Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 803 - NON-RECURRING SHORT-TERM (NRST) BENEFITS FOR WILDFIRE DISASTER VICTIMS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-803-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Adult" means a person aged eighteen or over who is not a
					 dependent child, or if under age eighteen is a minor head-of-household living
					 with and caring for a dependent child.
"Applicant" means the responsible adult who applies for
					 benefits on behalf of the family unit.
"Automobile" means a four-wheeled personal automotive
					 vehicle designed for passenger transportation.
"Department" or "DHS" means the department of human
					 services, State of Hawaii.
"Department's designee" means a service provider contracted
					 by the department to administer and deliver the benefits and services described
					 in this chapter.
"Dependent child" means a child under twenty-five years of
					 age who is in the care of a specified relative.
"Disaster assistance organization" means a state or local
					 government or community-based organization that provides emergency or disaster
					 relief assistance payments to residents who were affected by the emergency
					 wildfire disaster.
"Family member" means a member of the applicant's immediate
					 family unit including any spouse or common-law spouse, and dependent child for
					 whom the applicant is providing care.
"Family unit" means a family that includes adult specified
					 relatives and their dependent children who reside in the same household.
"Federal Emergency Management Agency" or "FEMA" means the
					 federal entity whose responsibility is to coordinate community preparedness for
					 potential emergency disaster and respond upon the declaration of an emergency
					 disaster by the U.S. President.
"Fraud" means willfully providing a false statement or
					 misrepresentation of a fact or concealing or withholding facts which results in
					 the receipt of an NRST benefit that would not otherwise result without the
					 false statement or withheld facts, or any action by an individual for the
					 purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility or for increasing or
					 preventing a reduction in benefits.
"Long-term housing" means a housing structure where the
					 family unit will reside for a minimum of twelve months and will be the family
					 unit's primary residence. A housing structure may be an apartment unit,
					 condominium unit, townhouse, mobile home, or single-family house.
"Non-recurring short-term benefits" or "NRST benefits"
					 means benefits:
(1) Provided to
				  address a family's specific crisis situation or episode of need;
(2) Not intended to meet a family's recurring
				  or ongoing needs; and
(3) Will not
				  extend beyond four months.
"Primary residence" means the single residence designated
					 as the family's permanent or long-term home for a minimum period of twelve
					 months,
"School-aged" means a dependent child who attends
					 elementary, middle or intermediate, secondary school, or post-secondary school
					 such as a college, university, vocational or trade school.
"Specified relative" means an adult who exercises
					 responsibility for the care and control of a dependent child who resides in the
					 same family unit. Persons considered to be specified relatives shall include
					 natural and adoptive parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces,
					 nephews, and cousins, including persons who are related by marriage such as
					 stepparents, step siblings, step grandparents, step aunts, step uncles, step
					 nieces, step nephews, and step cousins.
"Short-term housing" means a housing structure intended to
					 provide a family temporary living arrangement for less than twelve months.
					 Short-term housing may include but is not limited to a transient accommodation,
					 vacation rental unit, hotel room, and bed and breakfast home,