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1240-1-8-.01 |
Listed below are definitions of some terms frequently used in the
Tennessee Department of Human Services Family Assistance Manual. These definitions are specific for the Food
Stamps/AFDC Programs. Other terms
unique to the two programs may not be defined here, but should be read in the
context of the instructions/policies given in the various volumes of the
manual. |
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An absent wage earner is an employed individual who temporarily
resides away from the home because work related travel, or distance from the
employment site prevents the individual’s living in the home. |
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Adequate child care exists only when another responsible person
lives in the home with the student and is able, and available, to care for
the child. For this purpose, a responsible person is someone who is mentally
and physically capable of providing child care for the household. If the student must obtain child care outside the home, adequate
child care does not exist. |
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Administrative Law Judges are a part of the Office of the Secretary
of State in Tennessee and hear appeals and make decisions on Family
Assistance Program issues at various locations within the state, including Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Cookeville,
Nashville, Jackson and Memphis |
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An appeal is a procedure for bringing grievances, which cannot be
resolved in the local office to the State Office for a hearing. |
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An appellant is an individual who is dissatisfied with an action of
the Department in regard to the furnishing or denial of assistance and who,
as a result, is requesting a fair hearing before the State Office. |
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The Assistance Unit is composed of all the people whose needs are
included in one AFDC budget. For the purpose of budgeting one person may be
an aid group. |
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Allotment or Coupon Allotment is the total value of food coupons a
household is authorized to receive during each month or other time period. |
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(a)
An alternate payee is a person who is
temporarily designated to receive and expend an AFDC check when the
grantee-payee relative is not available to do so. (b)
The alternate payee is expected to act for the
grantee-payee relative in relation to the child. That is, he is expected to
see to it that the child has shelter, food, clothing and adequate supervision
during the emergency period. (c)
The alternate payee may be related or
unrelated to the child. He may be living in the same home with the child or
apart from the child if he is carrying out his responsibilities of acting for
the grantee-payee relative. (d)
Since the alternate payee must act for the
grantee-payee relative he must be someone who can fulfill this requirement
such as a relative, concerned neighbor or friend. Therefore, employees of the
Department and institutions may not be designated alternate payee. |
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An
applicant is a person who has submitted a completed and signed document
prescribed by DHS requesting AFDC for children in his care, and/or a form
approved by FNS containing at least a legible name, address and a signature
to request Food Stamps for the household of which he is a member. (b) An authorized representative or designated
agent may actually file the application provided they have been authorized to
do so by the head of the household, spouse, or other responsible household
member. |
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An applicant relative is a specific relative who applies for AFDC
for a child or children in his care. |
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Application
or Application Form |
An application is a form prescribed by DHS and/or approved by FNS
containing prescribed information which is submitted to the County Office of
the DHS by a person requesting assistance, or by the person’s legally
appointed guardian, designated agent or authorized representative. For food
stamp purposes, an initial application is the first month for which the
household applies for participation, following any period during which the
household was not certified for participation in the Food Stamp Program. |
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Authorization
to Participate Card (ATP) |
Authorization to Participate Card (ATP) is a document which is
issued by the Tennessee Department of Human Services to a certified household
to show the Food Stamp allotment the household is authorized to receive on
presentation of such document. |
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An authorized representative is the person designated by the head of
the household, spouse, or other responsible household member for making
