Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.2-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Adult" means a person age eighteen or over who is not a
					 dependent child, or if under age eighteen is a minor head-of-household living
					 with the TANF child.
"Aid to families with dependent children" or "AFDC" means
					 the financial assistance program administered by the DHS-BESSD under
					 42
					 U.S.C. §601 -
					 619, and section
					 346-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Assistance unit" means persons whose needs, income, and
					 assets are considered in determining eligibility for and the amount of
					 financial assistance.
"Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division" or
					 "BESSD" means the benefit, employment and support services division of the
					 department.
"Department" or "DHS" means the department of human
					 services, State of Hawaii.
"Employer" means a non-profit or a for-profit organization
					 that will serve as the source of employment.
"Family member" means a member of the assistance unit, to
					 include members who have been excluded due to receipt of Supplemental Security
					 Income, and any person residing in the home for whom the parent caretaker would
					 meet the definition of specified relative as defined in section 17-656.1,
					 regardless of the age of the person receiving care.
"First-to-Work" or "FTW" means the education, training,
					 employment, and support services programs administered by the
					 department.
"Full-time employment" means gainful employment of thirty
					 hours or more per week.
"Gainful employment" means employment available at the
					 time an individual wants to become employed and pays at least minimum
					 wage.
"Grant +" means the program in which an assistance unit's
					 monthly grant will be diverted to an employer to be issued to the participant
					 as earned income in exchange for employment.
"Grant Diversion" means a non-assistance program that
					 provides intensive work preparation activities for four months to adults in
					 work eligible households or other work eligible households.
"Household" means all members of the assistance unit and
					 excluded standard filing unit members as defined in sections
					 17-647-12,
					 17-656.1-15,
					 17-656.1-16, and
					 17-656.1-17.
"Non-recipient parent" means a standard filing unit adult
					 as defined in section
					 17-647-12, who is excluded under
					 section 17-656.1-17.
"Non-work eligible household" means a household in which
					 all the adult members are non-work eligible individuals.
"Non-work eligible individual" or "NWEI" means an adult
					 receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is:
(1) A parent of a household member who also provides care
					 for a disabled family member living in the home, provided that the need for
					 such care is supported by medical documentation. Only one parent in a household
					 may claim this status;
(2) A single custodial parent personally providing care for
					 the parent's child under six months of age for a lifetime limit of twelve
					 months, if the parent caring for the child wishes to claim NWEI status;
(3) A non-needy caretaker; or
(4) A recipient of Supplemental Security Income or Social
					 Security Disability Insurance as defined in
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §§1381 -
					 1383.
"Other work eligible household" means a household in which
					 there is no work eligible individual and at least one adult member is an other
					 work eligible individual.
"Other work eligible individual" or "OWEI" means an adult
					 receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is:
(1) Unable to engage in full-time employment as defined by
					 the work participation requirements of the Social Security Act,
					 42 U.S.C.
					 §607, at a job for which he or she is
					 equipped by education, training, or experience, for a period of more than
					 thirty days from the onset of an illness, incapacity, or disability due to a
					 physical or mental impairment or substance abuse, as determined by a licensed
					 physician or psychologist;
(2) A domestic violence victim who meets the criteria
					 established in section
					 17-656.1-20(a) or
					 (b);
(3) Any other adult in an assistance unit that contains a
					 domestic violence victim who meets the criteria established in section
					 17-656.1-20(a) or
					 (b); or
(4) An adult sixty-five years of age or older.
"Payment month" means the calendar month for which the
					 department shall issue or provide benefits.
"Primary adult" means the adult with the greatest number
					 of time eligible months.
"Primary residence" means the single residence designated
					 as the child's home.
"Prospective budgeting" means the department's best
					 estimate of the income and circumstances that will exist in a calendar month.
					 In this case the payment and budget month are the same.
"Temporary assistance for needy families" or "TANF" means
					 the financial assistance and non-assistance programs administered by the
					 DHS-BESSD under
					 42
					 U.S.C. §601 -
					 619, and section
					 346-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Time eligible month" means a month a work eligible
					 household received TANF benefits.
"Unapproved absence" means any absence determined by the
					 employer to be unapproved for all other employees in a similar position.
"Work eligible household" means a household in which at
					 least one member is a work eligible individual.
"Work eligible individual" or "WEI" means an adult
					 receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is not an NWEI
					 or an OWEI.