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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL
GLOSSARY
of
TERMS
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Adequate Notice (1500)
Adequate notice is a notice of denial, discontinuance, or reduction of assistance which includes a statement of the Department's intended action, the reasons for the intended action, the specific regulations supporting such action, an explanation of the assistance unit's right to request a Fair Hearing to contest the action, and the circumstances under which benefits are continued if the unit requests a Fair Hearing.
Administrative Overpayment (7000)
An administrative overpayment is an overpayment caused by the Department's incorrect action or failure to act within the appropriate time limits.
Adoptive Sibling (2000)
An adoptive sibling is a brother or sister related through adoption.
Allotment (6500)
An allotment is the dollar amount representing the total value of coupons an assistance unit is authorized to receive during a month or other specified period.
Amortization (7500)
Amortization is the process of paying off a loan by installment payments.
Annuity (4000)
An annuity is income which a person receives either annually or at regular intervals on an investment. An annuity is also an asset, that is, the investment which produces the income.
Anticipated Income (5000)
Anticipated income is that income which is expected to exist during a projected period of eligibility.
Applicant (1500)
Applicant means the individual or individuals for whom assistance is requested.
Application (1500)
Application is written indication on a form prescribed by the Department of the desire to obtain assistance.
Application Process (1500)
The application process is all activity related to the exploration, investigation and disposition of an application beginning with the filing of an assistance request and ending with disposition of the application.
Applied Income (5000)
Applied income is that portion of the assistance unit's countable income that remains after all deductions and disregards are subtracted.
Assessment of Spousal Assets (1500) (4000)
An Assessment of Spousal Assets is a determination of the total value of all non-exclued available assets owned by both MCCA spouses which is done upon the request of an institutionalized spouse or a community spouse and is used to calculate the Community Spouse Protected Amount.
Asset (4000)
An asset is cash or any item of value which a person can use or legally convert to cash for support and maintenance.
Asset Limit (4000)
The asset limit is the maximum amount of equity in counted assets which an assistance unit may have and still be eligible for a particular program administered by the Department.
Assignment (3500) (4000) (7500)
An assignment is the act of transferring one's equitable interest in an asset or a claim to another person or to an organization.
The assistance unit consists of one or more individuals who apply for or receive assistance together under one of the Department's programs.
Assistance Unit (2000) (4000)
The assistance unit consists of one or more individuals who apply for or receive assistance together under one of the Department's programs.
Authorization to Participate (ATP) (6500)
An ATP is a FS document which is issued by the Department to an assistance unit that shows the allotment the assistance unit is authorized to received upon presentation of such document to a coupon issuer.
Authorized Representative (1500)
An authorized representative is an adult, over the age of eighteen, who has written authorization to act on the behalf of an assistance unit of which he or she is not currently a member, and who would otherwise not be eligible to act without such authorization.
Available Asset (4000)
An available asset is an asset which someone owns and can readily convert to cash.
Available Income (5000)
Available income is all income from which the assistance unit is considered to benefit, either through actual receipt or by having the income deemed to exist for its benefit.
- B - Basic Needs (4500)
Basic needs are needs which are recognized by the Department as predictable, recurrent, and common to all individuals within a particular assistance program category.
Beginning Date of Assistance (1500)
Beginning Date of Assistance is the earliest date on which an assistance unit or a member of an assistance unit is entitled to the benefits of the program.
Beneficiary (4000)
A beneficiary is a person who is entitled to receive funds, property, or other benefits from an insurance policy, will, trust, or other settlement.
Benefit Expiration Date (6500)
The benefit expiration date is the last day of the period of intended use of a check, medical identification document (MID) or food stamp authorization to participate (ATP).
Boarder (2000)
A boarder is an individual who pays a stipulated sum to others for lodging and meals.
Boarder (8000)
For the purposes of the CEAP, boarders are people to whom food as well as shelter is furnished by the homeowner with whom they live.
Budget Month (6000)
A budget month is the calendar month from which income is used to calculate benefits.
Burial Fund (4000)
A burial fund is a revocable burial contract - that is, a fund held by a licensed funeral director to be used for funeral and burial expenses, but which can be released prior to death by mutual agreement.