application for Food Stamps including participation in the interview,
obtaining coupons, or using the coupons. Also, an authorized representative
is an employee of a private treatment and rehabilitation program which must
be certified by the designated state agency. This employee shall act in the
treatment center patient’s behalf of making application for Food Stamps,
receiving and/or spending the coupons. (See Designated Agent -- AFDC). |
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(a)
Food Stamps. Individuals to whom a household
furnishes lodging and meals with the following restrictions: 1. Boarder status shall not be granted to a
spouse, as defined in Number (77) of 1240-1-8-.01, of a member of the
household, or to children under 18 years of age under the parental control of
a member of the household, or to either parents living with their children or
children living with their parents, unless at least one parent is 60 years of
age or older. 2. Boarder status shall not be extended to
persons paying less than a reasonable monthly payment for meals. An
individual furnished both meals and lodging by the household, but paying
compensation less than a reasonable amount, will be considered a member of
the household which provides the meals and lodging. (b) AFDC. A boarder is a person who lives as a
member of a family, but who pays a fee for this privilege. His/her board rate
covers his/her portion of mutual living expenses and his/her food. Any profit
a family or HH/AG realizes from a boarder belongs to the person or the HH/AG
including the person to whom he/she pays board. |
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A boarding house is an establishment which is licensed as a
commercial enterprise which offers meals and lodging for compensation. In
counties without licensing requirements, a boarding house shall be defined as
a commercial establishment which offers meals and lodging for compensation
with the intention of making profit. See Section 1240-1-2-.02-(4)-(a). |
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A caretaker for AFDC purposes is a specific relative of a child who
is providing a home for the child, exercising primary responsibility for the
care and control of the child, is in need according to Department standards,
is not an SSI beneficiary and wishes to be included in the AFDC aid group. A
caretaker is counted statistically as an AFDC recipient and an allowance is
made for the caretaker in the AFDC grant. |
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Categorically
Resource Eligible |
Resources of a household member, in a Mixed Household, who receives
or is authorized to receive AFDC and/or SSI. These
resources are not used to calculate the household’s total resources. |
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A certification period is an assigned period of time during which a
household is eligible and certified to receive Food Stamp benefits. |
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A child caring institution is an institution which provides
twenty-four hour care to more than 12 children. |
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A communal dining facility is a public or non-profit private establishment,
approved by FNS, which prepares or serves meals for elderly persons, or for
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, and their spouses. |
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A complaint is an expression of dissatisfaction by an applicant or
recipient with action taken, or the
failure to take action, by the local office or a Service Center of the
Department of Human Services. A
complaint as an expression of dissatisfaction is one that is not yet lodged
in a request for a fair hearing and that retains the possibility that it can
be resolved in a conference. |
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A complainant is an applicant or recipient, or individual acting in
behalf of the applicant or recipient, who initiates expressed dissatisfaction
with action taken by DHS staff in relation to assistance for which the client
has applied or which he is receiving. |
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Conciliation is a review of the issue under appeal between the
appellant and the Conciliation Unit in the Division of Appeals and Hearings
in the State Office. Conciliation Unit
staff will make the initial determination as to whether the appeal was filed
timely and whether the issue is subject to appeal. They will acknowledge the appeal that has
been filed and will determine if the case action at issue was appropriate. If the case requires correction,
Conciliation staff will make the correction, whenever possible. Otherwise, they will notify the appropriate
county staff and specify the correction(s) needed. If Conciliation Unit staff is successful in
resolving the issue with the appellant, they will mail the appellant a
Resolution Letter, along with a copy of a Withdrawal form. If Conciliation Unit staff is unable to
resolve the issue with the client, the appeal must be forwarded to the Case
Preparation Unit to prepare for a hearing.
