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364 citizens applying for SNAP benefits by obtaining information from a central data file. Temporary Absence A circumstance where one or more household members are absent from a household they share with others, but the absent member remains part of the household. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) A program of family assistance operated by an eligible State under its State TANF plan. Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) The diet required to feed a family of four persons consisting of a man and a woman 20 through 50, a child 6 through 8, and a child 9 through 11 years of age, determined in accordance with the Secretary's calculations. The cost of such diet will be the basis for uniform allotments for all households regardless of their actual composition. In order to develop maximum SNAP allotments, the Secretary will make household size and other adjustments in the TFP taking into account economies of scale and other adjustments as required by law. Timeliness Case actions taken within the processing standards guidelines. Trafficking (1) The buying, selling, stealing, or otherwise effecting an exchange of SNAP benefits issued and accessed via EBT cards, card numbers and PINs, or by manual voucher and signature, for cash or consideration other than eligible foods, either directly, indirectly, in complicity or collusion with others, or acting alone; (2) The exchange of firearms, ammunition, explosives, or controlled substances; (3) Purchasing a product with SNAP benefits that has a container requiring a return deposit with the intent of obtaining cash by discarding the product and returning the container for the deposit amount, intentionally discarding the product, and intentionally returning the container for the deposit amount; (4) Purchasing a product with SNAP benefits with the intent of obtaining cash or consideration other than eligible food by reselling the product, and subsequently intentionally reselling the product purchased with SNAP benefits in exchange for cash or consideration other than eligible food; (5) Intentionally purchasing products originally purchased with SNAP benefits in exchange for cash or consideration other than eligible food; or (6) Attempting to buy, sell, steal, or otherwise affect an exchange of SNAP benefits issued and accessed via EBT cards, card numbers