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Subject: SNAP General Administrative Procedures

Policy 24.01 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 12/31/2019 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 5 of 6 Definitions/Acronyms Term Definition Entry Definition ACCENT An integrated system built to support eligibility processing for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Families First. The system allows users to collect data, determine eligibility, and perform case management. Department Tennessee Department of Human Services Personally identifiable information Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. Relative An individual who is related to staff as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister. Acquaintance A procedure whereby an appeal may be made by persons whose applications are denied, not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or who are otherwise aggrieved by the agency’s interpretation of any provision of the SNAP laws and regulations as it affects their situations. ACCENT Automated Client Certification and Eligibility Network for Tennessee A/R Applicant/Recipient TDLWD Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development HH Household TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Supersedes 24.01 SNAP General Administrative Procedures, eff. date 04/15/2019 Authority Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-1-105(4), Tenn. Code Ann. §71-5-304(5) 7 C.F.R. § 272.1 Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-13-.01; Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-13-.02 Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-09-01-.05 [Access to Public Records of the Department of Human Services] Application All TDHS Employees and Contractors