Staff will authorize continuation/reinstatement of benefits if
appropriate, pending an appeal. |
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A conference is a discussion of the grievance between the
complainant and county office staff in an effort to resolve the complaint. It is mandatory that a conference be offered to a Food Stamp household,
which wishes to contest a denial of expedited service. |
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The term “dependent child” means a needy child (1) who has been
deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued
absence from the home (other than absence occasioned solely by reason of the
performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States),
or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and who is living with his
father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather,
stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, or
niece, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as
his or their own home, and (2) who is (A) under the age of eighteen, or (B)
at the option of the State, under the age of nineteen and a full-time student
in a secondary school (or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical
training), if, before he attains age nineteen, he may reasonably be expected to
complete the program of such secondary school [or such training]. |
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A loan for educational expenses for which repayment is deferred
until education is completed. |
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A person named by an individual requesting AFDC to act for him in
filing an application, gathering required information, representing him at a
fair hearing, etc. The designated agent acts for the applicant/recipient in
such matters but cannot receive/expend the person’s AFDC unless he is also
the person’s legally appointed guardian or has been named
alternate/protective payee. |
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(a)
FS (Work Registration) An individual having
mental or physical impairment which renders him or her incapable of gainful
employment either permanently or temporarily will be exempt from work
registration requirements for the Food Stamp Program. (b)
FS (Disability for Entitlement to Special
Consideration Regarding Medical Deductions, Excess Shelter Deductions, Use of
Net Income Standards, and Separate Household Status for Parent/Child and
Siblings) An individual is considered disabled if he or she meets any of the
following and will be eligible for special income and deduction
considerations when determining food stamp eligibility and allotment amounts: (1)
receives payments for disability or blindness
under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; (2)
receives federally, or state administered
supplemental benefits under section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66; (3)
receives disability retirement benefits from a
governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under
section 221(i) of the Social Security Act; (4)
is a veteran receiving VA benefits for a
service or non-service connected disability rated or paid as total, or is
considered by VA standards to be in need of regular aid and attendance, or
considered permanently housebound; (5)
is a disabled surviving spouse of a veteran
and is considered by VA standards to be in need of regular aid and attendance
or is permanently housebound; (6)
is a disabled surviving child of a veteran and
is considered by VA standards to be permanently incapable of self-support; (7)
is a surviving spouse or child of a veteran
and entitled to VA compensation for a service connected death or VA pension
benefits for a non-service connected death and has a disability considered
permanent under the Social Security Act; Note: “Entitled”
as used in this definition refers to surviving spouses and children of
veterans who are receiving the compensation or benefits stated above, or have
been approved for such payments but are not receiving them. (8)
receives an annuity payment under section
2(a)(1)(iv) of Railroad Retirement Act of 1984 and is determined to be
eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad Retirement Board; (9)
receives an annuity payment under section 2(a)(i)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1984 and is
determined to be disabled based on the criteria used under Title XVI of the
Social Security Act (SSI); (10)
receives interim or presumptive payments
pending receipt of SSI; or (11)
receives medical
assistance based on disability under title XIX (Medicid). (c)
FS (Disability for Determining Eligibility of
Separate Household Status of Elderly Individuals Living With Others and Not
Purchasing Food and Preparing Meals Separately from Others) Disability for
this purpose is defined as a disability considered permanent under the Social
Security Act or any other non-disease related, severe permanent disability
which would prevent the individuals from purchasing and preparing their own
food. (d)
AFDC (Incapacity) A mental and/or physical
condition, total or partial, permanent or temporary, which is of such a
debilitating nature as to reduce substantially, or eliminate the parents
ability to support or care for the otherwise/eligible child and can be
expected to last for a period of at least 30 days. |
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Documents in substantiation of a client’s statements about factors
of eligibility – documentary evidence. |
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Drug
Addiction and Alcoholic Treatment and Rehabilitation Center |
A treatment program certified by the appropriate State Agency of the
State of Tennessee as a bona fide treatment program and conducted by a
private, non-profit organization or institution or a publicly operated
community health center. Residents of such programs may apply for Food Stamp
Program benefits with an authorized representative employed by the treatment
program acting as the authorized representative for all applicant households. |
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That total income which an A/R earns by his own efforts; either
salary, wages or commissions paid to him as an employee, or profits from
self-employment in an enterprise (including farming) which he may carry on
independently or jointly with another person or persons. It includes earnings
over a period of time for which settlement is made at one given time. It does
not include any income such as pensions or benefits accruing as compensation
or reward for service or compensation for lack of employment; for example,
RSDI benefits, VA benefits, UMW benefits, strike benefits, Unemployment
Compensation, etc., nor Military Allotments, allotments from Job Corps
participants, or return from capital investments, or income provided by
another agency. |
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For Food Stamp Program purposes, a person 60 years of age or older
or is 59 years old on the date of application and will be sixty before the
end of the month of application. |