Burial Plot (4000)
A burial plot is a grave site, crypt, mausoleum, urn, or any other repository traditionally used for the remains of a deceased person.
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Calendar Quarter (2500)
Calendar quarter is a period of three consecutive calendar months ending March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.
Calendar Year (4500)
A period of twelve consecutive months beginning with January 1 and ending December 31.
Calculation of Benefits (6000)
Calculation of benefits is the process in which the amount of program benefits due to an assistance unit is determined by comparing the amount of the unit's applied income to the amount of the unit's total needs or an income limit.
Case Management Agency (8000)
A case management agency is the resettlement agency which has the exclusive responsibility for administering an employment and training program for a refugee.
Case Management Plan (8000)
A case management plan provides an individualized program of training for a refugee preliminary to employment, with the goal of developing economic and social self-sufficiency in the refugee.
Case Record (1000)
A case record is any collection of personal data which is collected, maintained or disseminated by the Department.
Cash Assistance Group (8000)
A cash assistance group is the group of people who receive cash assistance from the Department under a single case number.
Cash Payment (6500)
A cash payment is a monetary benefit issued to or on behalf of an assistance unit in check form.
Cash Surrender Value (4000)
The cash surrender value of a life insurance policy is the amount of equity which the owner has in the policy, and represents the amount the owner can borrow against the policy.
Catastrophic Event (4500)
A catastrophic event is a natural or other disaster over which the individual or family has no control, and which renders the individual's or family's residence uninhabitable, as determined by local or state officials or by the Department.
Categorical Eligibility Requirement (2500)
Categorical eligibility requirement is a program characteristic which in effect sets one program apart from another and which must be met by the individual or group in order to qualify for such program.
Cause of Action (7500)
A cause of action is a claim against an estate, a pending lawsuit, a personal injury action, or a wrongful death action.
Certification of Eligibility (1500)
Certification is the formal authorization to participate in a particular assistance program.
Certification Period (1500)
A certification period is the interval of time within which an assistance unit is eligible to receive benefits from a particular assistance program.
Certified Assistance Unit (6500)
A certified assistance unit is an assistance unit that has been determined eligible to receive benefits from the Department. Certification may be for a current or past period of time.
Commercial Housing (4500)
Commercial Housing is any residential building, other than an apartment building, which contains at least three rental units.
Community Action Agency (CAA) (8000)
A Community Action Agency, operated under the direction of DHR, is the agency which is responsible for processing CEAP applications for households not eligible to receive CEAP through the Department of Income Maintenance.
Community Based Services (8000)
Social services which are prescribed in a plan of care for the purpose of allowing an otherwise institutionalized individual the alternative of remaining in the community.
Community Spouse (1500) (3500) (4000) (5000)
A community spouse is an individual who resides in the community, who does not receive home and community based services under a Medicaid waiver, who is married to an individual who resides in a medical facility or long term care facility or who receives home and community based services (CBS) under a Medicaid waiver.
Community Spouse Disregard (CSD) (1500)
A community spouse disregard is the amount of the institutionalized spouse's available non-excluded assets which is excluded in determining the institutionalized spouse's eligibility for Medicaid.
Community Spouse Protected Amount (CSPA) (1500) (4000)
A community spouse protected amount is the amount of the total available non-excluded assets owned by both MCCA spouses which is protected for the community spouse and is not counted in determining the institutionalized spouse's eligibility for Medicaid.
Compensation (3000)
Compensation is all money, notes, real or personal property, food, shelter, or services received in exchange for something of value.
Continuous Period of Institutionalization (1500) (4000) (5000)
A continuous period of institutionalization is a period of 30 or more consecutive days of residence in a medical institution or long term care facility, or receipt of home and community based services (CBS) under a Medicaid waiver.
Coordination, Assessment and Monitoring (CAM) Agency (8000)
The agency licensed and regulated by the Department of Health Services, which is responsible for the client assessment, development of a plan of care, and coordinating and monitoring the services provided to individuals participating in the PAS program.
Corrective Payment (4000) (6500) (7000)
A corrective payment is assistance which the Department provides to or on behalf of an assistance unit as an adjustment for an underpayment of cash, medical, or Food Stamp benefits, or refunds owed to the assistance unit.
