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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES DEFINITIONS

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Unless otherwise defined in specific chapters of this manual, terms defined in this section will apply whenever the term is used.

Administrative Disqualification Hearing (ADH) - An administrative disqualification hearing is an impartial review by a hearings officer of a household member's actions to determine if the member committed an Intentional Program Violation (IPV).

Application - The official request for SNAP benefits. An application may be classified as an initial or new application, a reapplication, or a recertification. See also entries for the application classifications.

Disabled Person - The definition of a disabled person that follows must be used for the: • Determination of group home eligibility; • Allowance of medical expenses; • Allowance of unlimited shelter expenses • Use of net-only income limits in determining income eligibility; • Evaluation of conditionally-eligible immigrants; • Allowance of the $4,500 resource limit; • Allowance of a 24-month certification period; and • Exemption from 6-month interim reporting requirements.

A disabled person is one who:

a. Is certified to receive or is actually receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits or disability or blindness payments under one of the following titles of the Social Security Act:

1. Title I, Grants to States for Old Age Assistance and Medical Assistance for the Aged;

2. Title II, Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits;

3. Title X, Grants to States for Aid to the Blind;

4. Title XIV, Grants to States for Aid to the Permanently and totally Disabled; or,

5. Title XVI, Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled.

This includes SSI presumptive disability payments (regular SSI Benefits for a three- month period paid to persons who will most likely meet SSI disability criteria), and SSI emergency advance payments (a single $100 SSI payment provided to persons who appear to meet the SSI eligibility criteria who are considered in need of immediate assistance).

b. Is certified to receive or receives an Auxiliary Grant.

c. Is certified to receive or receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under Section 221 of the Social Security Act.

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