10-144-301 Me. Code R. § 800-FS 888-2
GENERAL RULE - The information noted in FS 888-1 shall be requested from the appropriate agencies about members of all applicant households during the first week of the month following the month in which the application is filed. Information about members of applicant households who cannot provide SSN's at application shall be requested in the month following the month in which the SSN is received.
Information received within the thirty-day application period shall be used to determine eligibility and benefits if it is received for an applicant household which is still pending.
NOTE: Eligibility and benefit determinations shall not be delayed pending receipt of IEVS information.
Information received about applicant households which have already been opened shall be treated the same as information on recipient households (FS 888-4).
10-144 C.M.R. ch. 301, § 800-FS 888-2