Counted Asset (4000)
A counted asset is an asset which is not excluded and either available or deemed available to the assistance unit.
Counted Income (5000)
Counted income is that income which remains after excluded income is subtracted from the total of available income.
Coupon (6500)
In relation to the FS program, a coupon is a food stamp document which can be used to purchase eligible foods.
Coupon Issuer (6500)
A coupon issuer is any office of the Department or agent that has the responsibility of issuing coupons to individuals that redeem an ATP.
Crisis (8000)
For the purpose of the CEAP Program, a crisis is defined as:
1. being out of deliverable fuel or within one week of being out of a deliverable fuel; or
2. having a shutoff notice for utility service or a past due bill which is more than thirty (30) days old, for services provided after October 31, 1987, and before April 15, 1988.
- D - Date of Application (1500)
The date of application is the date a formal written request for assistance is filed with the Department in accordance with the rules established for the program for which application is made.
Date of Authorization (1500)
The date of authorization is the date the Department makes a case action decision, as opposed to the effective date of the action.
Date of Issuance (1500)
The date of issuance is the actual mailing date of a benefit, notice or other item of correspondence, or the date the item becomes available for in-office pickup.
Decedent Estate (7500)
A decedent estate is the assets and liabilities which a deceased person has at the time of his or her death.
Deductions (5000)
Deductions are those amounts which are subtracted as adjustments to counted income and which represents expenses paid by the assistance unit.
Deemed Asset (4000)
A deemed asset is an asset owned by someone who is not a member of the assistance unit but which is considered available to the unit.
Deemed Income (5000)
Deemed income is that portion of income belonging to someone who is not a member of assistance unit which is considered available to the unit.
Deemor (4000) (5000)
A deemor is a person from whom income or assets are deemed available to the assistance unit.
Deliverable Fuel (8000)
A deliverable fuel is oil, coal, wood, propane gas, or kerosene.
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Department of Mental Health (DMH) Sanctioned Supervised Apartment (4500)
A Department of Mental Health (DMH) sanctioned supervised apartment is a DMH approved residence, owned, leased or co-leased by a private mental health agency which provides on-site services.
Dependent Child (2500)
A dependent child is a child who is deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity or unemployment of a parent.
Deprivation of Parental Support or Care (2500)
Deprivation of parental support or care is the state of being without financial support or day-to-day care and guidance from one parent because that parent died, is continually absent from the home, is incapacitated or is unemployed.
Digital Imaging
Digital Imaging is a biometric identification system that uses scanned graphical information for evaluation and identification purposes.
Disabled Person - Food Stamp Program (5000)
A disabled person, in the context used by the Food Stamp program, means a person who meets any of the following conditions:
1. receives or is certified to receive SSI (Title XVI) benefits or disability or blindness payments under Titles I, II, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act; or
2. receives assistance through the AABD program; or
3. receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under Section 221(i) of the Social Security Act; or
4. is a veteran with a service-connected disability, which under Title 38 of the United States Codes is:
a. rated or paid as a total disability; or
b. considered to necessitate regular aid and attendance; or
c. severe enough to permanently preclude self-support; or
Disabled Person - Food Stamp Program (5000) (continued)
5. is a disabled surviving spouse or child of a veteran and considered to be in need of aid and attendance, permanently housebound, or permanently incapable of self-support; or
6. is a veteran's surviving spouse or child who is considered permanently disabled under Section 221(i) of the Social Security Act and receiving or authorized to receive:
a. compensation for a service connected death; or
b. pension benefits for a non-service connected death; or
7. receives an annuity payment under Section 2(a)(1)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be eligible for Medicare by the Railroad Retirement Board; or
8. receives annuity payment under Section 2(a)(i)(v) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and is determined to be disabled based upon the criteria used for SSI; or
9. receives a Federal or State benefit payment under 212 (a) of Public Law 93-66.
Disclosure (1000)
Disclosure is the availability or release of a record about an individual to another party.
Disregards (5000)
Disregards are those amounts which are subtracted as standard adjustments to countable income and which do not represent expenses paid by the assistance unit.
