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    "ocrText": "PPI Intern1 - feb29fsregs_access.doc\nPage 7\nC\nthat signs be placed in food stamp offices explaining the processing standards and a\nhousehold's right to file an application on the first day it contacts the food stamp\noffice (current 7 C.F.R. § 273.2(c)(4));\nC\nthat the food stamp office advise households they do not need to be interviewed\nbefore filing an application and may file an incomplete form SO long as it contains\nthe applicant's name, address, and signature (current 7 C.F.R. § 273.2(c)(1)).\nComments should urge that each of these requirements be retained.\nProposed section 273.2(b)(2) contains a list of requirements for state application forms,\nbut these do not include information about the availability of, and importance of, the right to apply\nwithout delay. Instead, the proposed rules would merely require states to \"make available\nadvisory materials\" with this information. Proposed 7 C.F.R. § 273.2(b)(2). This information\ncould be buried in the middle of long, detailed pamphlets or hand-outs that also cover numerous\nmatters involving food stamps and other programs. Even for the few households that may read\nsuch materials, the clear message likely will often be lost. Comments should urge that the final\nrules require that this information be provided on the application form or on a single-page\nleaflet distributed with that form.\nB.\nEncouraging or Discouraging Applications\nThe proposed rules also would delete the requirement that states shall encourage a\nhouseholds to file an application on the same day the household first contacts the office seeking\nassistance. Current 7 C.F.R. § 273.2(c)(2)(i). Proposed section 273.2(c)(2) would maintain the\nrequirement to encourage households to apply for food stamps - and, indeed, would broaden it to\napply to all households contacting the office about financial difficulties whether or not they\nmention food stamps - but would delete the requirement that households be encouraged to file\n\"the same day.\"\nIn addition, the regulations would define the food stamp office's obligation to encourage\nthe filing of an application as requiring only that it mention the Food Stamp Program and the\nhousehold's right to apply. Thus, after mentioning those items, a receptionist or eligibility worker\ncould recite a \"diversion\" speech designed to discourage households from applying for welfare\nbenefits or could tell the household that in order to apply that day, it would be required to wait\nhours to see an eligibility worker.\nComments on this issue should:\nC\nsupport the retention of the food stamp office's obligation to encourage\napplications and its broadening to cover circumstances in which the prospective\napplicant does not explicitly mention food stamps;\nC\nurge that food stamp offices continue to be obliged to encourage same-day filing\n7"
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