3.6 Withdrawing a Referral

Under certain circumstances, an FSET referral may be withdrawn prior to FSET enrollment. Only those that are in ‘referred’ status can be withdrawn. An FSET referral may be withdrawn by the end of the month if one of the following applies:

An updated referral from the income maintenance (IM) worker is received indicating that the individual’s ABAWD status has changed to ‘FoodShare Ineligible’.
An updated referral from the IM worker is received indicating that an ABAWD’s status has changed to ‘Non-ABAWD’ or to an ABAWD with a non-TLB referral status. In these cases, the referral may only be withdrawn if two additional conditions are met, as follows:
- The FSET worker has not yet contacted the member by phone or mail to schedule the initial appointment and
- The member has not indicated to the IM worker that they want to participate in FSET.
A non-ABAWD or an ABAWD with a non-TLB referral status notifies the FSET worker that he or she is not interested in participating in FSET.
A non-ABAWD or an ABAWD with a non-TLB referral status has not communicated with the FSET worker for a period of two months after the referral date.

The requirements in the FSET Handbook 3.5 Contacting the Participant do not apply once a referral has been withdrawn.

The FSET worker may not withdraw a referral for an ABAWD with a TLB referral type prior to the individual exhausting his or her three TLBtime-limited benefitss or three additional months and becoming ineligible for FoodShare.

This page last updated in Release Number: 18-01
Release Date: 12/14/2018
Effective Date: 12/14/2018

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