California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 4 - Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs › Chapter 7 - Resident Run Housing Program (RRHP) › Section 11002 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				definitions shall apply to terminology used in Chapter 7:
(1) Application. "Application" means a written
				application for a loan through the Resident Run Housing Program (RRHP).
(2) Applicant. "Applicant" means a group or an
				organization applying for a RRHP loan.
(3) Charter Resident. "Charter resident" means any
				of the original residents of a RRHP group home.
(4) Co-Applicant. "Co-applicant" means each
				individual of a group applying for a RRHP loan.
(5) Days. "Days" means calendar days.
(6) Fund. "Fund" means the RRHP revolving fund
				mandated by Section
				11755.2,
				Health and Safety Code, and Section
				300 x-25, Title 42, United States
				Code.
(7) Group Home. "Group home" means
				a house, apartment, or other building to be used as a self-supporting, resident run,
				alcohol and drug-free, on-going group living arrangement for six or more individuals
				who are recovering from alcoholism and/or drug addiction.
(8) Group Name. "Group name" means the fictitious
				name, specified in the written RRHP loan application, by which the residents of a
				RRHP group home shall be known for purposes of banking or other day-to-day household
				business.
(9) Income. "Income" means any
				wages, salary, compensation, or other benefits which a RRHP applicant or resident
				receives on a regular basis, and upon which the applicant depends to support his/her
				needs for food and shelter.
(10) Loan
				Officer. "Loan officer" means the Departmental analyst responsible for reviewing and
				processing loan applications for the RRHP program.
(11) Loan Review Committee. "Loan review
				committee" means a Departmental committee established to review RRHP loan
				applications.
(12) Minor or Minor Child.
				"Minor" or "minor child" means a person under 18 years of age who has not been
				emancipated pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section
				7000), Division 11 of the Family
				Code.
(13) Network and Replacement Plan.
				"Network and replacement plan" means a plan describing how the residents will:
(A) Develop relationships with the surrounding
				community;
(B) Replace residents who
				leave the group home; and
(C) Assist
				residents who become unemployed.
(14) Program. "Program" means the Resident Run
				Housing Program.
(15) Rent. "Rent" means
				all charges, other than deposits, to be paid on a regular basis by RRHP residents in
				exchange for the use and occupancy of a group, home, apartment, or other form of
				housing.
(16) Residents. "Residents"
				means individuals residing in a RRHP group home.
(17) Resident run. "Resident run" means
				democratically managed by the residents of the group home, so that:
(A) Each resident of the group home shall have an
				equal vote in any decision made regarding the group home; and
(B) Rules for the group home shall be determined
				by majority vote of the residents.
(18) Self-supporting. "Self-supporting" means that
				the residents of the group home pay all of their own on-going expenses, including
				rent, utilities, monthly RRHP loan payments, and other household expenses. Ability
				to be self-supporting shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
				Section 11012(h).