Diverted Income (5000)
Diverted income is that portion of income belonging to a member of the assistance unit which is considered available to meet the needs of someone who is not a member of the assistance unit.
Documentation (1500)
Documentation is the act of recording a fact, circumstance or condition through the use of a supporting reference, annotation or the inclusion of documentary evidence.
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Earned Income (5000)
Earned Income is income which the assistance unit receives in exchange for the performance of duties or through self-employment and may be in the form of wages, salary, benefits, or proceeds from self-employment.
Elderly Person - Food Stamp Program (5000)
An elderly person, in the context used by the Food Stamp program, means a person who is sixty or more years of age.
Electronic Data Processing Cutoff Date (6500)
The electronic data processing (EDP) cutoff date is the last day within any month by which an action can be entered into an automated computer system in order to effect a change in the next issuance cycle.
Eligibility Process (1500)
The eligibility process is all activity related to the application process, interim activity, redetermination and Fair Hearings.
Emancipation (3500)
Emancipation is the act of releasing a minor child from the jurisdiction of his or her parents.
Emergency Housing (4500)
Emergency Housing is housing which serves as a temporary shelter until permanent housing is secured, including, but not limited to, commercial lodging, shelters for the homeless and shelters for victims of domestic violence. Emergency housing shall not include temporary residence with a friend or a relative.
Emergency Medical Condition (3000)
A medical condition is considered an emergency when it is of such severity that the absence of immediate medical attention could result in placing the patient's health in serious jeopardy. This includes labor and delivery, and emergencies related to pregnancy.
Employment Lockout (3000)
Employment lockout is when a place of employment is physically closed by an employer due to a labor dispute, or an employer says there is no work until a labor dispute is terminated, or an employer makes work available under less favorable terms or conditions after the labor contract expires, provided the bargaining agent has notified the employer that employees are willing to work under terms and conditions existing under the expiring contract.
Encumbrance (4000)
Encumbrance is a legal claim against an asset which a person must pay off in order to convert the asset to cash.
Ending Date of Assistance (1500)
Ending date of assistance is the last day on which the assistance unit or a member of an assistance unit is entitled to the benefits of the program.
Entrant (8000)
An entrant is:
1. any individual granted parole status as a Cuban or Haitian entrant or granted any other special status for nationals of Cuba or Haiti, regardless of the status of the individual at the time assistance or services are provided; or
2. any other national of Cuba or Haiti who:
a. was paroled into the United States and has not acquired any other status; and
b. is the subject of exclusion or deportation proceedings under INS regulations; or
c. has an application for asylum pending with INS; or
3. any other national of Cuba or Haiti who with respect to whom a final, nonappealable and legally enforceable order of deportation or exclusion has not been entered.
Equitable Interest (4000)
Equitable interest is the amount of equity which the legal owner has in an asset.
Equity Value (4000)
Equity value is fair market value minus encumbrances.
Essential (4500)
Essential means necessary to the health and well-being of individuals or to the attainment of self-sufficiency as determined by the Department.
Essential Household Item (4000)
An essential household item is furniture, furnishings, and equipment found in or about a house which is used in connection with the operation, maintenance, and occupancy of the home, as well as an item used in the functions and activities of home and family life or for comfort and accommodation.
Excluded Asset (4000)
An excluded asset is an asset which is not counted by the Department in determining the assistance unit's eligibility for assistance.
Excluded Income (5000)
Excluded income is income which is available from certain specified sources and is not counted in determining eligibility and level of benefits.
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Face Value (4000)
The face value of a life insurance policy is the basic amount of insurance purchased on the insured's life, as listed on the policy.
Fair Market Value (3000) (4000)
Fair Market value is the amount at which an asset can be sold on the open market in the geographic area involved at the time of the sale or the amount actually obtained as a result of bona fide efforts to gain the highest possible price.
Family Plan for Self-sufficiency
The family plan for self-sufficiency contains the employment goal for the Job Connection participant, describes the support services to be provided by the Department, describes the activities to be undertaken by the participant to achieve the employment goal, and describes any other needs of the family that might be met by the Job Connection.
