South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 19 - STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD › Article 2 - INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Subarticle 2 - SOUTH CAROLINA 211 NETWORK PROVIDER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 19-211 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. "Board" means
				the South Carolina State Budget and Control Board, Division of the State Chief
				Information Officer.
B. "Board 211
				Certification Process" means the application of criteria established by the
				Board for certification of a 211 provider in the South Carolina 211
				Network.
C. "211" means a three
				digit dialing code assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to
				be used for community information and referral purposes.
D. "South Carolina 211 Network" means the
				system of 211 providers certified by the Board that provide 211 services in the
				state.
E. "South Carolina 211
				Network Provider" means an information and referral organization whose primary
				purpose is to maintain information about human service resources in the
				community, supply descriptive information about the agencies or organizations
				that offer services, and assist consumers in accessing appropriate
				providers.
F. "Alliance of
				Information and Referral Systems" or "AIRS" means a non profit, as defined by
				Section
				501(c) (3) of the
				federal tax code, professional membership organization for information and
				referral providers.
G. "Alliance of
				Information and Referral Systems accreditation" or "AIRS accreditation" means a
				process by which the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems determines
				whether information and referral programs are in compliance with the standards
				set forth in the current edition of the Standards for Professional Information
				and Referral.
H. "Alliance of
				Information and Referral Systems certification" or "AIRS certification" means
				the awarding of professional credentials to individuals who successfully
				complete the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems certification
				program.
I. "AIRS/INFO LINE
				Taxonomy of Human Services" means the national standardized service
				classification system used to facilitate retrieval of community resource
				information, increase the reliability of planning data, make evaluation
				processes consistent and reliable, and facilitate national comparisons of
				data.
J. "Candidate" means an
				organization that requests to be certified by the Board to become a South
				Carolina 211 Network Provider in the South Carolina 211 Network.
K. "Client information" means any information
				that can be used to identify a specific individual to whom services are being
				provided.
L. "Donation management"
				means assisting individuals or agencies to make financial or in kind
				contributions to community organizations.
M. "Volunteer Management" means assisting
				individuals or organizations to provide volunteer services to the
				community.
N. "Information and
				Referral Services" mean programs whose primary purpose is to maintain
				information about human service resources in the community, to link people who
				need assistance with appropriate service providers, and to supply descriptive
				information about the agencies or organizations that offer services.
O. "Provisional certification" means the
				temporary certification granted by the Board to a South Carolina 211 Network
				Provider that loses AIRS accreditation.
P. "Standards for Professional Information
				and Referral" means the current edition of the document published by the
				Alliance of Information and Referral Systems that defines the national
				standards for information and referral programs and systems.