South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 114 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Article 11 - FAMILY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM › Section 114-1110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. "Department"
			 means the South Carolina Department of Social Services.
B. "Program" means Family Independence
			 Program.
C. "Benefit or assistance"
			 means the monetary award paid by check, electronic benefits transfer or direct
			 deposit to the Family Independence benefit group.
D. "FI" means Family Independence
			 Program.
E. "Applicant" means a
			 person who has directly, or through his authorized representative, or where
			 incompetent or incapacitated, through someone acting responsibly for him, made
			 application for Family Independence (FI) benefits at the County Department of
			 Social Services (CDSS) and whose application has not been denied by appropriate
			 CDSS action.
F. "Application" is
			 the action by which an individual indicates in writing on a form prescribed by
			 the Department his desire to receive assistance. The relative with whom a child
			 is living or will live ordinarily makes application for the child. An
			 application is distinguished from an inquiry, which is simply a request for
			 information about eligibility requirements for FI.
G. "Authorized Representative" means someone
			 who is acting for another individual with his knowledge and consent and who has
			 knowledge of the other individual's circumstances.
H. "Benefit Group" means all of the persons
			 whose needs must be included in the computation of the FI benefit.
I. "Date of Application" means the date on
			 which an application that includes the applicant's name, address and signature
			 or authorized representative's signature is filed at the CDSS.
J. "Protective Payment" means the FI benefit
			 is paid to a third party, who assumes responsibility for spending the benefit
			 for the welfare of the family.
K.
			 "Vendor Payment" means a payment made to a third party by a non-benefit group
			 member on behalf of the benefit group.
L. "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
			 (TANF) Block Grant State Plan" means the document submitted to the Regional
			 Office of the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
			 and Human Services setting forth the program for needy families developed by
			 the Department under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (the TANF Block
			 Grant). Submission and updating of the State Plan is required for receipt of
			 federal funds.
M. "Job Club" means
			 a group or individual job readiness training session where participants learn
			 job finding and job retention skills.
N. "Individualized Self-Sufficiency Plan"
			 means the document signed by each adult FI recipient stating the actions the
			 recipient will take to become employed and the time frames for those actions.
			 It also states the services the Department will provide and coordinate to
			 assist the recipient to become employed.
O. "Redetermination" is a review of factors
			 affecting eligibility and payment amount.
P. "State Office" means the central office of
			 the South Carolina Department of Social Services.
Q. "Regional Office" means an office having
			 oversight of a group of local departmental offices.
R. "Local Department" means an office located
			 in any one of the counties of the State.
S. "Stepparent" is a person living in the
			 home of the opposite sex ceremonially married to the parent of the children in
			 the FI budget group.