South Carolina's Compliance with SNAP Requirements for Participating State Agencies (7 CFR, Part 272)

Require FNS CRD administration perform a review of the current discrimination complaint process, including workloads and processing times, to identify process improvements. Based on the results, incorporate those improvements into the revised FNS Instruction 113-1 manual that is currently being drafted, to ensure future complaints are processed timely.

Require South Carolina Department of Social Services (SC DSS) to review the 10 cases where individuals may have been incarcerated for over 30 days and included in a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) household to determine if payments were improper and warrant the establishment of a claim.

Require SC DSS to implement a functioning Prisoner Verification System that satisfies the requirements under 7 CFR §272.13, including: Monitoring and preventing individuals incarcerated for over 30 days from being included in a SNAP household; providing for the proper use of match data; making a comparison of match data in the case file to the PVS match results data for adult household members at the time of application and recertification.

Require SC DSS to review the 7 cases identified where an individual who may have been deceased was issued benefits to determine if payments were improper and warrant the establishment of a claim.

Require SC DSS to properly implement a Deceased Matching System that satisfies the requirements under 7 CFR §272.14, including: verifying and ensuring that benefits are not issued to individuals who are deceased; providing for the proper use of match data; making a comparison of match data in the case file to the DMS match results data for each household member at the time of application and at least once a year.