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59 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Oregon Programs Eligibility Notebook • Section 4: Glossary and acronyms (07/2026) Cash surrender value The accumulated portion of a permanent life insurance policy’s cash value that is available to the policyholder upon surrender of the policy. Categorical eligibility This applies specifically to the SNAP program. “Categorical eligibility” is a term used within the SNAP program. Categorical eligibility does not mean that a household is automatically eligible for SNAP benefits. What categorical eligibility means is that certain eligibility factors do not apply to the SNAP case when all individuals in the filing group are categorically eligible for SNAP. Categorical ERDC An ERDC eligibility pathway for families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Families eligible under this pathway are considered categorically eligible for ERDC. TANF receipt satisfies the child care need requirement, allowing families to qualify without meeting the standard child care need criteria. CBC Community-based care Community-Based Care settings include Assisted Living Facilities (ALF), Residential Care Facilities (RCF), Adult Foster Home (AFH), and Memory Care Communities. These facilities make a wide range of individualized services available in a homelike setting to older adults, people with disabilities and individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. CCB Child care billing form Billing form used by ERDC child care providers to submit for payment of services. CE Continuous Eligibility Continuous Eligibility is a group of rules and policies which allow children and adults to maintain medical program eligibility for a minimum amount of time, even if their circumstances change such that they no longer meet financial or non-financial eligibility requirements for any medical program. CEP Client Employed Provider Client employed provider system used for payments to homecare worker. CES DMAP Client Enrollment Services, Division of Medical Assistance Programs Client Enrollment Services (the term DMAP is now obsolete and was replaced by Health Services Division (HSD) CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program MAGI program for children, and to qualify the child must be under age 19. The income limit for this program is the highest of all medical programs at 305% of the FPL. In addition to the previous requirements, the child must not be enrolled in accessible minimum essential coverage (MEC). CI Client Index Mainframe (DHR) system that stores demographic information for individuals across all programs. When an individual is added to a case, member match performs a check against CI to determine if the individual is already known. Claim Means a legal action or a demand by, or on behalf of, an applicant or beneficiary for damages for or arising out of a personal injury that is against any person, public body, agency, or commission other than the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation or Worker’s Compensation Board.