Error Determinant Month
Active Case
Prospective Eligibility
Categorical Eligibility (CE)
Record Retention
Reporting Systems
Error Threshold (tolerance level for excluding small errors)
Mitigate
Payment Error Rate (PER)
Underissuance
Issuance Month
The amount of SNAP benefits the household was authorized to receive which was less than what they were eligible to receive.
The fiscal or calendar month for which the State agency issued a SNAP allotment. A case's issuance month will always be the same as its QC sample month.
The measurement of the accuracy of the active case review.
The length of time a State agency must retain State QC files without loss or destruction. For any given fiscal year, all QC records must be retained for a minimum of three years following fiscal closure.
A household that was certified prior to or during the sample month, and issued a SNAP allotment for the sample month.
For fiscal years 2015 and thereafter, the 2014 error threshold will be adjusted annually. The percentage of adjustment will correspond to the amount by which the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) for the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia is adjusted. The value for the current fiscal year and previous years can be found in Appendix A.
An attempt to lessen or decrease a QC error to reduce the impact of the error instead of accurately reporting the error. Corrections for policy or math errors are not considered mitigation.
Households in which all members receive or are authorized to receive: -Public assistance (PA) -Supplemental Security Income (SSI) -A State or local general assistance (GA) program, or Benefits of a State program conferring categorical eligibility
The household is required to report certain specified changes in its circumstances within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the household or within FNS approved time frames and rules.
An eligibility system in which the eligibility determination is based on income and other household circumstances reasonably anticipated for the issuance month.
The first full month that ends more than 30 days before the review date.
