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1.1. Definitions “Absence” means a day for which child care services have been authorized, and a child is expected to be in attendance, but is not. “Administrative delay” means the local department is unable to complete required actions within the designated timeframe due to circumstances beyond their control. “Administrative Disqualification Hearing” (ADH) means an impartial review by a state hearing officer of a recipient's actions involving an alleged intentional program violation for the purpose of determining if the individual did or did not commit an intentional program violation. “Appellant” means any applicant or recipient of child care services, or child care provider who provides child care services who has requested an appeal, or on whose behalf an appeal request has been made. “Applicant” means a person who has applied for child care services and the disposition of the application has not yet been determined. “Application date” means the date the signed application is received by the local department. For applications received through CommonHelp after office hours, on weekends or on holidays, the application date is considered to be the next business day. Applications not received through CommonHelp must be date stamped upon receipt. “Approved” is a case status that means case eligibility has been established. “Approved activity” means the parent’s full-time or part-time employment, the parent’s search for employment, the parent’s education or training leading to employment, the children’s need for child protective services, or the VIEW/SNAP E&T assigned activity. “Assets” means resources owned by a person or company regarded as having value and available to meet debts and commitments. “Assigned activity” for VIEW means participation in, but not limited to, job search, employment (subsidized or unsubsidized), Community Work Experience, on-the-job training, job skills training, job readiness training, education, internships, or a practicum in conjunction with work. A list of core work activities is found in Chapter 1000 of the TANF manual. For SNAP E&T this means participation in a component listed on the SNAP E&T Plan of Participation. “Authorization” means a payment for child care services has been approved and funds have been encumbered. “Authorization status” means the stage of an authorization in the Virginia Case Management System, such as Authorized, Discontinued, Suspended or Waitlisted. “Authorized payment” means that a family has been found eligible to receive child care services, a Purchase of Services Order has been initiated and signed by all parties, and payment may be made to the provider for child care provided. “Background checks” means the checks for barrier crimes and offenses required under Article 5, Chapter 14.1 or Title 22.1 of the Code of Virginia ((§ 22.1-289.034) including the sworn statement or