3.4.1 Dual Membership & Duplicate Benefits

7 CFRCode of Federal Regulations 273.3(a)

FNS Memo 12/18/14

A person cannot be a member of more than 1 food unit and 1 FS group in the same month except residents of shelters for battered persons and their children.

Persons moving to Wisconsin from another state are not eligible to receive duplicate FS benefits. States typically issue benefits on either a calendar or fiscal month. A fiscal month cycle provides benefits from a date in one month to a corresponding date in the next month. California (Fresno), Massachusetts, Nevada and South Dakota issue on a fiscal month cycle. Illinois issues benefits by calendar month (first day through the last day of the month) and by fiscal month (16th through 15th). Wisconsin issues on a calendar month cycle.

Example 1: In early October, a FS group moves to Wisconsin from Illinois. Prior to the move, Illinois issued the group's FS on a fiscal month cycle. It was an allotment for September 16 through October 15. The FS group applies in Wisconsin on October 10. The last day the group is considered an Illinois FS group is October 15. If determined eligible, the first day the group would receive FS from Wisconsin would be October 16.

Workers should contact the other state to verify the FS end date. See the Directory for Out of State Public Assistance Agencies for other state contacts.

This page last updated in Release Number: 15-02

Release Date: 04/30/2015

Effective Date: 04/30/2015