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another. Automatic events that are not voluntary, such as the start of pre-arranged payments or other actions the annuity company takes are NOT considered conversions. APPLICATION DATE—The date the completed and signed application form is received and date stamped in the County Office or central scanning, or date an electronic application arrives in the online application mailbox, or the date a client completes a telephonic application. ASIAN—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. ASSISTANCE UNIT—Those filing unit members who are eligible to receive benefits. ABD: Includes an aged, blind or disabled individual and his/her aged, blind, or disabled spouse. ACA/Family: Includes eligible individuals who are tax filers, non-filers, and tax dependents. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE—A person acting for an applicant/recipient through the individual's written authorization. AVAILABLE resources: the condition of having direct or indirect access to property that can be used for the individual’s needs. Available income: the applicant/recipient has a legal interest in a liquidated sum with the legal ability to make such a sum available for support and maintenance. Includes income earned by the applicant, unearned income from any source, amounts deemed available from the applicant’s ineligible spouse or alien sponsor (or parents if applicant is under 18 and blind or disabled), and the value of any support or maintenance received “in kind.” B BCBS MT—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana BEOG–Basic Educational Opportunity Grant BIA—Bureau of Indian Affairs BENDEX–The Social Security Administration’s Beneficiary Data Exchange System, which provides the amount of Retirement, Survivors, Disability Insurance (RSDI) and Title II Social Security benefits paid to people entered on the system. BENDEX also provides data on pensions and wages. BENEFIT MONTH—Calendar month for which Medicaid benefits are issued. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN—A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as “Haitian” or “Negro” can be used in addition to “Black or African American.” BLIND ACCORDING TO SSA CRITERIA—Meets SSA’s definition of blindness for qualifying for blindness-related SSA benefits. BOARDER—An individual who receives both food and lodging in either a commercial boarding house or in another household. BONA FIDE—Good faith; without fraud or deceit. BOND—A written obligation to pay a sum of money at a future specified time. A bond is a negotiable instrument.