The following food stamp households will not be subject to the quarterly reporting requirement:

1.Households eligible to be assigned a certification period longer than 12 months. (See FSC 8110, item 3.)

2.Migrant and seasonal farm worker households. (See the "Glossary" for the definition of a migrant household and a seasonal farm household.)

3.Households certified under the expedited provisions when verification is postponed. (See FSC 9441.)

4.Households residing in a drug and/or alcohol treatment center. (See FSC

1820.)

5.Households with a member participating in a strike. (See FSC 1700.)

6.Categorically eligible PA households consisting of AFDC recipients or AFDC and 551 recipients. This includes PA households certified for 12 months.

7.Households which are extremely unstable. Extremely unstable households are those normally assigned a one or two month certification period under the policy in FSC 8710. These households cannot reasonably predict what their situation will be in the near future, or they expect a significant change in their income or household status. A significant change might include, but is not limited to, a move to another state or a household division.

All other households will be subject to the quarterly reporting requirements.