.01 NA Expedited Applications - Eligibility for Expedited Services
Process NA applications for NA expedited services when the application includes one of the following:
●The total gross countable income expected to be received in the application month is less than $150 and liquid resources do not exceed $100.
●The total gross countable income expected to be received in the application month plus liquid resources are less than the
rent or
mortgage plus the appropriate utility allowance
. Use the appropriate utility allowance as follows:
Use the appropriate
Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) amount for the budgetary unit size.
Use the
Telephone Utility Allowance when the only utility is a telephone expense.
NOTE When there are no utility expenses determine NA expedite eligibility without using a utility allowance.
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Screen for NA Expedite eligibility using information found on the application. When verification is provided with the application, then use the verification provided to complete the screening process.
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NA expedited services are only available to new NA applications. When turning in a new application for NA, the number of times a budgetary unit may receive NA expedited services is unlimited.
NOTE Verification of the participant’s identity cannot be postponed. (See
Postponed Verification.)
The following applications are ineligible for NA expedited services:
●All postponed verification requested at the last expedited approval was not received by FAA.
●The previous NA approval period was stopped for refusing to cooperate with the Quality Control (QC) process. (See
Outstanding QC Reviews)
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When an application is ineligible for expedited services, process using the NA new application time frames. Remove the Y in the EXPEDITED FS field on the APMA screen in AZTECS and document the casefile(g). |