Fiduciary Duty (3000)
Fiduciary duty is the duty of a person who stands in a special relationship of trust, confidence, or responsibility in his obligation to others.
Flowage Easement (8000)
Flowage easement means an area where the landowner has given the right to overflow, flood or submerge the land to the goverment or other entity for a public purpose.
Foreseeable Needs (3000)
Foreseeable needs are the needs of a person as they would be anticipated to exist by a reasonable prudent individual for the immediately-forthcoming 24-month period.
Foster Child (2000)
A foster child is one not necessarily related through legal or blood ties for whom parental care and nurturing is provided apart from the child's natural family.
Fuel (4500)
Fuel is electricity, natural gas, petroleum, petroleum products, coal and coal products or wood.
Full-time Employment (5000)
Full-time employment means that the income being counted from a particular calendar month resulted from at least 130 hours of employment.
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Grant for Acquisition or Construction Purposes (8000)
Grant for acquisition or construction purposes is a grant to an individual or family for flood related damage for the purpose of repairing, replacing, or rebuilding the insurable portions of a home, and/or to purchase or repair insurable contents.
Grant Reduction Recoupment (7000)
Grant reduction recoupment is a method of recoupment in which the Department reduces the assistance unit's monthly assistance grant or Food Stamp allotment.
Gross Earned Income (5000)
Gross Earned Income is the total amount of counted earned income before deductions or disregards are subtracted from it. When earnings are from self-employment, the gross amount is the difference between self-employment income and self-employment expenses.
Gross Unearned Income (5000)
Gross unearned income is the total amount of counted unearned income before disregards are subtracted from it.
Group Living Arrangement (3000)
A group living arrangement is a public or private nonprofit residential setting for no more than 16 residents which is certified under section 1616 (e) of the Social Security Act.
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Half-sibling (2000)
A half-sibling is a brother or sister related through only one parent.
Health Screen (8000)
A health screen is a profile of the applicant's health and daily needs, compiled by a health professional, used to assess the need for a long term care placement.
Home Property (4000)
Home property is:
1. real property which someone owns and is using as principal residence; and
2. life use which is the right of a person to occupy and/or enjoy the income proceeds of real property during the person's life time in accordance with the terms of a legal agreement.
Household (2000)
Household is used to designate all of the individuals who are living together in one dwelling unit.
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Immigrant (3000)
An immigrant is an non-citizen or North American Indian born in Canada who is lawfully admitted into the United States for the express purpose of maintaining permanent residence.
Inaccessible Asset (4000)
An inaccessible asset is an asset which someone owns but, for some reason beyond his or her control, cannot readily convert to cash.
Inaccessible Income (5000)
Inaccessible income is money which an assistance unit member is due but neither receives nor benefits from due to circumstances beyond his or her control.
Income-In-Kind (5000)
Income-in-kind is the value of goods, commodities, or services which are provided to the assistance unit or to a third party in behalf of the assistance unit in lieu of cash.
Independent Community Living (4500)
Independent community living is any type of living arrangement which is not a licensed room and board facility or medical or penal institution.
Installment Recoupment (7000)
Installment recoupment is a method of recoupment in which the assistance unit makes monthly installments to the Department in the form of cash or Food Stamps.
Institution (3000)
An institution is an establishment that furnishes food, shelter and some treatment or services to four or more persons unrelated to the proprietor.
Institution for Mentally Retarded (3000)
An institution for mentally retarded is an institution that is primarily for diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation for the mentally retarded or persons with other developmental disabilities in a protected residential setting.
Institution of Higher Education (3000)
An institution of higher education is an educational institution at post-high school level which is accredited by the Department of Higher Education as either a training and technical institution or as a degree-granting institution.
Institutionalized Spouse (3500) (5000)
An institutionalized spouse is a spouse who resides in a medical facility or long term care facility, or who receives home and community based services (CBS) under a Medicaid waiver, and who is legally married to someone who does not reside in such facilities or who does not receive such services.
Intentional Recipient Error (7000)
An intentional recipient error is an intentionally incorrect oral or written statement made by the assistance unit regarding circumstances affecting eligibility or the amount of benefits. An intentional recipient error is also the intentional failure by the assistance unit to report timely the receipt of income or assets, or other changes in circumstances affecting eligibility or the amount of benefits.
