The Understanding Food and Nutrition Services ("Food Stamps") Webinar will provide an overview of the North Carolina food stamps program. It is an excellent training, especially for attorneys who are new to this field, as the presentation will address the eligibility requirements, monthly allotment calculations, overpayments, and appeals process. This training will also be informative to most attorneys regardless of their familiarity with the Food and Nutrition Services because we will be discussing the program from the beginning and any new developments to the application/enrollment process. The training should be especially helpful to volunteer attorneys participating in the Lawyer on the Line program.

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1205817179104092162

Presenter Bio
Barbara Degen graduated from Bryn Mawr College magna cum laude with a major in Economics and from Duke University School of Law with honors. She is currently the Western Regional Manager for Legal Aid of North Carolina as well as a Senior Managing Attorney in the Morganton office. She has practiced poverty law in Morganton for her entire career, having joined the staff of Catawba Valley Legal Services in 1982. Her primary practice area has focused on public benefits law. She was the Public Benefits Task Force Chair for North Carolina Legal Services programs for four years and also served as Chair of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Disability Advocacy Section. In 1995 she received the North Carolina Bar Association Outstanding Legal Services Attorney award.

Agenda
Understanding Food and Nutrition Services ("Food Stamps")

*Overview of program, application process (including expedited service), household concept and EBT cards
*Eligibility Requirements: income; resources; citizenship/alien status; students; work requirements, controlled substance felons

*Monthly Allotment Calculations:
- Maximum allotment
- Income
- Income Deductions (work expense, standard, medical,
dependent care, child support, excess shelter costs)
- Calculator (example of allotment calculation in a specific case)
*Overpayments:
- Three types of overpayments (administrative error,
inadvertent household error, intentional program violation
- Collection procedures
*Appeals:
- Appeal procedures
- Hearings
- Administrative Disqualification Hearings

*Question and Answer Session