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Under certain circumstances, an FSET referral may be withdrawn prior to FSET enrollment. Only those that are in ‘referred’ status can be withdrawn. An FSET referral may be withdrawn if one of the following applies:

An updated referral from the income maintenance (IM) worker is received indicating that the individual’s participation status has changed to ‘FoodShare Ineligible’.
An updated referral from the IM worker is received indicating that a non-exempt ABAWD’s participation status has changed to ‘Non-ABAWD’ or ‘Exempt ABAWD’. In these cases, the referral may only be withdrawn if two additional conditions are met, as follows: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 exempt ABAWD notifies the FSET worker that he or she is not interested in participating in FSET.
A non-ABAWD or exempt ABAWD 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The requirements in the FSET Handbook 3.5 Contacting the Participant do not apply once a referral has been withdrawn.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 a non-exempt ABAWD prior to the individual exhausting his or her three TLB s or three additional months and becoming ineligible for FoodShare.

This page last updated in Release Number: 17-01

Release Date: 05/18/2017

Effective Date: 05/18/2017