Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 686 - SUMMER ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER (EBT) PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-686-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Authorized representative" means a non-household member
					 designated in writing by the applicant to act on behalf of a household in
					 applying for program benefits.
"Benefit" means Summer EBT payment that is established
					 annually by the United States Department of Agriculture, Food Nutrition
					 Services, and will be effective January 1 through December 31 of each
					 year.
"Categorically eligible" means considered income eligible
					 for Summer EBT, as applicable, based on documentation that the child:
(1) Is a member of a household and one or
				  more children in that household are receiving assistance under SNAP, TANF, or
				  another means tested program as approved by the Food Nutrition
				  Services;
(2) Is in foster
				  custody;
(3) Is considered to be
				  migrant, homeless, or a runaway as defined in
				  7 C.F.R. §
											245.2;
(4) Participates in the Head Start program;
				  or
(5) Is determined eligible for a
				  free or reduced priced meal through the NSLP/SBP.
"Current income" means income received during the month
					 prior to an application for Summer EBT benefits. If such income does not
					 accurately reflect the household's annual income, income must be based on the
					 projected annual household income. If the prior year's income provides an
					 accurate reflection of the household's current annual income, the prior year
					 may be used as a base for the projected annual income.
"Department" or "DHS" means the department of human
					 services. State of Hawaii.
"Department's designee" means a service provider contracted
					 by the department to deliver the services described in this chapter.
"Direct verification" means the process of verifying
					 household income or categorical eligibility by matching against data sources or
					 other records without the need to contact households for documentation.
"Electronic benefit transfer" or "EBT" means the
					 computer-based system that processes and distributes authorized Summer EBT
					 benefits to qualified households from a central computer system through an
					 automated teller machine or point-of-sale device.
"Eligible child" means a child who meets the eligibility
					 requirements to receive Summer EBT benefits.
"Eligible household" means a household that includes at
					 least one eligible child.
"Enrolled students" means students who are enrolled in and
					 attending schools participating in the NSLP/SBP and who have access to a meal
					 service (breakfast or lunch) on a regular basis.
"Expungement" means the removal of Summer EBT benefits from
					 the EBT account to which they were issued typically by an EBT processor on
					 behalf of a Summer EBT agency.
"Fraud" means willfully providing a false statement or
					 misrepresentation of a fact or concealing or withholding facts which results in
					 the receipt of a Summer EBT benefit that would not otherwise result without the
					 false statement or withheld facts, or any action by an individual or household
					 unit for the purpose of receiving a Summer EBT benefit.
"Household" or "Household unit" means a group of related or
					 nonrelated individuals, who are not residents of an institution or boarding
					 house, but who are living as one economic unit.
"Income Eligibility Guidelines" means the household-size
					 and income standards prescribed annually on July 1 by the United States
					 Department of Agriculture for determining income eligibility for reduced price
					 meals under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast
					 Program.
"Instructional year" means the period from July 1 of the
					 prior year through one day prior to the summer operational period.
"NSLP/SBP" means the National School Lunch Program
					 established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
					 (42 U.S.C.
					 1751 et seq.) and/or the School Breakfast
					 Program established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
					 1771 et seq.).
"Period of eligibility" means the period of time from the
					 first day of instructional year immediately preceding the summer operational
					 period through the last day of the summer operational period.
"School-aged child" means a child who will have arrived at
					 the age of at least six years, and who will not have arrived at the age of
					 eighteen years on or before December 31 of any school year.
"Special provision school" means, for the purposes of
					 Summer EBT, those schools which do not collect NSLP/SBP applications annually
					 described in section 11 (a) (1) (B)-(F) of the Richard B. Russell National
					 School Lunch Act (NSLA).
"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" or 'SNAP" means
					 the program that provides food assistance to qualifying low-income and needy
					 households.
"Summer EBT application" means an application submitted to
					 a Summer EBT agency or an NSLP/SBP participating school by a household for a
					 child or children who are enrolled at an NSLP/SBP-participating school for
					 Summer EBT benefits. Eligibility determinations based on Summer EBT
					 applications may not be used to confer eligibility for the NSLP/SBP.
"Summer operational period" means the benefit period that
					 generally reflects the period between the end of classes during the current
					 school year and the start of classes for the next school year.
"Temporary assistance for needy families" or "TANF" means
					 the federally funded financial assistance benefits provided to qualified
					 families with dependent children under the age of eighteen years.
"Temporary assistance for other needy families" or "TAONF"
					 means the state-funded financial assistance benefits provided to qualified
					 families with dependent children under the age of eighteen years where there is
					 at least one household member that is not a U.S. citizen.
"Verification" means confirmation of eligibility for the
					 Summer EBT Program when a child's eligibility is established through a Summer
					 EBT application. Verification includes confirmation of income eligibility and
					 may also include confirmation of any other information required in the
					 application. Direct verification must be attempted prior to contacting the
					 household. If such efforts are unsuccessful, verification may be accomplished
					 by examining information provided by the household such as wage stubs, or by
					 other means. If a SNAP or TANF case number or other identifier is provided for
					 a child, verification for such child must only include confirmation that the
					 child is a member of a household receiving SNAP or TANF benefits.
"Verification for cause" means verification of questionable
					 applications, on a case-by-case basis, such as an instance when the Summer EBT
					 agency is made aware of conflicting or inconsistent information than what was
					 provided on the application.