3.3 New Referrals

A new referral is generated when a FoodShare member is determined to be a non-exempt ABAWD or when a FoodShare member who is an exempt ABAWD or a non-ABAWD requests a referral to be sent. Individuals who wish to be referred to FSET should contact their income maintenance (IM) agency and request a referral or ask their FSET worker to contact the IM agency on their behalf.

CWW is designed to send new FSET referrals to the FSET Tool when an IM worker confirms eligibility and processes the referral. As a result, a new referral may be sent to the FSET agency prior to or after the FoodShare eligibility start date. Only FoodShare eligible individuals can participate in FSET. FSET agencies must carefully monitor referrals for the effective date of FoodShare eligibility. FSET agencies must not enroll or begin providing FSET services to participants prior to the date in which the individual is eligible for FoodShare.

This page last updated in Release Number: 17-01

Release Date: 05/18/2017

Effective Date: 05/18/2017

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