South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 67 - Department of Social Services › Article 67:12 - Assistance payments › Chapter 67:12:01 - Assistance applications and eligibility › Section 67:12:01:01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Words defined in SDCL 28-7-1 have the same meaning when used in this
	 article. In addition, abbreviations and terms used in this article mean:
(1) 1115 waiver group," those assistance
  units participating in the demonstration project conducted under the waiver
  provisions contained in § 1115 of the Social Security Act as in effect on
  April 1, 1994;
(2) "AFDC," aid to
  families with dependent children;
(3) "AP," the Office of Assistance Payments,
  Department of Social Services;
(4)
  "Applicant," an individual who has directly or through an authorized
  representative applied for AFDC from the department and whose application has
  not been terminated;
(5)
  "Assistance unit," an individual or a group of related recipients within a
  household whose needs are recognized in one AFDC grant;
(6) "BIA," the Bureau of Indian
  Affairs;
(7) "Caretaker relative,"
  a parent or relative with one of the specific degrees of relationship found in
  §
									67:12:01:27 who lives in the home
  and has the actual care and control of the child;
(8) "Control group," those assistance units
  not participating in the demonstration project conducted under the waiver
  provisions contained in § 1115 of the Social Security Act as in effect on
  April 1, 1994;
(9) "Deeming," the
  process in which income and resources are attributed to another whether or not
  the income and resources are actually available to the second person;
(10) "Department," the Department of Social
  Services;
(11) "Earned income
  exemption," or "exemption," the amount determined according to §
									67:12:05:14 which is used to
  offset the individual's earned income and is considered an incentive for
  working;
(12) "Income exclusions,"
  or "exclusions," income which is never considered in determining eligibility or
  the amount of the AFDC grant;
(13)
  "JOBS," job opportunity and basic skills training program;
(14) "JTPA," Job Training Partnership Act of
  1982;
(15) "OASDI," old age
  survivors disability insurance program;
(16) "OCSE," the Office of Child Support
  Enforcement, Department of Social Services;
(17) "OCYFS," the Office of Children, Youth,
  and Family Services in the Department of Social Services;
(18) "Parent caretaker relative," a natural
  parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent who lives in the home and has the actual
  care and control of a child for whom AFDC is applied for or received, except
  for an Indian stepparent in Indian country, as defined in SDCL
  1-1-12, who is under the exclusive
  jurisdiction of a tribe for purposes of determining the domestic relations
  rights of the family;
(19)
  "Participating in a strike," actual refusal, in concert with others, to provide
  services to one's employer;
(20)
  "Recipient of AFDC," an individual eligible for AFDC assistance under article
  67:12 whose needs are budgeted to determine the amount of the AFDC cash
  payment;
(21) "Recipients of AFDC
  medical only," individuals who are ineligible for an AFDC cash payment but are
  eligible for Medicaid coverage under article 67:16 because they meet certain
  other criteria;
(22) "SMI,"
  supplemental medical insurance;
(23) "Sponsor," a person, agency, or
  organization that executed an affidavit of support or similar agreement in
  behalf of an alien as a condition of the alien's entry into the United
  States;
(24) "SSI," supplemental
  security income;
(25) "Standard
  earned income deduction," or "deduction," the deduction for personal expenses
  according to §
									67:12:05:18 associated with
  employment;
(26) "Strike," a work
  stoppage, including a work stoppage due to the expiration of a collective
  bargaining agreement, or deliberate slowdown or interruption of operations by a
  body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an
  employer;
(27) "Student's income,"
  either the earned income of a child who is at least a part-time student
  attending a school, college, or university or a course of vocational or
  technical training designed to fit the child for gainful employment or the
  earned income of a child who is a participant in the job corps program under
  JTPA; and
(28) "VR," vocational
  rehabilitation.
General Authority:
SDCL 28-7-2.
Law Implemented:
SDCL 28-7-2.
Collateral Reference:
Indian stepparents, Arlis Iron
		Heart v James Ellenbecker and Otis R. Bowen, M.D., U.S. District Court for the
		District of South Dakota, Central Division, Civil Action No.
		86-3057.