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(4) “APA” means the Adult Public Assistance program under AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615, administered by the department, that provides monthly cash assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons in need; for purposes of this chapter, “APA” does not include interim assistance under AS 47.25.455;

(5) “applicant” means an individual who has signed and submitted an application to the department for ATAP assistance on behalf of that individual, a dependent child, or other qualified recipient;

(6) “assistance unit” means those individuals described in 7 AAC 45.335;

(7) “ATAP” means the Alaska Temporary Assistance Program administered by the department under AS 47.27;

(8) “caretaker relative” means an individual who provides the care and control of a dependent child; a “caretaker relative” does not include a guardian, friend, neighbor, unrelated godparent, second cousin of a dependent child, or an individual who has been given a dependent child to take care of; a caretaker relative must be

(A) a biological or legally adoptive relative of the dependent child to the fifth degree of consanguinity; a biological relative must be of full or half blood; a biological relative may be a caretaker relative even though the legal relationship has been terminated;

(B) a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister of the dependent child; or

(C) the spouse of an individual described in (A) or (B) of this paragraph, even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce;

(9) “child support services agency” means the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue;

(10) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;

(11) “countable income” means the countable income of an assistance unit as determined under 7 AAC 45.470(b);

(12) “department” means the Department of Health;

(13) “dependent child” or “dependent children” means the same as in AS 47.27.900;

(14) “director” means the director of the division of the department that is responsible for administering ATAP under this chapter;

(15) “district office” means the office of the department division that is responsible for administering ATAP under this chapter;

(16) “domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990;

(17) “DVR” means the division of vocational rehabilitation, Department of Labor and Workforce Development;