Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart A - Assistance Policies and Procedures › Chapter 108 - FAMILY VIOLENCE AND TANF AND GA GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 108.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
DRS-Domestic Relations Section
-The section
					 of a court of common pleas responsible for establishing and enforcing support
					 orders.
Domestic violence
-One or more of the
					 following:
(i) Physical acts that
				  resulted in, or threatened to result in, physical injury to the
				  individual.
(ii) Sexual
				  abuse.
(iii) Sexual activity
				  involving a dependent child.
(iv)
				  Being forced as the caretaker relative of a dependent child to engage in
				  nonconsensual sexual acts or activities.
(v) Threats or attempts of physical or sexual
				  abuse.
(vi) Mental abuse.
(vii) Neglect or deprivation of medical
				  care.
FVI-Family violence indicator
-A marker
					 placed on Department and DRS records to indicate one or more individuals in the
					 file are victims of domestic violence.
FVO-Family violence option
-An optional
					 provision in section 402(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
											602(a)(7)), regarding
					 eligible states; State plan, under which a state may elect to identify
					 individuals with a history of domestic violence, refer them for counseling and
					 supportive services and, upon a showing of good cause, waive one or more
					 program requirements for these individuals.
Federal parent locator database
-A National
					 computer location system operated by the Federal Office of Child Support
					 Enforcement, to assist states in locating noncustodial parents, putative
					 fathers and custodial parties for the establishment of paternity and child
					 support obligations, as well as the enforcement and modification of orders for
					 child support, custody and visitation.
PACSES-Pennsylvania Automated Child Support
					 Enforcement System-
Pennsylvania's single Statewide automated data
					 processing and information retrieval system for child support enforcement under
					 Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§
											651 -
					 669b.
Work and work-related
					 activities
-Activities set forth in Chapter 165 (relating to Road to
					 Economic Self-Sufficiency through Employment and Training (RESET)
					 Program).
Work and work-related activity
					 requirements
-Requirements set forth in Chapter 165.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
												108.3 (relating to universal
						notification); 55 Pa. Code §
												108.5 (relating to individual
						notification); 55 Pa. Code §
												108.8 (relating to claiming good
						cause based on domestic violence); 55 Pa. Code §
												108.14 (relating to safeguarding
						information); 55 Pa. Code §
												108.16 (relating to DRS
						responsibility for the FVI) ; and 55 Pa. Code §
												187.27 (relating to waiver of
						cooperation for good cause).