Transfer of Property for SNAP

The Transfer of Property (FMWC) screen is used to record information regarding resources transferred by an EU member (including ineligible immigrant or disqualified person whose resources are considered available to the household) so an eligibility determination can be made and a disqualification applied when applicable.

 

Property transfer information may be added, updated (as long as verification has not been entered), and viewed.

 

The Transfer of Property screen is not fastpath accessible. It may be accessed from the transfer of property Driver Question screen (FMRB) in the controlled flow or from the Select Transfer of Property screen (FMWL) in maintenance.

 

Step 1

On Select Transfer of Property screen, type or prompt for the SCN, EU, and DCN. If adding a new occurrence, press F14=ADDTRANS to access the Transfer of Property screen (FMWC). If transfer data appears and you wish to update the information, type S in the SEL field next to the row containing the transfer data to be updated and press enter, and type U on the command line to update.

 

Step 2

Type appropriate information or make changes in the Description, Date of Transfer, Fair Market Value, Amount Received, and Unconsidered Compensated Amount fields of the header group. To see a description of a field, tab to the field and press F1=HELP. Description, Date of Transfer, and Fair Market Value are required fields for an Add action.

 

BEST PRACTICE: If you have not manually tracked total countable resources or do not know the total at this time, leave the Unconsidered Compensated Amount and Ver fields blank. After completing the controlled flow, access Financial Resource Detail Summary (FMWG) screen to obtain the Total Considered Resources for the EU. Follow the directions in Step 1 to update the transfer information with the Unconsidered Compensated Amount (the amount by which non-exempt transferred resources, when added to other countable resources, exceed the resource limits. For example – a one-person household with $1,500 in a bank transferred to her son $3,000 which she had received from a life insurance settlement. Consider $2,500 of the $3,000 a transfer because the first $500 is applied toward the $2,000 resource limit.)

 

If a verification code is entered, an entry is also required in the Apply FS Penalty field. A penalty is applied when the sum of the Unconsidered Compensated Amount plus the total countable resources exceeds the resource limit for the EU. See Food Stamp Manual section 1110.035.10 for an example.

 

NOTE: Once a verification code is entered, the data CANNOT be updated. Review the screen to ensure all information is correct before entering a verification code.

 

Step 3

Press enter to commit all data on the screen. If a penalty is to be applied, go to Step 4. If a penalty is not to be applied, go to Step 5.

 

Step 4

If a penalty is to be applied, press F14=SANDISQ to access the Sanction/ Disqualification screen to enter the appropriate sanction (sanction type TOR). Refer to ENTERING A SANCTION OR DISQUALIFICATION. Go to Step 5.

 

Step 5

Press F18=COMMENT to record information about the transfer and why a penalty is or is not being applied.