A1. Administrative Data Elements

Appendix A1

Administrative Data Elements

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Table A1.1 State administrative data elements

Variable	Definition
Household account numbera	Unique household (unit) identifier
Household address	Street, city, State, ZIP Code of the participating household
Household size	Number of participants in the household
Number of children in the household	Number of participants age 17 and under
Number of elderly individuals in the household	Number of participants age 60 and over
Number of non-elderly individuals with a disability	Number of participants age 0-59 with a disability under SNAP rules
Earned income	Monthly dollar amount of income from wages and self-employment
Unearned income	Monthly dollar amount of unearned income
Social Security	Monthly dollar amount of Social Security income
Unemployment	Monthly dollar amount of unemployment income
SSI	Monthly dollar amount of Supplemental Security Income
Worker’s compensation	Monthly dollar amount of worker’s compensation income
Retirement income	Monthly income from retirement accounts
Gross income	Total monthly income
Assets	Total asset value
Race/ethnicity	Person-level race/ethnicity – for each participant in the household
Age	Person-level age – for each participant in the household
Benefit issuance	Amount of benefit issued in the month
Issuance date	Date of the regular benefit issuance
Benefit adjustment(s)	Additions or subtractions from the regular monthly benefit issuance (disaster assistance, overpayment adjustment, underpayment adjustment, other change to benefit)
Benefit adjustment(s) date(s)	Dates of the benefit additions or subtractions
EBT card number(s)a	EBT card numbers for all EBT cards issued to the household

^aWill be used to merge with ALERT data

Table A1.2 FNS Anti-Fraud Locator using EBT Retailer Transaction (ALERT) transaction data elements

Variable	Definition
Household account numbera	Unique household identifier
EBT card number	Identifier on the EBT card used for the transaction
Store identifierb	Identifier of the store for FNS authorized stores
Store State	State in which the transaction is made
Terminal identifier	Identifier for the POS terminal used for the transaction
Transaction timestamp	Date and time transaction was recorded
Transaction amount	Dollar amount of the transaction
Available balance	Household’s available benefit balance at the start of the transaction
Program code	Indicator to identify SNAP transactions (00=EBT)
Transaction type	Identifies purchases, refunds, voids, balance inquiries
Transaction method	Method of the transaction
Store and forward	Identifies transactions that had been stored to report at a later time
Response code	Identifies approved and rejected transactions, and, if rejected, the reason for rejection
Online transaction identifier(s)	Indicator(s) of transactions made using online purchasing
Mobile payment identifier(s)	New variable(s) that provide information related to use of mobile payments for benefit redemption

^aWill be used to merge with State administrative data

^bWill be used to merge with STARS data

Table A1.3 FNS Store Tracking and Redemption System (STARS) data elements

Variable	Definition
Retailer identifiera	Identifier of the retailer for FNS authorized retailers
Retailer address	Street, city, State, ZIP Code of the retailer
Retailer name	Name of the retailer for FNS authorized retailers
Retailer type	Code to identify supermarkets, super centers, grocery stores, convenience stores, and others

^aWill be used to merge with ALERT data

Public Burden Statement

This information is being collected to assist the Food and Nutrition Service in evaluating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Mobile Payment Pilot (MPP). This is a voluntary collection and FNS will use the information to evaluate the implementation, adoption, and scalability of the SNAP MPP. This collection does request personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act of 1974. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0584-XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 8 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy Support, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 ATTN: PRA (0584-XXXX). Do not return the completed form to this address.