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APPENDIX: SNAP GLOSSARY Retroactive Benefits - Self-Employed Household -S- Retroactive Benefits 11/01/98 SNAP benefits due a household as a result of the certification of an application held pending more than one calendar month. For example, a household applies in June and is approved in July. June benefits are issued as retroactive benefits. Roomer 11/01/98 A person to whom a household furnishes lodging, but not meals, for compensation. -S- Seasonal Farmworker 11/01/98 An individual who travels away from home to seek employment in an agriculturally related activity. Secretary 11/01/98 The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Self-Employed Individual 11/01/98 An individual who engages in an enterprise to produce income for himself or herself. See SNAP 5610. Self-Employed Household 11/01/98 A household in which the primary source of income is self-employment.