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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 11/2019

GLOSSARY: SELF...

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SNAP : See SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM in 0002.65 (Glossary: Suitable...).

SNAP E&T See SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING (SNAP E&T).

SOCIAL SECURITY See RETIREMENT SURVIVORS DISABILITY INSURANCE in 0002.57 (Glossary: Relative...).

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT A federal law authorizing such programs as RSDI, TANF, SSI, and MA.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION A federal agency which administers the SSI and RSDI programs.

SOCIAL SECURITY CREDITS As a person works and pays taxes, he/she earns Social Security credits. The Social Security Administration gives a maximum of 4 credits in 1 year based on a person's own wages. However, EXCEPT for Title II, SSA also gives additional credits based on the wages of a spouse who is still married to the person (or a spouse who is deceased), and/or based on wages a parent earned while the person was a minor child. The same credits may be attributed to the person with wages and his/her spouse or child. See 0010.18.15.06 (Verifying Social Security Credits).

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE The term sometimes used for the disability insurance part of the Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. See RETIREMENT, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (RSDI) in 0002.57 (Glossary: Relative...). Also see 0029.06.06 (Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).

SOCIAL SERVICES The services included in a county's community social services plan which are administered by the county board.

SOLE PROPRIETOR A person who is the sole owner of an unincorporated SELF-EMPLOYMENT business.

SPECIAL ADVOCACY SERVICES Services to GA CLIENTS to help them apply for SSI. See 0012.12.06 (Special Services – Applying for Social Security).