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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Acronyms, Forms, and Glossary
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Acronyms, Forms, and Glossary
Term Definition Chapter (s) Physician’s Statement The term physician's statement means a medical report from a licensed medical professional, including physicians, surgeons, doctors of osteopathy, chiropractors, etc. 13, 14, 18 Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) A plan developed by the SSA or the DOHS for a blind or disabled individual to achieve self-support. 4 Point of Sale (POS) Equipment This is used to spend SNAP benefits at a store. Account balance inquiries may be made using a store’s POS machine located at the Service Desk. Account balances also appear on all receipts printed by a POS machine. 1 Primary Verification A query to validate noncitizen documentation using the ASVI system. 15 Principal Place of Residence The dwelling the client considers his fixed, established home. The principal place of residence must be a home in which the individual has lived. 5 Private Institution Institution that provides shelter, custody, and care, and for which a governmental unit has responsibility or exercises administrative control. 2 Proceeds from Sale of Home Net amount received by the seller, after satisfaction of all encumbrances and sale expenses. 5 Promissory Note A written, unconditional agreement whereby one party promises to pay a specified sum of money at a specified time or on demand to another party. It may be given in return for goods, money loaned or services rendered. See BONA FIDE LOAN in Section 4.2. 5 Proration The process of distributing income received as a single payment, or an expense met by a single payment, equally over the time period it is intended to cover. 4 Protective Payee A protective payee is a person, or an organization appointed to receive the benefits for anyone who cannot manage or direct the management of his or her own basic needs. 1 Public Institution Non-governmental institution that provides shelter, custody, and care, and that is required by State law to have a license to operate. 2 Pure SNAP AGs Every person included in the SNAP AG receives TANF- funded benefits or SSI or is authorized to receive information 5