amount without taking away any benefits as long as you were eligible to receive them.
(3) We provide a grace period to continue your food, temporary assistance to needy families (TANF), state family assistance (SFA), or refugee cash assistance (RCA) when:
(a) We stop a benefit during a certification period because we are unable to tell if you continue to qualify; and
(b) You provide proof you still qualify for the benefit within the 20 days right after the benefit stops. We restore lost benefits, recalculate your cash and food assistance, and issue you the correct amount without taking away any benefits as long as you were eligible to receive them.
(4) When your benefits close at the end of a certification period for food, TANF, SFA, or RCA, you must reapply according to WAC 388-434-0010 and 388-434-0005. If you don't reapply for assistance before the certification period ends, benefits will be prorated when assistance is reopened according to program rules. See: WAC 388-406-0012 and 388-406-0055.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 7 C.F.R. § 273.14 (e)(3). WSR 26-13-075, s 388-472-0040, filed 6/15/26, effective 7/16/26. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15. WSR 13-18-004, § 388-472-0040, filed 8/22/13, effective 10/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090. WSR 01-10-104, § 388-472-0040, filed 5/1/01, effective 6/1/01.]