Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Title 101 CMR 412.00 - Rates for Family Transitional Support Services › Section 412.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				101 CMR 412.00, unless the
				context requires otherwise, terms have the meanings in 101 CMR 412.02.
Client
. A family that receives family
				transitional support services purchased by a governmental unit.
Client Financial Assistance/Flexible
				Funding
. A method whereby, subject to availability, a purchasing
				governmental unit may provide individual resource allocations to both families
				of children and adults across the state. Flexible funding may be provided
				through a number of means, including: a stipend issued directly to the family;
				reimbursement to the family for specific expenses and support services; or
				funds directed by the family to a qualified provider for specific
				services.
Client Financial Assistance/Flexible Funding
				Administration
. A service in which the provider performs the
				function necessary to successfully administer flexible funding expenditures to
				families for permissible support services, services, or goods.
Cost Report
. The document used to
				report costs and other financial and statistical data. The Uniform Financial
				Statements and Independent Auditor's Report (UFR) is used when required.
Domestic Violence, Substance Misuse, and Trauma
				(DVSMT) Services
. Residential programs that help individuals who
				need to leave an unsafe situation due to domestic and/or sexual violence, and
				who need longer-term recovery support to address substance misuse and/or
				trauma. In addition to housing, DVSMT programs provide a range of activities
				and services designed to support the individual, familial, and social needs of
				survivors of domestic violence and their children and/or dependents. Service
				locations must be designed and furnished to offer families a welcoming and
				child-friendly environment, in addition to being physically accessible, safe,
				and secure. Providers who can shelter individuals and families in their own
				community are preferred.
Emergency Shelter
. A program that
				provides individuals and families who need to leave an unsafe situation with
				timely and easy access to shelter within their own communities to help them
				achieve immediate safety while retaining access to school, work, and other
				supportive connections. The program must
(a) allow adults and children to remain connected to informal
				support from family, friends, counselors, pastors, and others they depend upon
				in the community; and
(b) demonstrate the capacity to shelter and serve children as
				well as adults, and be able to accommodate families requiring assistance with
				visitation and/or reunification.
EOHHS
. The Executive Office of Health
				and Human Services established under M.G.L. c. 6A.
Family Transitional Support (FTS)
				Services
. A service class of programs that provide families with
				temporary housing in a specialized congregate or individual setting, to enable
				stabilization and transition to a safe, permanent, and self-sufficient home
				environment.
Governmental Unit
. The Commonwealth,
				any board, commission, department, division, or agency of the Commonwealth and
				any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
Housing Stabilization Advocacy and Supportive
				Services
. A type of residential housing stabilization program that
				is either located in donated space or receives additional funding to cover
				facility costs from another funding source. This program provides supportive
				services to help survivors of domestic violence locate and maintain employment
				and/or complete their education, parent their children and establish routines
				with them, make it possible to be involved in a faith community of their
				choosing, provide opportunities for children and youth to be involved in
				after-school activities, prepare survivors for economic independence, and
				ultimately secure more permanent housing.
Individual Consideration (I.C)
.
				Payment rates for certain services are designated as individual consideration
				(I.C.). If I.C. rates are designated, the purchasing governmental unit
				determines the appropriate payment as the actual cost of the item or service as
				evidenced by invoice, published tuition amount, or other price reasonably
				obtained by a competitive market for the product or service.
Lower Facility Cost Program
. A program
				identified by the purchasing governmental unit as having nominal facility
				related costs due to either donated space or additional funding that covers the
				cost of the residence.
Provider
. Any individual, group,
				partnership, trust, corporation, or other legal entity that offers services for
				purchase by a governmental unit and that meets the conditions of purchase or
				licensure that have been adopted by a purchasing governmental unit.
Reporting Year
. The provider's fiscal
				year for which costs incurred are reported to the Operational Services Division
				on the Uniform Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report
				(UFR).
Residential Housing Stabilization
. A
				program that helps victims and their families find stability within their
				communities, expand their networks of support, and build their capacity to live
				independently and securely. Support services help program participants access
				and maintain permanent housing, access employment and/or attend school, parent
				their children, and generally prepare for economic independence. Housing may
				be
(a) scattered site rental apartments in which families assume
				the lease once the program has provided the unit;
(b) condominiums or single family homes purchased by families
				through home buying assistance provided by the program; or
(c) apartments in multiple dwelling buildings.