HAR §17-610-1. Definitions

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, §17-610-1 610-3 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 resi- dents 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 house- holds, 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 l977, 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 §17-610-1 610-4 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 facili- ties, 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 residen- tial 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 §17-610-2 610-5 (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 admini- stering a quarterly wage reporting system, or a state agency administering an alternative system which has been determined by the Secretary of Labor, in con- sultation 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. [Eff 3/19/93; am 12/09/94; am and comp 6/24/13] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 7 C.F.R. §271.2)