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ESA SNAP Policy Manual 268 Overpayment A benefit received by an assistance household in excess of the amount for which the household was eligible

P Parent The child’s natural or adoptive parent Payee The person to whom a benefit is paid Payment month The fiscal or calendar month for which assistance is paid Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) The law signed on August 22, 1996, that eliminated the federal entitlement program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and created a new program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The law also changed immigrant eligibility rules for most means-tested benefits, altered many SNAP rules and restructured the eligibility of children for the SSI program. Program on Work, Employment and Responsibility (POWER) The District program that allows certain categories of TANF-eligible customers to be placed in a special District-funded cash assistance program Pregnant or parenting teen An individual who is younger than 18 and has a child or children or is in the third trimester of the first pregnancy Primary informant The household member who files the application for benefits is the person to whom ESA generally directs correspondence and notices Processing time standard The period of time ESA is allowed to process an application for assistance

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R Recertification The scheduled redetermination of SNAP eligibility. If eligibility for SNAP is not recertified prior to the end of the certification period, benefits are terminated. Recipient An individual who receives benefits Refugee An individual determined by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to be unable to return to their country of origin because of fear of persecution Refugee Cash Assistance A program that provides cash assistance to certain immigrants ineligible for TANF and SSI Representative payee An individual or organization selected by the Social Security Administration to receive benefits on behalf of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance or SSI recipient and obligated to use those benefits for their personal care and well-being Resources A general term used to refer to an individual’s assets Roomer An individual to whom the household furnishes lodging, but not meals, for compensation

S Sanctions Actions taken against customers who fail to comply with program requirements and do not have a good cause reason for failing to comply Shelters for battered individuals Formerly shelters for battered women and children. Temporary residents of shelters for battered individuals may be a separate household and participate in more than one SNAP household in a given month if they were a member of a household containing the person who had abused them. This provision applies to abused household members regardless of sex. SNAP Employment and A voluntary employment and training program for SNAP participants Return