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Title 7: SNAP Page 9 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Overview Revised June 20, 2025 Definitions “State Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)” means a system of information acquisition and exchange for purposes of income and eligibility verification which meets the requirements of Section 1137 of the Social Security Act. “Supplemental Security Income (SSI)” means monthly cash payments made under the authority of one of the following:  Title XVI of the Social Security Act, to the aged, blind, or disabled, or  Section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act, or  Section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66. “Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)” means the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services verification system HHS must use to verify the validity of documents provided by aliens applying for benefits. “Thrifty Food Plan” means the diet required to feed a family of four persons consisting of a man and a woman 20 through 50 years of age, a child aged 6 through 8, and a child aged 9 through 11, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The cost of this diet is the basis for allotments for all households, regardless of their actual composition, after household-size adjustments taking into account economies of scale and other adjustments as required by law. “Timely notice” means a notice is given at least ten calendar days before the date the action is effective. For a mailed notice, the ten-day period begins on the day after mailing. “Trafficking” means buying, stealing, or selling of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. This includes trading benefits for firearms, ammunition, explosives, controlled substances, or anything other than eligible food. Trafficking is an IPV. “Tribal TANF payments” means assistance that Native American Tribes may provide in place of assistance from the Family Investment Program (FIP.) Treat a person who receives Tribal TANF payments the same as a FIP recipient for purposes of determining:  Categorical eligibility, see 7-C, Categorically Eligible FIP and SSI Households  Exemptions from work registration, see 7-C, Exemptions From Work Registration  Countable resources, see 7-D, Whose Resources to Count