Snap Policy Data Sets

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Implementation details

Class names

Model name	Parameters class	Data class
SnapPolicyDataSets	SnapPolicyDataSetsQueryParams	SnapPolicyDataSetsData

Import Statement

from openbb_core.provider.standard_models. import (
SnapPolicyDataSetsData,
SnapPolicyDataSetsQueryParams,
)

Parameters

• standard
• usda

state: str | None
Default: CA
State to retrieve, as a two-letter postal code. The SNAP Policy Database is published for the fifty states and the District of Columbia; each state is one monthly time series of its forty-five policy variables.

start_year: int | None
Start year for filtering the data. If None, returns from January 1996.

end_year: int | None
End year for filtering the data. If None, returns through December 2020.

Data

• standard
• usda

date: date | str
First day of the observation month.

state: str
Name of the state of the observation.

bbce: float | None
Whether the state uses broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE): 0 = no, 1 = yes.

bbce_asset: float | None
BBCE asset test: 0 = asset limit raised but not eliminated, 1 = asset limit eliminated. Blank when the state does not use BBCE.

bbce_a_amt: float | None
BBCE asset limit in thousands of dollars. Blank when the state does not use BBCE or BBCE eliminates the asset test; applies to only the few states that keep an asset limit, so hidden by default.

bbce_a_veh: float | None
BBCE vehicle rule: 1 = exempt an amount, 2 = exclude at least one, 3 = exclude all. Blank when the state does not use BBCE or the asset test is eliminated; applies to only the few states that keep an asset limit, so hidden by default.

bbce_inclmt: float | None
BBCE gross income limit as a percentage of the Federal poverty level. Blank when the state does not use BBCE.

bbce_child: float | None
Whether BBCE is limited to households with dependent children: 0 = no, 1 = yes. Blank when the state does not use BBCE.

bbce_elddisinclmt: float | None
BBCE gross income limit (% FPL) for households with a senior or disabled member; -8 = gross income test eliminated, -7 = 200% FPL only for all-senior/disabled households. Blank when the state does not use BBCE.

bbce_multiple: float | None
Whether multiple BBCE guidelines apply to different household types: 0 = no, 1 = yes. Blank when the state does not use BBCE.

call_any: float | None
Whether the state operates call centers in any part of the state: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

cap: float | None
Whether the state operates a Combined Application Project for SSI recipients: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

certearn_0103: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with earnings with 1-3 month recertification periods.

certearn_0406: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with earnings with 4-6 month recertification periods.

certearn_0712: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with earnings with 7-12 month recertification periods.

certearn_1399: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with earnings with 13+ month recertification periods.

certearnavg: float | None
Average recertification period in months for SNAP units with earnings.

certearnmed: float | None
Median recertification period in months for SNAP units with earnings.

certeld_0103: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member with 1-3 month recertification periods.

certeld_0406: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member with 4-6 month recertification periods.

certeld_0712: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member with 7-12 month recertification periods.

certeld_1399: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member with 13+ month recertification periods.

certeldavg: float | None
Average recertification period in months for SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member.

certeldmed: float | None
Median recertification period in months for SNAP units with no earnings and a senior member.

certnonearn_0103: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member with 1-3 month recertification periods.

certnonearn_0406: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member with 4-6 month recertification periods.

certnonearn_0712: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member with 7-12 month recertification periods.

certnonearn_1399: float | None
Proportion of SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member with 13+ month recertification periods.

certnonearnavg: float | None
Average recertification period in months for SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member.

certnonearnmed: float | None
Median recertification period in months for SNAP units with no earnings and no senior member.

ebtissuance: float | None
Proportion of the dollar value of all SNAP benefits issued via electronic benefit transfer (EBT).

faceini: float | None
Whether the state has a waiver to use a telephone interview at initial certification: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

facerec: float | None
Whether the state has a waiver to use a telephone interview at recertification: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

fingerprint: float | None
Whether the state requires fingerprinting of applicants: 0 = no, 1 = statewide, 2 = select parts of the state.

noncitadultfull: float | None
Whether all legal noncitizen adults meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

noncitadultpart: float | None
Whether some, but not all, legal noncitizen adults meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

noncitchildfull: float | None
Whether all legal noncitizen children meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

noncitchildpart: float | None
Whether some, but not all, legal noncitizen children meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

nonciteldfull: float | None
Whether all legal noncitizen seniors meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

nonciteldpart: float | None
Whether some, but not all, legal noncitizen seniors meeting other requirements are eligible: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

oapp: float | None
Whether the state allows online SNAP applications: 0 = no, 1 = statewide, 2 = select parts of the state.

outreach: float | None
Sum of Federal, State, and grant outreach spending in nominal thousands of dollars, spread across the fiscal year.

reportsimple: float | None
Whether the state uses simplified reporting for households with earnings: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

transben: float | None
Whether the state offers transitional SNAP benefits to families leaving cash assistance: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

vehexclall: float | None
Whether the state excludes all vehicles from the asset test: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

vehexclamt: float | None
Whether the state exempts an amount above the standard auto exemption from a vehicle's value: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

vehexclone: float | None
Whether the state excludes at least one, but not all, vehicles from the asset test: 0 = no, 1 = yes.