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SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement) - the USCIS program whereby state agencies may verify the validity of documents provided by immigrants applying for public assistance benefits by obtaining information from a central data file.

SDX (State Data Exchange System) - used to notify the State of the people eligible for SSI.

SHP - State Hospital Placement.

SLMB (Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary) - see Medicare Savings Programs.

SS 5 - an application for a Social Security number and card.

SSA (Social Security Administration) - a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that administers federal social security programs.

SSI (Supplemental Security Income) - the program funded under Title XVI of the Social Security Act.

SSN (Social Security number) - the account number assigned to all persons who apply and will be used to accumulate work history and contributions for payment of Social Security benefits.

SVES (State Verification and Exchange System) - an automated system which allows rapid access to SSA and SSI information.

Sanction - for Family Care, a restrictive measure or penalty imposed against a recipient for failure to cooperate with the child support authority, or with WDH's third party liability unit.

School - an elementary school, a secondary school or the equivalent to a secondary school or high school.

Secondary evidence - a document or record of a declaration of fact by individuals or entities that have no responsibility to establish the fact and is inferior to primary or best evidence.

Self-employed - when an individual earns her/his living directly from her/his own profession or business AND pays her/his own taxes rather than earning a salary or commission from another.

Sibling - brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister and adopted brother or sister.

1619 Individual - Section 1619 of the Social Security Act provides benefits for disabled or blind individuals who are SSI eligible except for earned income.

Special needs - a child who is less than 18 years old who is developmentally disabled or has a mental or physical incapacity which limits her/his ability to care for herself/himself.

Sponsor - any person or any public or private organization that has executed an "affidavit of support" (USCIS Form I-134) or similar legally binding agreement to support an immigrant as a condition of the immigrant's admission for permanent residence in the U.S. An immigrant may have more than one sponsor.

Sponsored immigrant - an immigrant lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. and for whom an affidavit of support has been executed.

Spousal maintenance allowance - the amount deducted from the patient contribution for the needs of the community spouse established each January 1 by CMS.

Spousal resource allowance - an amount set by CMS each January 1 as the maximum resources necessary for a community spouse to maintain himself/herself in the community.

Spousal support - see Support.

Stable income - see Income.

Statement - a formal declaration of the circumstance(s) as requested by the agency.

Statute of limitations - the time allowed in the Wyoming statutes in which court action may be initiated and there is no limitation for debts owed to the state of Wyoming.

Stepparent - the spouse of a natural or adoptive parent, who is not a natural or adoptive parent.

Strike - any concerted slowdown, interruption of operations by employees or any stoppage of work by employees, including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement.

Support -

A. Alimony/Spousal support - a court or voluntary payment made to an individual by his/her spouse/former spouse;

B. Child support - a court ordered or voluntary payment made by a non-custodial parent for his/her child(ren) to assist with day-to-day maintenance;

C. Military allotment - the military payment allocated as support for a service person's dependents.

D. Parental support - providing to one's child the necessities such as food, clothing, housing, health and medical needs and is usually meant to be provided by expenditure of money or by in-kind unearned income.

Swing bed - a bed in a rural hospital with less than 50 beds that can be used for skilled or intermediate nursing home care and licensed and certified by WDH.

Sworn statement - declaration under penalty of perjury the written information is true and correct.