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APPENDIX: SNAP GLOSSARY
Report Month - Retail Food Store -R- Report Month 11/01/98 The month during which a semi-annual report is submitted to and processed by the county office to affect the SNAP benefit amount for the following quarter. Restored Benefits 11/01/98 SNAP benefits a household should have received in a previous month that were not issued due to an agency error. Residency 11/01/98 Residing within the county. Does not include persons in the county solely for vacation purposes. Retail Food Store 11/01/98 An establishment approved by FNS to accept SNAP benefits for eligible foods to be used for home consumption. The following establishments may be considered retail food stores: 1. An establishment, or a 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; 2. Public or private communal dining facilities and meal delivery services; private non- profit alcoholism and/or drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation programs; publicly operated community mental health centers that conduct residential programs for drug addicts and/or alcoholics, or an approved public or private non-profit establishment that feeds homeless persons; 3. Any private non-profit cooperative food purchasing venture, including those whose members pay for food prior to receipt; and 4. A farmer’s market.