Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 461 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS › Division 196 - SUMMER EBT PROGRAM › Section 461-196-0020 - Definitions; Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to the rules of the Summer EBT
				(SEBT) program in Chapter 461.
(1)
Adult
means an individual 18 years of age or older.
(2)
Benefit
means the value
			 of SEBT provided to a household by means of an EBT system.
(3)
Categorically eligible
means considered eligible for SEBT, as applicable, based on documentation that
			 a child is a member of a filing group
,
as defined in this
			 section, and one or more children in that filing group are receiving assistance
			 under SNAP, TANF
,
Medicaid or
FDPIR,
or
			 another means tested program, as approved by the Secretary. A foster child,
			 homeless child, migrant child, Head Start child and runaway
			 child
,
as defined in this chapter are also categorically
			 eligible. Categorical eligibility streamlined eligibility and automatic
			 eligibility may be used synonymously.
(4)
Department
refers to the
			 SEBT Agency.
(5)
Dual
			 participation
means a child simultaneously receiving benefits from
			 more than one State administered SEBT Program, US Territories or Tribal Lands
			 or receiving SEBT in one or more households or receiving multiple allotments
			 from the same State administered SEBT Program.
(6)
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
			 account
means a set of records containing demographic, card, benefit,
			 transaction, and balance data for an individual household within the EBT system
			 that is maintained and managed by ODHS or its contractor as part of the client
			 case record.
(7)
Electronic
			 Benefit Transfer (EBT) card
means a method to access EBT benefits
			 issued to a household member or authorized representative through the EBT
			 system by a benefit issuer. This method may include an on-line magnetic stripe
			 card, an off-line smart card, a chip card, a contactless digital wallet with a
			 stored card, or any other similar benefit access technology approved by
			 FNS.
(8)
Electronic Benefit
			 Transfer (EBT) contractor or vendor
means an entity that is selected
			 to perform EBT-related services for the State agency.
(9)
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
			 system
means an electronic payments system under which household
			 benefits are issued from and stored in a central databank, maintained, and
			 managed by a State or its contractor, and uses electronic funds transfer
			 technology for the delivery and control of food and other public assistance
			 benefits.
(10)
Eligible
			 child(ren)
means a child who meets the requirements to receive SEBT
			 benefits as provided in OAR 461-196-0060.
(11)
Eligible household
means a household that includes at least one eligible child.
(12)
Eligibility period
means first day of the instructional year immediately preceding the summer
			 operational period through the last day of the summer operational
			 period.
(13)
Enrolled
			 students
means students who are enrolled in and attending a school
			 participating in the USDA National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and who have
			 access to a meal service (breakfast or lunch) on a regular basis.
(14)
Expungement
means the
			 removal of SEBT benefits from the EBT account to which they were issued,
			 typically by an EBT processor on behalf of the Department.
(15)
FDPIR
means the Food
			 Distribution Program for households on Indian Reservations.
(16)
Filing group
means a
			 group of related or nonrelated individuals, who live together and share things
			 like food and money.
(17)
FNS
means the Food and Nutrition Service, United States
			 Department of Agriculture.
(18)
Foster child
means a child who is formally placed by a court
			 or an agency that administers a State plan under parts B or E of title IV of
			 the Social Security Act (42
			 U.S.C. 621
et
			 seq.
).
(19)
Free
			 or reduced-price meal eligible
means a student which is determined by
			 the school as eligible to receive free or reduced-price National School Lunch
			 Program.
(20)
Head Start
			 child
means a child enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program
			 authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831
et
			 seq.
)
(21)
Homeless child
means a child identified as lacking a fixed,
			 regular and adequate nighttime residence, as specified under section 725(a) of
			 the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
			 11434a(2)) by the local
			 educational agency liaison, director of a homeless shelter or other individual
			 identified by FNS.
(22)
Instructional year
means the period that generally reflects
			 the time between the start and end of classes during the current school year,
			 as determined by the Department.
(23)
Medicaid
means medical
			 assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended. For the
			 purposes for SEBT eligibility this applies only to individuals eligible under
			 185% of the federal poverty level.
(24)
Migrant child
means a
			 child identified as meeting the definition of migrant in section 1309 of the
			 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6399) by
			 the State or local Migrant Education Program coordinator or the local
			 educational liaison, or other individual identified by FNS.
(25)
NSLP
means the National
			 School Lunch Program established under the Richard B. Russell National School
			 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
			 1751
et seq.
).
(26)
NSLP application
means
			 an application for free and reduced-price meals, submitted by a household for a
			 child or children enrolled at an NSLP participating school(s). Eligibility
			 determinations based on NSLP applications may be used to confer eligibility for
			 SEBT.
(27)
NSLP
			 school
means an Oregon public school, nonprofit private school, or
			 residential child care institution that is a sponsor of the National School
			 Lunch Program.
(28)
NSLP
			 student
means an individual enrolled in an Oregon public school,
			 nonprofit private school, or residential child care institution that provide
			 meal service as a sponsored National School Lunch Program school.
(29)
ODE
means the Oregon
			 Department of Education.
(30)
ODHS
means the Oregon Department of Human Services.
(31)
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.
(32)
Runaway child
means a child identified as a runaway receiving
			 assistance under a program under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
			 (42 U.S.C.
			 5701
et seq.
) by the local
			 educational liaison, or other individual in accordance with guidance issued by
			 FNS.
(33)
School
			 aged
means the years in which a child is required to attend school, or
			 an equivalent program as defined by State or Tribal law. Also known as the age
			 requirement for compulsory education which is defined as six (6) to eighteen
			 (18) years old in Oregon.
(34)
SEBT
means Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer.
(35)
Signature
means a
			 person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification. For the
			 purposes of SEBT the following signatures are acceptable: hand written,
			 telephonic, and electronic signature including a typed signature.
(36)
SNAP
means Supplemental
			 Nutrition Assistance Program which is a Federal food benefits program for
			 low-income individuals to supplement their grocery budget.
(37)
SNAP participant
means
			 an individual who is a member of a SNAP filing group (see OAR
			 461-110-0370) that received more
			 than $0 in SNAP benefits.
(38)
Streamlined certification
means automatically enrolling an
			 eligible child for SEBT, without need for further application or confirmation
			 of school enrollment. Streamlined eligibility, categorical eligibility and
			 automatic eligibility may be used synonymously.
(39)
Summer EBT agency
means
			 the Oregon Department of Human Services.
(40)
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, as determined by the Department.
(41)
TANF
means Temporary
			 Assistance to Needy Families which is the State funded program under part A of
			 title IV of the Social Security Act.
(42)
USDA
means United
			 States Department of Agriculture.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  411.060
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  411.060