Please consider if changing to ending Interim Reporting and having certification periods every 6 months the hardships on those that have vacancies in their agencies on a regular basis.  Some workers are having 30 - 40 Interims per month as well as a large number of recertifications and new applications.  Interim reports take less time to process than do renewals and applications.  Also please take into consideration that when interims come in prior to the month that they are due, customers are not waiting until the first of the month that they are due; therefore, information that should be reported is not.  Reports should not be returned until the month due.