Definitions A- E

(b) “Agency error” means an action or lack of action by the department resulting in the underpayment or an overpayment of an applicant or recipient’s level of benefit or resulting in an incorrect determination of eligibility or ineligibility. This term includes “ administrative error (AE)”.

(c) “Alien” means an individual who is not a citizen of the United States.

(d) “Application” means a formal request for assistance or services pursuant to RSA 167:8, which is signed and dated by an individual or authorized representative.

(e) “Assistance group (AG)” means individuals living together whose needs, income, and resources are considered and combined together when determining eligibility or the amount of benefits.

(f) “Authorized representative (AR)” means an individual acting on behalf of the casehead in some or all of the aspects of initial and continuing eligibility.

(g) “Best estimate” means an expectation of income to be received by an individual determined by evaluating past, present, and anticipated significant and non-significant income changes.

(h) “ Casehead ” means the individual under whose name the case is listed.

( i ) “Department” means the New Hampshire (NH) department of health and human services (DHHS).

(j) “Educational income” means financial assistance, payments, loans, reimbursements, or allowances paid to or on behalf of post-secondary education students.

(k) “Electronic benefit transfer” (EBT) means the method of issuing SNAP benefits to an account, which is accessed by a recipient with a debit card.

Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for He-W 700) #5133, eff 5-2-91; ss by #6507, INTERIM, eff 5-1-97, EXPIRES: 8-29-97; ss by #6549, eff 8-1-97; ss by #7327, eff 8-1-00; ss by #9207, eff 7-19-08; ss by #11121, eff 7-19-16; ss by #13699, eff 7-25-23; ss by #14082, eff 10-1-24