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Spouse A legally recognized husband or wife through civil or common-law marriage. Standard Utility Allowance A type of FS income deduction available to units that incur expenses for heating and/or cooling. The allowance covers heating, cooling, electricity, water, sewage, garbage, and phone expenses. Stepparent An individual who is not the child's natural or adoptive parent, but who is the spouse of the child's natural or adoptive parent by ceremony or common-law marriage. Standards of Promptness The time standards within which the Department must take a required case action. State Data Exchange (SDX) A computerized system that makes information from the Social Security Administration regarding the eligibility, living arrangements, and sources of income of a recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) available to the Department. State Supplements Cash payments made by a state and the District to certain recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program The federal program authorized under Title XVI of the Social Security Act and administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide financial assistance to low-income, aged, blind, and disabled individuals. Striker A person who has agreed, in cooperation with others, to stop work. Special eligibility conditions are imposed on strikers in the Food Stamp program. Student An individual who is attending a school, college, or university or a course of vocational or technical training designed to fit him/her for gainful employment and includes a participant in the Job Corps Program under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, the replacement legislation for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement (SAVE) A computerized system which makes information from the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding an alien's eligibility for public benefits available to the Department. T

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) TANF is the program that replaced AFDC as described in PL 104-193 (the Personal Responsibility & Work Reconciliation Act of 1996). The TANF block grant received from the federal government funds a variety of District of Columbia programs, including the main cash assistance program for families with children. The District cash assistance program is referred to as the 'TANF' program Termination A discontinuation of program participation and benefits.