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Eligible
Foods -- Food Stamp Program |
(a)
Any food or food product intended for human
consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and hot foods and hot food
products prepared for immediate consumption; (b)
Seeds and plants to grow for the personal
consumption of eligible food stamp households; (c)
Meals prepared and delivered by an authorized
meal delivery service to households eligible to use coupons to purchase meals
or to households eligible to use coupons for communal dining at communal
dining facilities for the elderly, for SSI households or both; (d)
Meals prepared and served by an authorized
drug addict or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center to households
eligible to use coupons to purchase those meals; (e)
Meals prepared and served by an authorized
group living arrangement facility to residents who are blind or disabled
recipients of benefits under Title II (RSDI) or Title XVI (SSI) of the Social
Security Act; (f)
Meals prepared by and served by a shelter for
battered women and children to its eligible residents. |
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English as a Second Language (ESL) |
A course normally offered to refugees, and designed to train them in
the use of the English Language. Although these courses usually are held at
institutions of higher education, high school diplomas or GED certificates
are not prerequisites for participation. |
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A student is deemed to be enrolled in an institution of learning
when he/she has been admitted as a student and is listed as such by the
school registrar. |
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Excluded members are defined as individuals who do not meet the
citizenship or eligible alien status; individuals who are disqualified for failure
to provide or apply for an SSN; and individuals disqualified for intentional
program violations. |
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A procedure whereby an appeal may be made by persons whose
applications are denied, not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or who
are otherwise aggrieved by the agency’s interpretation of any provision of
the FS/AFDC laws and regulations as it affects their situations. |
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Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) |
The division of the United States Department of Agriculture which
supervises the Food Stamp Program at the federal level. |
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The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95-133)
including any subsequent amendments thereto. |
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A licensed or approved home in which twenty-four hour care is
provided to a person who lives as a member of the family. |
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Care provided to a person in a licensed or approved foster boarding
home when the person’s own home is not available to him. |
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A person who works 30 hours per week or more or has weekly earnings
equal to the federal minimum wage times 30 hours. |
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Any agency using local funds to provide financial assistance to
individuals and families. |
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A specified relative who receives an AFDC grant for a child or
children in his care. This person may or may not be included in the aid
group. |
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A public or private non-profit residential setting that serves no
more than sixteen (16) residents and that is certified by the Department of
Mental Health. To be eligible for food stamp benefits, a resident of such a
group living arrangement must be blind or disabled and receiving benefits
under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act. |
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An individual named by a court of competent jurisdiction (usually
the County Court) to manage the affairs of an adult who has been adjudicated
mentally incompetent; or one who has been named to manage the affairs and /or
person of a minor. |
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1240-1-2-.02(1)(d) |
The head of household is
the person whose name has been designated to appear on the food stamp
application by the household or the State agency. |
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A Hearing Officer is an impartial official of the Department of
Human Services designated by the Commissioner to conduct a fair hearing. The staff member so designated shall have
had no personal stake or involvement in the case. A Hearing Officer must not have been
directly involved in the initial determination of the action that is being
contested, and was not have been the immediate supervisor of the caseworker
who took the action. |
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A homeless individual is defined as an individual who lacks a fixed
and regular nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime
residence that is: -
a supervised publicly or privately operated
shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations; -
an institution that provides a temporary
residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; -
a temporary accommodation in the residence of
another individual; or -
a public or private place not designated
for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human
beings. |
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The home and surrounding property which is not separated from the
home by intervening property owned by others. Public rights of way, such as
roads which run through the surrounding property and separate it from the
home, will not affect its classification as a homestead. |
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1240-1-2-.02(1)(a) |
A household is a
social unit comprised of varying numbers of individuals who live together in
the same dwelling. It is also the concept used to determine the food
purchasing and preparation patterns of all individuals with common living
quarters. For food stamp purposes, a group of people who customarily purchase and prepare food together for home consumption. For program purposes, an individual living alone may be a household. |
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A card which identifies the bearer as eligible to receive and use
food coupons. |
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A recurring gain or benefit measured in money amounts. |
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A person living in a public institution unless (1) he has definite
plans to leave the institution within the current or succeeding month; or (2)
he is free to leave on his own volition at any time. See Section 1240-1-31
for food stamp policies regarding persons residing in facilities for the
treatment of drug addiction/alcoholism. |
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A request for information about the Family Assistance programs.
