Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 14 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Article 1 - FOOD STAMPS - GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROVISIONS › Section R6-14-111 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this Section, the following terms are defined
				  as follows:
1. "Adjusted net income". Income remaining after all
				  deductions from gross income.
2. "Adverse action". The reduction or termination of program
				  benefits within the certification period.
3. "Alien lawfully admitted to the United States". An alien
				  legally admitted to the United States by the U.S. Immigration and
				  Naturalization Service. An alien legally admitted to the United States may or
				  may not be legally admitted for permanent residence or residing under color of
				  law.
4. "Alien lawfully admitted to the United States for
				  permanent residence". An alien permitted to reside continuously in the United
				  States, as specified by appropriate documentation which the alien must have in
				  the alien's possession at all times.
5. "Allotment". The total value of coupons a household is
				  authorized to receive during each month or any specified time period.
6. "Annualization of income". The division of yearly gross
				  income by 12 to arrive at the monthly average.
7. "Anticipated income". Income which is not yet available to
				  meet needs but which is expected to become available.
8. "Appeal". An individual's written statement requesting a
				  hearing to contest action to be taken or previously taken by the
				  Department.
9. "Applicant". A person who applies for program benefits for
				  the that person and/or others.
10. "Assets". All items owned by an individual which have a
				  monetary value.
11. "A.T.P.". Authorization to Participate in the Food Stamp
				  Program.
12. "Authorized representative". A person authorized by an
				  individual to act in the individual's behalf.
13. "Basis of issuance or benefit level". The amount of
				  coupons for which the household is eligible, based on household size and
				  adjusted net income.
14. "Boarding house". A commercial enterprise which offers
				  meals and lodging for compensation.
15. "Certification". Approval of the household's application
				  and determination of basis of issuance and period of eligibility.
16. "Citizen". An individual born or naturalized in the
				  United States, which is defined, for program purposes, as the 50 states, the
				  District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
				  and Swain's Island.
17. "Collateral contact". An individual, agency, or
				  organization contacted to confirm statements presented by the applicant and/or
				  participant.
18. "Color of Law". A legal status which a lawfully admitted
				  alien may claim if the alien can satisfactorily prove that the alien has
				  continuously resided in the United States since June 30, 1948.
19. "Coupon". Any coupon, stamp, or certification provided
				  pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 for the purchase of eligible
				  food.
20. "Denial". The formal disapproval of an application for
				  program benefits.
21. "Department". The Department of Economic Security.
22. "Drug and/or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
				  center". A center providing treatment and rehabilitation programs by a private
				  nonprofit organization.
23. "Earned income". Compensation received as wages,
				  salaries, commissions, or profit, through employment or self-employment.
24. "Eligible food". Any food for human consumption; seeds
				  and plants to grow foods for the personal consumption of the eligible
				  household; delivered meals and meals served at approved communal dining
				  facilities and rehabilitation treatment centers.
25. "Eligibility worker". Department employee responsible for
				  the determination of eligibility of the applicant households.
26. "Equity value". The fair market value less
				  encumbrances.
27. "F.N.S.". Food and Nutrition Service, a division of the
				  United States Department of Agriculture.
28. "Fraud". An action, punishable by law, in which a person
				  has knowingly, willfully, and with deceitful intent obtained benefits for which
				  the person was not eligible.
29. "Hearing". The process of reviewing a client's situation
				  for the purpose of deciding whether or not action taken or intended action by
				  the Department is correct.
30. "Home visit". A visit by an Eligibility Worker to the
				  client's place of residence to verify eligibility factors for program
				  benefits.
31. "Home and land contiguous thereto". The residential real
				  property owned by a client, both land improvements on which client is living,
				  as well as any land immediately touching which is also owned by the
				  client.
32. "Identification card". A card which identifies the bearer
				  as eligible to receive and use food coupons.
33. "In kind". Any gain or benefit which is not in the form
				  of money payable directly to the household, such as meals, clothing, public
				  housing, produce from a garden, and vendor payments.
34. "Institution of higher education". Any institution
				  providing post-high-school education, including, but not limited to, colleges,
				  universities, and vocational or technical schools at the post-high-school
				  level.
35. "Liquid resources". Financial instruments which can be
				  converted to cash quickly (such as stocks, bonds, savings certificates, notes,
				  sales contracts, etc.).
36. "Minor child". A person under age 18 and under parental
				  control.
37. "Non-eligible food". Hot foods and hot food products
				  prepared for immediate over-the-counter service, alcoholic beverages, tobacco,
				  pet foods and supplies, soap, and paper products.
38. "Overissuance". The amount of a coupon allotment received
				  by a household which is in excess of what it was eligible to receive.
39. "Parental control". A child under the age of 18 years and
				  under the control of the parent or any adult other than natural parents (in
				  loco parentis).
40. "Project area". The county or geographic entity
				  designated as the administrative unit for program operations.
41. "Recertification". A re-evaluation of all eligibility
				  factors.
42. "Restoration of lost benefits". Issuance of coupons to an
				  eligible household that did not receive benefits or the correct amount of
				  benefits due to an error caused by the Department.
43. "Retroactive benefits". An issuance of coupons to an
				  eligible household who experienced a delay in the processing of the
				  application.
44. "Roomer". Individual to whom lodging is furnished for
				  compensation.
45. "Spouse". One of 2 individuals who are married to each
				  other under applicable state law or who are living together and holding
				  themselves out to the community as husband and wife.
46. "Student". An individual 18 years of age or older and
				  attending, at least half time, a post-high-school institution of higher
				  education (as defined for program purposes).
47. "United States citizen". A person who was born in the
				  United States or naturalized in the United States and has maintained United
				  States citizenship status.
48. "U.S.D.A.". United States Department of
				  Agriculture.
49. "Vendor payments". Money payments made on behalf of the
				  household to another by a 3rd party.