Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 610 - SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter 1 - OVERVIEW AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Section 17-610-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter: "Allotment" means the total value
					 of coupons a household is authorized to receive during each month or other time
					 period.
"Authorization to participate (ATP) card" means a document
					 which is issued to a certified household to show the allotment the household is
					 authorized to receive. The ATP card may be issued by a Computer or hand issued
					 at the unit.
"BA" means branch administrator.
"Bulk storage point" means any sub-unit which has the
					 responsibility for accepting and storing supplies of coupons prior to shipment
					 to issuance sites.
"Communal dining facility" means a public or private
					 nonprofit establishment approved by FNS which prepares meals for elderly
					 persons or for supplemental security income recipients and their
					 spouses.
"Coupon" means any coupon, stamp, access device or type of
					 certificate printed by FNS and issued by the department to eligible households
					 for the purchase of eligible food.
"Coupon issuer or issuance agent" means any bank, savings
					 and loan association, person, partnership, Corporation, Organization, political
					 subdivision, or other entity which has been assigned or contracted by the
					 department to issue coupons to households.
"Eligible foods" means:
(1) Any food or food product intended for human consumption
					 except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and hot foods and hot food products
					 prepared for immediate consumption;
(2) Seeds and plants to grow foods for the personal
					 consumption of eligible households;
(3) Meals prepared and delivered by an authorized meal
					 delivery service to households eligible to use coupons to purchase delivered
					 meals, also known as meals on wheels;
(4) Meals served by a communal dining facility for the
					 elderly, SSI households, or both, to households eligible to use coupons for
					 communal dining;
(5) Meals prepared and served by an authorized drug
					 addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center to households
					 eligible to use coupons to purchase those meals;
(6) Meals prepared and served by an authorized group living
					 arrangement facility to residents who are blind or disabled as defined in the
					 definition of "disabled member" contained in section
					 17-663-1;
(7) Meals prepared by and served by a shelter for battered
					 women and children to its residents; and
(8) In the case of homeless food stamp households, meals
					 prepared for and served by an authorized public or private nonprofit
					 establishment (e.g., soup kitchen, temporary shelter), approved by the SNAPO,
					 that feeds homeless persons.
"FNS" means the Food and Nutrition Service of the United
					 States Department of Agriculture.
"Food Stamp Act" means the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as
					 amended (
					 7 U.S.C.
					 §§2011 -
					 2027
					 ).
"Group living arrangement" means a public or private
					 nonprofit residential setting that serves no more than sixteen residents and is
					 certified by the department or the State department of health under federal
					 regulations issued under section 1616 (e) of the Social Security Act or under
					 Standards determined to be comparable to Standards implemented by the
					 department or the State department of health under section 1616(e) of the
					 Social Security Act. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, a resident shall be
					 blind or disabled as defined in the definition of "disabled member" contained
					 in section
					 17-663-1.
"Program informational activities" means activities that
					 convey Information about the program, including household rights and
					 responsibilities, to applicant and recipient households through means such as
					 publications, telephone hotlines, and face-to-face contacts.
"Project area" means the entire geographic area of a
					 county within the State.
"Retail food store means:
(1) An establishment, or department thereof, or
					 neighborhood's and farmer's or people's open market food peddlers whose food
					 sales consists of over fifty per cent of eligible staple food items used for
					 home preparation and consumption. Eligible staple foods include meat, poultry,
					 fish, bread, cereals, vegetables, fruits, and dairy products, but do not
					 include hot prepared foods and accessory items such as coffee, tea, cocoa,
					 carbonated and uncarbonated drinks, candy, condiments, and spices;
(2) Public or private communal dining facilities, certain
					 federally subsidized housing facilities, and meal delivery services which
					 provide meals to eligible elderly and disabled individuals;
(3) Recognized drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and
					 rehabilitation program facilities and publicly operated Community mental health
					 centers which conduct residential programs for drug addicts or alcoholics that
					 wish to redeem coupons through wholesalers;
(4) Private nonprofit food cooperative food buying
					 clubs;
(5) Public or private nonprofit group living arrangements
					 that wish to redeem coupons through wholesalers;
(6) Public or private nonprofit shelters for battered women
					 and children; and
(7) Public or private nonprofit establishments, approved by
					 the department, that feeds homeless persons.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the United States
					 Department of Agriculture.
"SSI" means supplemental security income.
"State wage information collection agency (SWICA)" means
					 the State agency administering the State unemployment compensation law, another
					 agency administering a quarterly wage reporting system, or a State agency
					 administering an alternative System which has been determined by the Secretary
					 of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
					 of Health and Human Services, to be as effective and timely in providing
					 employment related income and eligibility data as the two mentioned
					 agencies.
"Sub-unit" means the physical location of an
					 organizational entity within a project area/management unit involved in the
					 Operation of the SNAP program, excluding post offices.
"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" or "SNAP"
					 means the nutrition assistance program formerly known as the food stamp
					 program".
"SNAPO" means the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
					 Program Office of the department.
"USDA" means United States Department of
					 Agriculture.