Indiana TANF (cash) denial or cut: appeal in writing within 33 days

Get these first

Indiana benefits without a home: use another mailing address, or the local DFR office address, Lifeline: a monthly discount on phone or internet service if you get Medicaid or SNAP (or have low income); a TANF Notice of Action

1. Indiana benefits without a home: use another mailing address, or the local DFR office address
2. Lifeline: a monthly discount on phone or internet service if you get Medicaid or SNAP (or have low income)

Steps

1. Find the date on your Notice of Action.
2. Write a letter saying you want to appeal and why (a request made out loud must still be made in writing).
3. Mail or fax it to the FSSA Document Center (P.O. Box 1810, Marion, IN 46952; fax 888-436-9199) or hand it in at your DFR office.
4. It must be received within 33 days; to keep cash benefits during the appeal, within 13 days of the notice's mailing date.

Official details

What you can get

An appeal is a request for a fair hearing before an Administrative Law Judge with the Office of Administrative Law Proceedings (OALP) Official source

Who can get it

Not confirmed yet

What to bring

Not confirmed yet

How to apply

For all other programs, if a verbal request is made, the request is to be noted and the AG informed that the request must be made in writing. Official source

Where to apply

• Mail or fax to the FSSA document center; • File in person with the DFR. Official source

Who decides

Not confirmed yet

How fast they decide

Appeals must be received by close of business not later than 33 days of the date of the action or issue being appealed. Official source

Keep your benefits during an appeal

For CASH (TANF/RCA) the request must be received within: • 13-days of the mailing date of the Notice of Action. Official source

Sources

• https://www.in.gov/oalp/resources-for-fssa-appeals checked 2026-10-28
• https://www.in.gov/fssa/dfr/files/ICES_Program_Policy_Manual.pdf checked 2026-10-28