Inquiries are not applications for assistance and no permanent records of
inquiries are kept. |
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Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) |
The Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States
Department of Justice which has jurisdiction over determining the alien
status of all residents. |
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Institution
of Higher Education |
Any institution which normally requires a high school diploma or
equivalency certificate (GED) for enrollment including, but not limited to,
colleges, universities, and vocational or technical schools at the post-high
school level. |
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Institution
of Post Secondary Education |
Any public or private educational institution which normally: -
requires a high school diploma or equivalency
certificate for enrollment; or -
admits persons who are beyond the 17 year old
compulsory school attendance age, provided the institution is legally
authorized or recognized by the state to provide an educational program
beyond secondary education; or -
provides a
program of training to prepare students for gainful employment. |
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The Departmental office having jurisdiction over the case, primarily
the county office. |
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For food stamp purposes, a household whose annual income does not
exceed 130% of the Office of Management and Budget guidelines. |
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The method by which eligible households receive their food stamps by
mail each month. |
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Those fees may include the rental or purchase of any equipment,
materials and supplies related to the pursuit of the course of study
involved. The exclusion of mandatory fees is no longer restricted to fees
charged to all students or charged to all students within a certain
curriculum. |
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Certain changes initiated by the State or Federal Government which
affect the entire Family Assistance caseload or significant portions of the
caseload. |
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A non-profit meal delivery service authorized by FNS which provides
prepared meals to eligible food stamp household members over 60 years of age
and their spouses, or members (and spouses) who are housebound, physically
handicapped, or otherwise disabled to the extent that they are unable to
adequately prepare all their meals. |
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A Federal and State funded medical insurance program administered in
this state by the Tennessee Department of Public Health – Medicaid Division.
Benefits are available only for certain groups of people. The Federal base
for the program is Title XIX of the Social Security Act as amended. |
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A hospital insurance benefit and supplemental medical insurance
benefit program administered by the Social Security Administration for
certain individuals who receive Social Security benefits. Administered under
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act as amended. |
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A minor is a person under 18 years of age unless his minority has
been removed at an earlier age by court action. |
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Households with one or more member(s) receiving or authorized to
receive AFDC and/or SSI but not all household members receive these benefits. |
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Gross income less appropriate exclusions and work allowances. |
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Office Of
Family Assistance (OFA) |
The division of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services which supervises the administration of the AFDC Program. |
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Parent child relationships are kinship
connections between mothers and/or fathers and their children resulting from
the child(ren’s) birth or
adoption or from the marriage of the child(ren’s)
mother or father. |
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Parental control is the authority exercised by a mother or father
(or any adult household member acting as a parent) to guide, manage,
supervise, and provide care to a minor dependent child who lives in the same
home. |
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The person to whom an AFDC grant check is made payable. |
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Physical or mental fitness means that an individual is fit for
employment and does not suffer from any disability which would prevent
his/her being gainfully employed. |
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The current usual monetary yield on real/personal property of
similar type and usage in the area in which the property is located. |
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A facility which provides under private management shelter,
custodial care, personal services, and in some instances, nursing care to two
or more persons unrelated to the owner or manager. It is usually entirely
supported by private funds. It may, however, receive contributions from
public funds and still be considered a private institution, if the
governmental unit does not exercise any administrative control. Private institutions include such facilities as hospitals, nursing
homes, child caring institutions and homes for the aged. The institutions may
be operated by an individual or it may be under the auspices of a church, a
fraternal organization, or a private board. |
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May refer to either the Food Stamp Program conducted under the Food
