The purpose of this INF is threefold:
1. To introduce the revised Statewide 5/08 versions of:
* LDSS 4826: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification"
* LDSS-4826A: "How To Complete The Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification"
2. To inform local districts that the following "other than English" 5/08 versions have also been revised:
* LDSS-4826-AR: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification"(Arabic)
* LDSS-4826A-AR: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" Arabic)
* LDSS-4826-CH: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Chinese)
* LDSS-4826A-CH: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" Chinese)
* LDSS-4826-HA: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Haitian/Creole)
* LDSS-4826A-HA: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Haitian/Creole)
* LDSS-4826-KO: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Korean)
* LDSS-4826A-KO: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Korean)
* LDSS-4826-RU: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Russian)
* LDSS-4826A-RU: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Russian)
* LDSS-4826-SP: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Spanish)
* LDSS -4826A-SP: "How To Complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" (Spanish)
3. To notify local districts that, as long as they are using the 05/08 version of the LDSS-4826 and LDSS-4826A or later, they are no longer required to provide the Client Information Books LDSS-4148A, LDSS-4148B and LDSS-4148C to households that are applying or recertifying for Food Stamp Benefits using the LDSS-4826: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification". This is because information from the Client Information Books that must be provided to food stamp applicant households has been consolidated and included in the 5/08 LDSS-4826A.
Districts must continue to provide the LDSS-4826A: "How to Complete the Food Stamp benefits Application/Recertification and Applicant/Recipient Rights and Responsibilities for the Food Stamp Program" to all households applying and recertifying for food stamp benefits, and must continue to provide the Client Information Books upon request (LDSS-4148A, LDSS-4148B and LDSS-4148C).
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