Topic: SNAP
Employer contact – AFS staff may contact employers by mail, phone, or in-person. Some of the reasons staff contact employers is to verify work hours, pay, TANF Work compliance, or to refer a client for employment. Policy regarding this term is located at: Child Care Subsidy: 340:40-3-1. Application process; 340:40-5-1. Plan of service; 340:40-7-8. Defining […]
Eligibility determination – The process of determining eligibility includes the applicant filing an application, the worker certifying or denying benefits, and all subsequent activities required to receive continuing benefits. Policy regarding this term is located at: Child Care Subsidy: 340:40-3-1. Application process; and 340:40-9-1. Review of child care eligibility. LIHEAP: 340:20-1-13. Verification; 340:20-1-14. Actions, method […]
Eligibility conditions or factors – these are circumstances that must be met in order for a person to qualify for a benefit issued by Adult and Family Services. The factors or conditions vary depending on the program and are almost always based on federal or state statutes governing the program. Policy regarding these terms is […]
EBT– acronym for the Electronic Benefit transfer system. The EBT system is the method used to deliver food benefits and track time and attendance for child care benefits through an Access Oklahoma card. It is also the term federal and state law uses when describing restricted transactions for use of SSP and TANF funds. Policy […]
How ENU Works ENU provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) a listing of all OKDHS persons who are added to any kind of FSSD benefit or anyone whose income and resources are included in the benefit calculation (Benefit Status (F25) is equal “A” or “O”). The program does not send OKDHS persons where: The Social […]
Disqualified household member – a term used in the SNAP Program to designate a person living in the household who is not eligible for food benefits because of willful misrepresentation or fraud, failure to register for employment or participate in the SNAP Employment and Training Program (Oklahoma SNAP Works), being a fleeing felon, failure to obtain […]
Disaster procedures – DHS is responsible for operating Disaster SNAP when Food and Nutrition Service declares a disaster occurred in Oklahoma. Policy regarding this term is located at: Child Care Subsidy: 340:40-7-8. Defining the need factor for child care benefits. SNAP: 340:50-11-86. Emergency food benefit assistance in disasters declared by Food and Nutrition Service (FNS); […]
Destroyed food – SNAP may replace food benefits when food was destroyed in a household misfortune.
Common-law marriage – a type of marriage recognized in Oklahoma in which two people agree that they are married, live together, and present themselves as husband and wife without benefit of a legal ceremony.