The policy change would impose one-time costs on the Department of Human Services related to information technology systems changes needed to implement the change and staff time needed to respond to recipient inquiries that would likely result from the policy change. Information from the Department of Human Services suggests that the information technology systems costs would be around $900,000. The additional increase in staff time and costs would depend upon the number of recipient inquiries that resulted from the policy change and the required follow-up time from DHS staff. For reference, in September 2007, the DHS issued food assistance benefits to 565,588 recipient groups representing 1,217,334 individuals, so a significant workload impact is possible.