Stamp Act and regulations or the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) Program conducted under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act and
regulations. If not specifically designated, “program” must be read as
pertaining to either program depending on the context of the material. |
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(1) Food Stamps (a) Intentional Program Violation can be
determined through an administrative disqualification hearing or a court
appropriate jurisdiction. Intentional program violation shall consist of any
action by an individual who knowingly, willfully and with deceitful intent: 1. Made a false or misleading statement or
misrepresented, concealed or withheld facts; or 2. Committed any act that constitutes a
violation of the Food Stamp Act, the Food Stamp Program Regulations; or 3. Any State statute relating to the use,
presentation, transfer, acquisition, receipt, or possession of food stamp
coupons or ATP’s. (b) Inadvertent Household Error An inadvertent household error is an
error caused by a misunderstanding or unintended error on the part of the
household. (c) Administrative Error An administrative error is an error
caused by the worker or Department. (2) AFDC Whoever knowingly obtains or attempts
to obtain or aids or abets any person to obtain, by means of a willfully
false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other device,
assistance for a dependent child to which such child is not entitled, or
assistance greater than that to which such child is entitled shall be guilty
of a felony and punishable accordingly. |
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(a) A county within the State of Tennessee which
has been designated as an administrative unit for Food Stamp Program
operations; or (b) A geographic area, usually a county, served
by one WIN-ES Office. |
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An individual (selected by the A/R when possible or by the staff of
the Department and when necessary) named by the Department of Human Services
to receive and expend an AFDC grant for the benefit of a recipient who: (a) refuses to participate in WIN; (b) refuses to assign support rights/cooperate
with the IV-D agency; (c) because of
physical/mental/emotional disorder, youth or immaturity or demonstrated to
manage money is in need of the assistance of a payee. See Section 1240-1-18. |
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A facility which provides shelter, custody, or care and is the
responsibility of a government unit or over which a governmental unit
exercises administrative control. |
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A pure AFDC-Food Stamp case is one in which each member of the Food
Stamp household is included in an AFDC grant. |
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A person who receives an AFDC payment, is
included in the aid group and is counted statistically as a caretaker, second
parent, or dependent child including a child receiving AFDC-FC. |
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Recertification/Redetermination
of Eligibility |
(a) Recertification The processing of an application for
recertification for food stamps prior to the end of a predefined
certification period of a household. (b) Redetermination of Eligibility The periodic investigation of each
AFDC case which is required in order to establish that the family continues
to be eligible for assistance. The terms redetermination of eligibility,
review, and periodic review are used interchangeably. |
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(a) A specific request for assistance or service
to a specific individual which is received from or sent to an agency,
individual, or other program within the Department of Human Services. (b) Family Assistance staff will usually receive
referrals in written form in relation to an application or active case. Such
referrals are to be made a part of the care record. (c) Referrals by Family Assistance staff may be
made on applications and active cases to Social Services, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation, Services to the Blind, or an agency which provides
financial aid such as the Social Security Administration, Veterans
Administration, and so on. Referrals may be in written form and if so a copy
of the referral is to be made a part of the case folder. |
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Relative
or Specified Relative |
(a) For AFDC purposes, any blood relative,
including those of half-blood; first cousins, nephews and nieces. This
includes relationships to persons of preceding generations as denoted by
prefixes of grand, great or great great. (b) Stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother and
stepsister. (c) Legally adoptive parents of the child or of
the child’s parents, the natural and other legally adopted children of such
persons, and the blood relatives of such persons, including first cousins,
nephews and nieces. (d) Legal spouses of any of the persons named in
the above three groups. This applies even though the marriage may have been
terminated by death or divorce. |
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A payment to a person who is displaced from his home as a result of
HUD assisted and other federally assisted program or project subject to the
provisions of the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Act of 1970. The relocation payment is the amount paid to cover moving costs and ·
for
Homeowners, the amount of payment made as a grant over and above the amount
paid to him for his equity in property to purchase replacement housing. ·
for renters,
the amount paid to assist in obtaining replacement housing (rented or to be
purchased). |
