Code of Maine Rules › 15 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › 215 - BUREAU OF MAINE VETERANS SERVICES › Chapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE VETERAN'S HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION COORDINATION PROGRAM › Section 215-3-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Agent
. "Agent" means an
				employee of the Bureau, which may include but is not limited to the Homeless
				Veteran Coordinator, Veteran Service Officer, or Veteran Claims
				Supervisor.
2.
Armed
				Forces
. "Armed Forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force,
				Marines, Coast Guard and World War II-era Merchant Mariners.
3.
Bureau
. "Bureau" means the
				Bureau of Maine Veterans Services of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans
				and Emergency Management.
4.
Collaborative agreement
. "Collaborative agreement" means a
				contract entered into between the Bureau and a Provider whose application has
				been approved pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of this rule.
5.
Commissioner
. "Commissioner"
				means the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and
				Emergency Management.
6.
Department
. "Department" means the Maine Department of Defense,
				Veterans and Emergency Management.
7.
Director
. "Director" means
				the Director of the Bureau of Maine Veterans Services of the Maine Department
				of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management.
8.
Facility
. "Facility" means a
				fixed structure where a Provider provides services to Persons Experiencing
				Homelessness who also meet the definition of a Veteran.
9.
Fund
. "Fund" means the
				"Veterans' Homelessness Prevention Partnership Fund" established pursuant to
				 37-B M.R.S.
				section513-A, subsection
				3.
10.
Persons Experiencing
				Homelessness
. "Persons Experiencing Homelessness" means persons sleeping
				in a place not meant for human habitation, in an Emergency Shelter, temporarily
				housed with a friend or family member, or in other emergency housing; persons
				exiting an institution other than emergency housing, or place not meant for
				human habitation before entering that institution; and persons fleeing, or
				attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
				stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions in the individual's
				or family's current housing situation, including where the health and safety of
				children are jeopardized, and who have no other residence and lack the
				resources or support networks to obtain other permanent housing.
11.
Provider
. "Provider" means a
				successful human services-based volunteer organization approved by the Bureau
				to receive disbursements of monies available from the Fund.
12.
Rapid Re-housing
. "Rapid
				Re-housing" means housing relocation and stabilization services and short-
				and/or medium-term rental assistance as necessary to help Persons Experiencing
				Homelessness move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve
				stability in that housing.
13.
Reimbursement
. "Reimbursement" means a monetary award provided to
				a human services-based volunteer organization from the Fund pursuant to
				37-B M.R.S.
				§513-A and these rules.
14.
Veteran
. "Veteran" means a
				person who resides in Maine and who:
a. Served
				in the active United States Armed Forces and who, if discharged, received an
				honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions, as long
				as the discharge was not upgraded through a program of general amnesty;
				or
b. Served in the Reserve
				Components of the United States Armed Forces and was entitled to retired pay
				under 10 United States Code, chapter 1223 or would have been entitled to
				retired pay under chapter 1223 except that the person was under 60 years of
				age; or
c. Served in the United
				States Armed Forces and, although the person does not meet the requirements of
				subparagraph (a) or (b), is determined by the Director, on a case-by-case
				basis, to be eligible for temporary financial assistance; or
d.  Served in the Maine National Guard or
				United States Armed Forces and is determined by the Director, on a case-by-case
				basis, to be eligible for assistance under this program.