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(a) "Allocation" - Amount of commodity food made available to the site for distribution.
(b) "Authorized Representative" - A person acting on behalf of a household, through the household's written statement, designating the person to do so.
(c) "Branch Distribution Site" - A designated site in which a distribution of commodities is held.
(d) "Branch Site Coordinator" - The person designated to be responsible for the USDA donated commodities in a specific site.
(e) "Commodity" - Foods donated or available for donation by USDA.
(f) "Commodity Agreement" - A written document between the site director and Contractor denoting rights and responsibilities of Contractor and site directors for the distribution of donated USDA food.
(g) "Contractor"- The entity selected to provide services that will help supplement the diets of low income needy persons and families by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance at no cost to the household on behalf of the State of Wyoming.
(h) "Damaged or Unusable Products" - Food products damaged in shipment or during a distribution to the extent that the products are potentially hazardous and unfit for human consumption.
(i) "DFS" - The Wyoming Department of Family Services.
(j) "Distribution Site" - The location where the emergency feeding organization actually distributes commodities to needy persons.
(k) "Eligible Households" - A household with gross monthly income that is equal to or less than 130% of the current federal poverty level based on household size.
(l) "Emergency Feeding Organization" - Any public or nonprofit private organization which has entered into an agreement with Contractor to provide assistance to needy persons and which receive commodities under The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
(m) "FNS" - The Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
(n) "Federal Education Assistance" - Federal funds received by students under Title IV of the Higher Education Act shall not be considered income. (The most common grants included in this program are Pell Grants, Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants and Byrd Honor Scholarships.) If there is a question regarding Title IV programs, the student is responsible for providing documentation.
(o) "Food Bank" - A public or charitable institution that maintains an established operation involving the provision of food or edible commodities, or the products thereof, to food pantries, soup kitchens, hunger relief centers, or other food or feeding centers that provide meals or food to needy persons on a regular basis as an integral part of its normal activities.
(p) "Food Pantry" - A public or private non-profit organization that provides food to needy persons.
(q) "Homeless" - An individual who lacks a permanent residence.
(r) "Households" - A single individual or group of related or unrelated persons living together.
(s) "Ineligible sites" - The following sites are not eligible for commodities under these rules: for profit organizations, boarding homes, nursing homes, jails, hospitals and orphanages or other facilities that provide meals as part of their service.
(t) "Non Profit" - Any organization that has filed for non profit status with the Wyoming Secretary of State's office and has obtained or has filed for the Internal Revenue Service tax exempt status.
(u) "Out of Condition Product" - A product declared unfit for human consumption by federal, state, or local health officials, or by other inspection services or persons deemed competent by the Contractor.
(v) "Processing" - Any change made to the USDA commodity to convert it into a different end product or any repackaging of USDA commodities.
(w) "Proxy" - A written and signed statement authorizing an individual to pick up food commodities for an eligible household.
(x) "Records" - Documents maintained by the food distribution site that are available for inspection by Contractor upon request.
(y) "State Food Distribution Coordinator" - The state employee designated by DFS to administer The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
(z) "The Emergency Food Assistance Program" (TEFAP) - A federally and state funded program designed to distribute USDA donated food commodities in the State of Wyoming.
(aa) "Site Director" - The agency designated authority authorized to negotiate with Contractor.
(bb) "Storage" - The maintaining of USDA commodities for distribution at a later time according to the rules.
(cc) "Soup Kitchen" - A public or charitable institution that maintains an established feeding operation to provide food to needy homeless persons on a regular basis as an integral part of its normal activities.
(dd) "Transient" - A person who is traveling through Wyoming with no intent to reside.
(ee) "USDA" - The United States Department of Agriculture
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