Households will be assigned certification periods as specified below.

1.Households where all members are included in a single AFDC case

will be assigned a certification period of up to 12 months. (This

will also include households where the only members not included

in the AFDC grant are 551 recipients.) AFDC reevaluations are

conducted every six months. If the food stamp case is certified

at the same time the AFDC case is reevaluated, two AFDC

reevaluations should occur during the 12 month food stamp

certification period. The food stamp recertification should occur

at the same time as the second AFDC reevaluation.

For example, a PA household is recertified for food stamps at the time of the AFDC reevaluation in June 1994. The household's food stamp recertification is set to expire in May 1995. The first AFDC reevaluation should occur in December 1994 and the second AFDC reevaluation should occur in May 1995.

See FSC 11600 for additional information.

2.Households consisting totally of aged/disabled members who have

no earnings will be assigned certification periods up to 24 months.

**3.Households subject to quarterly reporting will be assigned a 12

month certification period. (NOTE: During the first year of

implementation, quarterly reporting households will be certified

for 6 to 12 months. This will allow each county to control the

number of quarterly reports to be processed each month.)

4.Households which cannot reasonably predict what their circumstances will be in the near future or those which are very likely to have significant changes in income or household status will not be subject to quarterly reporting. These households will be assigned a one or two month certification period.

5.Household certified under the expedited service provisions in which verification is pending will be assigned a one or two month certification period. See FSC 9500.