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APPENDIX: SNAP GLOSSARY Outreach Notice - Prospective Eligibility -P- This method of reporting changes is called occasional reporting. Outreach Notice 11/01/98 Any communicative effort performed cooperatively or singularly by Federal, State or local agencies and organizations, or by individuals, to inform low-income households of the availability of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and to encourage the participation of eligible households. Overissuance 11/01/98 The amount by which SNAP benefits issued to a household exceed the amount the household was actually eligible to receive. -P- Program 11/01/98 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as conducted under the Food Stamp Act and regulations. Prospective Budgeting 11/01/98 The process of calculating a SNAP budget based on a household’s anticipated monthly income and expenses for the upcoming budgeting period. Prospective Eligibility 11/01/98 Determining eligibility based on a household’s anticipated circumstances. Public Assistance (PA) 11/01/98 Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) as authorized by the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended.