Does my store stay open during a SNAP disqualification?
7 CFR 278.6(b)(1)
We owe loyalty to only you.
When you’re looking online, you have multiple options. There are so many firms advertising SNAP defense. Thankfully, your search is over. Spodek Law Group P.C. offers premier white-glove service and we’re unafraid of fighting. Unlike firms that are more focused on their relationship with the agency than with you, we owe loyalty to only YOU. Your store, your family, your license.
One reason our firm has such a high success rate is that we’re selective about who we work with. If we’re choosing to work with you, it’s because we think we can make a positive impact. That’s vastly different from firms that take on any client willing to pay. When you reach out, you start with a risk-free consultation - and you can ask us anything you want, regardless of how long it takes.
If there’s a way to keep your store in the program, we’ll find it. That’s the whole job.
Nothing in the regulation closes a business. What it removes is the ability to redeem EBT, which for many stores amounts to the same thing.
Timing depends on the sanction
Permanent disqualification is effective immediately on receipt of the determination, review or no review - which is why owners in trafficking cases often learn about it when a swipe declines. Term disqualifications generally don’t take effect until administrative review has run. Firms determined eligible for a civil money penalty in lieu may continue accepting benefits while review is pending.
The business consequences arrive early
Lenders, franchisors and landlords frequently have covenants tied to program authorization, so notify your bookkeeper and any lender before those trip. WIC action commonly follows on a separate state timeline. Plan for the cash-flow gap in the first week, not the second month.
The one thing that ends the business
Don’t process benefits through another store’s terminal, and don’t put the store in a relative’s name to keep the authorization alive. The first is a fresh and serious violation; the second triggers a transfer penalty under 278.6(g), doubled where the disqualification was permanent.
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