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Title 7: SNAP Page 8 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Overview Revised June 20, 2025 Definitions “Public assistance household” means a SNAP household in which at least one member is applying for or receiving assistance through the FIP or refugee cash assistance program. “Seasonal farm worker” means a person who works on a farm or ranch on a seasonal basis when the work is generally within commuting distance of the person’s home. “Secondary cardholder” means a household member authorized by the primary cardholder to receive an EBT card on the household’s SNAP account. “Shelters for battered women and children” means public or private nonprofit residential facilities that serve battered women and their children. If a facility serves other people, a portion of the facility must be set aside on a long-term basis to serve only battered women and children. Only shelters that function exclusively to serve battered women with or without children are included in this definition. Any residence that takes care of such women from time to time in addition to serving as a regular residence for others, such as a private home or boarding house, is not included unless a portion of the regular residence is reserved on a long-term basis to shelter battered women. “Single parent” means a parent living with a child and not living with that child’s other legal or natural parent, or not living with a spouse. “Sponsor” means a person who executed an affidavit of support or similar agreement on behalf of an alien as a condition of the alien’s entry or admission into the United States as a permanent resident. “Sponsored alien” means those aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the United States as described in 7-I, Specific Households and Participants. “Spouse” refers to either of two persons who have a valid marriage. This includes common-law marriage, as defined by the case law of the Iowa Supreme Court. The necessary elements of a common law marriage are:  Intent and agreement to be married,  Continuous cohabitation, and  Public declaration that parties are married.