North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter W - GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Section 71W .0101 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
(1) "Adjusted Payment" means a payment to the
				  recipient to correct a county-responsible underpayment.
(2) "Appeal" means an oral or written request
				  from an applicant, recipient, or former recipient for a hearing to review the
				  action of a county Department of Social Services when the applicant, recipient,
				  or former recipient is dissatisfied with the decision in his case.
(3) "Applicant" means a person or assistance
				  unit who has applied for Work First.
(4) "Application Process" means a series of
				  actions beginning with a signed application (written or electronic) and ending
				  the date a payment is authorized or a denial notice is mailed.
(5) "Assistance Unit" means the total number
				  of persons whose needs are considered in determining the payment
				  amount.
(6) "Budget Unit" means all
				  those persons for whom application has been made plus anyone in the home who is
				  liable for the support of a member of the assistance unit or whose income is
				  counted as available to the assistance unit.
(7) "Client" means member of the assistance
				  unit. It may be used interchangeably with participant, payee, recipient, and
				  applicant.
(8) "Collateral" means a
				  person or organization that can substantiate or verify information necessary to
				  establish eligibility.
(9)
				  "Determination" means the process of verifying eligibility factors for persons
				  applying for Work First.
(10)
				  "Disaster" means periods of natural disaster or other emergencies as declared
				  by state or federal authorities.
(11) "Disregard of Earned Income" means the
				  procedure for exempting certain portions of earned income when determining the
				  amount of payment.
(12) "Effective
				  Date" means the date for which the benefit is authorized or
				  activated.
(13) "Electronic Funds
				  Transfer" or "EFT" means the method by which Work First payment is issued. It
				  may be used interchangeably with direct deposit or Electronic Benefit Transfer
				  (EBT) Card.
(14) "Eligibility,
				  Initial" means the state of eligibility at time of application.
(15) "ePass" means the North Carolina
				  Electronic Pre-Assessment Screening Service portal through which applications
				  for benefits may be made.
(16)
				  "Excluded Income" means money received by a member of the budget unit which is
				  not counted in determining eligibility for assistance.
(17) "Father, Alleged" means the man who is
				  said without proof to be the father of a child. This includes a father who has
				  admitted paternity when paternity has not been established in a court of
				  law.
(18) "Father, Legal" means:
(a) The man who is married to the mother of
				  child at the time of birth of the child, regardless of whether they are living
				  together. The legal father is not necessarily the natural father, but is
				  legally responsible for support; or
(b) A man who has been determined by the
				  court to be the father of the child through a paternity suit or by act of
				  legitimation; or
(c) A man who has
				  legally adopted the child.