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A household living in the county in which it files an application
for participation. In AFDC, a person who is living in the state voluntarily and not for
a temporary purpose, that is, with no intentions of presently removing there
from; or one living in the state who has come into the state if he is to seek
or take employment. A child is residing in the state if he is making his home
in the state. Temporary absence from the state with subsequent returns to the
state, or intent to return when the purposes of the absences have been
accomplished, shall not interrupt the continuity of residence. |
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For food stamp purposes, individuals who reside in an institution
and the institution provides them with the majority of their meals as part of
the institution’s normal services and the institution has not been authorized
to accept food stamp coupons. Residents of institutions are not eligible for
participation in the Food Stamp Program, with the following exception: (a) Residents of federally subsidized housing
for the elderly, built under Section 202 of the housing act of 1959 or
Section 236 of the National Housing Act. (b) Narcotic addicts or alcoholics who for the
purpose of regular participation in a drug or alcohol treatment and
rehabilitation program, reside at a facility or treatment center. (c) Disabled or blind individuals who are
residents of group living arrangements (as defined in the Definitions
Section, 1240-1-8-.11-(34) and who receive benefits under Title II (RSDI) or
Title XVI (SSI) of the Social Security Act. (d) Residents of shelters for battered women and
children as defined in (74) of this section. Such persons shall be considered
individual household units for the purpose of applying for and participating
in the Program. In AFDC, individuals who reside in an institution. A resident of a
public institution is not eligible for assistance unless he is a patient in a
public medical institution. A resident in a private institution may be
eligible if he is temporarily absent from home or meets requirements for
AFDC-FC. |
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a) An establishment or recognized department
of an establishment or a house-to-house trade route, whose eligible food
sales volume is more than 50 percent staple food items for home preparation
and consumption; (b) Public or private communal dining facilities
and meal delivery services and drug addict or alcoholic treatment and
rehabilitation programs; public or private non-profit group living
arrangements; or public or private non-profit shelters for battered women and
children; (c) Any private non-profit cooperative food
purchasing venture, including those members pay for food prior to receipt of
the food; and (d) A farmers market. |
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Individual to whom a household furnishes lodging, but not meals, for
compensation. |
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A parent who meets the following
conditions: (a) Both parents are in the home with the
eligible child and are married to each other.
This applies only in
AFDC cases in which a disabled natural or adoptive parent is living in the
home with the eligible child. If the disabled parent is designated caretaker,
the other parent may be designated second parent. A stepparent can qualify as
second parent but only if the child’s natural or adoptive parent is disabled
and in the home. (b) The second parent is not receiving SSI. (c) The
second parent is included in the aid group. |
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A “set” of children is defined as one child, or two or more children
who are full brothers and/or sisters, i.e., having (1) the same father and
mother, (2) the same mother but different fathers, or (3) the same father but
different mothers. |
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Public or private non-profit residential facility that serves
battered women and their children. If such a facility serves other
individuals, a portion of the facility must be set aside on a long-term basis
to serve only battered women and children. The shelter must also be a
residence which serves meals or provides food to its residents. |
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1240-1-2-.02(1)(b) |
A sibling is an individual who shares
a common parent with another individual. Sibling relationship may be either
natural, legal, or by marriage (i.e. natural, adopted, half, or step brothers
and sisters). |
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A purposeful contact between a Family Assistance staff member and a
family which is made between recertification/redeterminations of eligibility
in order to explore a particular event which was anticipated or reported to
the worker and which would have some effect on an individual’s (or family’s)
continued eligibility for benefits. |
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Nursing care, personal care, and/or households services which are
medically required by and being purchased by a person receiving FS/AFDC. |
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A limited review of selected factors of eligibility in a selected
sample of FS/AFDC cases when this is required based on Quality Control
findings. |
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A spouse is one’s husband or wife. A spousal relationship is a kinship connection between a man and
woman resulting from their being married to each other. A spousal relationship may be either of the following:
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1240-1-2-.02(1)(c) |
A spouse is one’s husband or wife. A spousal relationship is a kinship connection
between a man and woman resulting from their being married to each other. A spousal relationship may be either of the
following: 1.
