ELIGIBILITY
A household that includes at least one eligible child.
What is Eligible household?
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.
What is Direct verification?
Purchasing a product with Summer EBT benefits with the intent of obtaining cash
What is Trafficking?
The Act that created the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program
What is the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act?
Which Department in the federal government does programs like SNAP and S-EBT receive directives from?
What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture? (USDA)
A child who meets the requirements to receive Summer EBT benefits
What is Eligible child?
Automatically enrolling an eligible child for Summer EBT, without need for further application or confirmation of school enrollment.
What is Streamlined certification?
Foods containing nutrients determined by nutritional research to be lacking in the diets of children; and promoting the health of the population served by the program under this section, as indicated by relevant nutrition science, public health concerns, and cultural eating patterns
What are Supplemental foods?
This agency administers federal nutrition assistance programs like SNAP and WIC, aiming to end hunger and obesity in the United States.
It prioritizes making nutritious foods accessible, particularly for Native American families and those living on Indian Reservations.
What is the (FNS) or Food and Nutrition Service?
The period from July 1 of the prior year through one day prior to the summer operational period.
What is the instructional year?
The household-size and income standards prescribed annually for determining income eligibility for reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.
What is Income Eligibility Guidelines?
Sampling applications for verification on a rolling basis from the beginning of the instructional year immediately preceding the summer operational period.
What is Rolling verification?
an error resulting from a malfunction at any point in the redemption process. These adjustments may occur after the availability date and may result in either a debit or credit to the household.
What is a System Error?
Reveal or use individual children's program eligibility information obtained through the Summer EBT eligibility process for a purpose other than for the purpose for which the information was obtained.
What is Disclosure?
The document used for public solicitations of competitive proposals from qualified sources
What is Request for Proposal (RFP)?
A foster child, homeless child, a migrant child, a Head Start child and a runaway child are defined as this. It may also be referred to as "automatic eligibility."
What is "categorically eligible?"
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
What is Verification for cause?
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 USDA.
What is an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card?
A brief written plan of action that requests FFP to accomplish the planning activities necessary for a Summer EBT agency to determine the need for, feasibility of, projected costs and benefits of EBT service acquisitions, plan the acquisition of EBT services, and to acquire information necessary to prepare an IAPD
What is a Planning Advanced Planning Document (PAPD)?
S-EBT eligibility is based on the eligibility standards for
What is The National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program (based on the Income Eligibility Guidelines)?
Categorically eligible means considered income eligible for Summer EBT, as applicable, based on documentation that a child is a member of a household, as defined in this section, and one or more children in that household are receiving assistance under ____, _____, _____ or another means tested program, as approved by the Secretary.
What is SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and FDPIR (Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations)?
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.
Can occur if a household does not comply with verification.
What is Expungement?
A child simultaneously receiving benefits from more than one State or ITO-administered Summer EBT Program, or simultaneously receiving multiple allotments from the same State or ITO-administered Summer EBT Program.
What is Dual Participation?
The final ____ must be approved by FNS before the S-EBT agency may draw Federal food benefit funds for the fiscal year.
What is Plan for Operations and Management (POM)?
As a condition for the initial and continued ability to claim Federal financial participation (FFP), agencies must adhere to the
What is Advanced Planning Document process?