a relationship
between a man and a woman who are defined as being married to each other
under applicable state law; or 2. a relationship involving a man and a woman who are living together
and holding themselves out to the community as husband and wife by
representing themselves as such to relatives, friends, neighbors, or tradespeople. |
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The agency of State Government which has the responsibility for the
administration of the Food Stamp and Public Assistance Programs within the
state. In Tennessee, this is the Tennessee Department of Human Services. |
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A striker is any employee who is a member of the bargaining
unit. The bargaining unit member is an
employee who will benefit from the contract at issue in the strike whether or
not the individual is a union member. If a work stoppage is considered to be a strike by both the union
and the company, the county will consider it a strike for food stamp
purposes. |
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A student is a person who meets all of the following criteria:
Although other individuals may be enrolled in school, they are not
considered students if they do not meet all of the above criteria. |
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An individual attending at least half time, as defined by the
institution, any kindergarten, pre-school, grade school, vocational or
technical school, training program, college, or university. Enrollment in a
mail, self-study, or correspondence course does not qualify such person as a
student. Participation in the Job Corps qualifies a person as a student for
AFDC purposes only. A student remains a student during official school
vacation periods if he has definite plans to enroll at the beginning of the
next school term. Student, Full-Time -- A child must have a schedule equal to a
full-time curriculum for the school he is attending. Student, Part-Time --A child must have a schedule equal to a
one-half of a full-time curriculum in the school he is attending. |
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Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) |
Monthly cash payments made under the authority of Title XVI of the
Social Security Act, as amended, to eligible aged, blind, and disabled
persons. |
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The diet required to feed a family of
four persons consisting of a man and a woman 20 through 54, a child 6 through
8 and a child 9 through 11 years of age, determined in accordance with the
Secretary’s calculations. The costs of such a diet shall be based on uniform
allotments for all households regardless of their actual composition, except
that the Secretary shall make household size adjustments in the thrifty food
plan taking into account economies of scale. |
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Trade or
Vocational Technical Schools |
Schools that offer courses which teach practical skills that enable
a person to obtain a better job. Examples of courses are typing, stenography,
beauty techniques, auto mechanics, etc. Most of these courses do not require
a high school diploma or the equivalent. If individuals are enrolled in courses at trade or vocational
schools that do not require a diploma or the equivalent, they are not
considered as enrolled in an institution of higher education. |
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Any payments received without the current work efforts of the
person, such as but not limited to: unemployment benefits, SSA and SSI
benefits, workmen’s compensation payments, gifts, and contributions, etc. |
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The agency of the Federal Government authorized by the United States
Congress to administer the Food Stamp Program. |
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The agency of the Federal Government authorized to administer the
federally aided public assistance programs. |
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A person or organization which provides goods and/or services to an
individual or family. |
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(a) A payment made in money on behalf of a HH/AG to a third party or (b) A payment made by the agency directly to a provider of
goods/services as in AFDC-FC, Medicaid payments to a hospital or nursing
home, etc. |
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