Interim Activity (1500)
Interim activity is any action or activity other than application, redetermination or Fair Hearing.
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) (3000)
An intermediate care facility (ICF) is a medical institution which provides health-related services not available outside of an institution to individuals who do not require hospital care or a skilled nursing facility.
Intermittent Income (5000)
Intermittent income is income which is received at recurrent intervals longer than one month.
Intervenor (1500)
An intervenor is person who participates in a Fair Hearing on a limited basis in the interest of justice.
Irrevocable Burial Fund (4000)
An irrevocable burial fund is a fund held by a licensed funeral director as a result of a contractual arrangement to be released only upon the death of a recipient, but which can be transferred to another funeral director.
Irrevocable Trust (4000)
An irrevocable trust is a trust which the settlor is unable to dissolve.
Issuance Cycle (6500)
An issuance cycle is the standard interval at which benefits for current ongoing needs are issued to eligible assistance units.
Issuance Date (6500)
The issuance date is the day of a month that a benefit, notice or other item is mailed or made available for pickup in a DIM office.
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Job Connection Agreement
The agreement signed by the Job Connection participant and the Job Connection case manager describing the participant's obligations under the program.
Joint Custody (2500)
Joint custody is the awarding of legal custody of a child by the Court to both parents subsequent to separation or divorce. Joint custody provides for joint decision making by both parents but does not provide for joint physical custody in all cases.
Joint Physical Custody (2500)
Joint physical custody is the awarding of legal custody of a child by the court to both parents subsequent to separation or divorce and provides that the child reside with each parent in such a manner as to assure the child of continuing physical contact with each parent.
Joint Processing (1500)
Joint processing is the simultaneous processing of a PA and FS assistance request that has been filed concurrently.
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Lawfully Residing (7500)
Lawfully residing is actually residing at a certain address and publicly affirming this address as one's residence to local Post Office, Voters' Registration Office, Immigration Office, or other governmental agencies.
Legal Owner (4000)
The legal owner of an asset is the person who is legally entitled to enjoy the benefit and use of the asset.
Legally-Enforceable Agreement (3000)
A legally-enforceable agreement is a binding and credible arrangement, either oral or written, wherein two or more parties agree to an arrangement in consideration of the receipt of money, property, or services and in which all parties can be reasonably expected to fulfill their parts of the agreement.
Legally Liable Relatives (3500)
Legally liable relatives are those who have an obligation to support a spouse of a minor child as required by law.
Licensed Boarding Facility (4500)
A licensed boarding facility is a community group home, training home, family care home, private boarding home or other residential facility licensed by the State Department of Mental Retardation, Department of Children and Youth Services, Department of Mental Health, Department of Health or other state agency, which at a minimum provides lodging and meals to various groups of elderly, blind or disabled individuals.
Lien (7500)
A lien is a legal claim against property as security for a debt.
Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) (3000) (4000) (7500)
A long term care facility is a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or other medical institution, where the applicant is required, as a condition of receiving services in such institution under the state medical assistance plan, to spend for costs of medical care all but a minimal amount of any existing income for personal needs.
Lump-sum Recoupment (7000)
Lump-sum recoupment is a method of recoupment in which the assistance unit makes a lump-sum payment to the Department in cash or Food Stamps.
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Maintenance Payments from Title IV-E (2000)
Maintenance payments from Title IV-E are funds administered by DCYS available to individuals for room and board and other services given for qualified foster children or adopted children.
Mass Change (1500)
A mass change is one which affects all or a portion of the caseload which shares similar circumstances.
MCCA Spouses (1500) (4000)
MCCA spouses are spouses who are members of a married couple one of whom becomes an institutionalized spouse on or after September 30, 1989, and the other spouse becomes a community spouse.
Meals on Wheels (4500)
Meals on wheels is a community sponsored program designed to provide nutritious and well-balanced meals to individuals living in the community.
Mental Disease Facility (3000)
A mental disease facility is a hospital, nursing facility or other institution of more than 16 beds, primarily for the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons with mental diseases, not including mental retardation.
Migrant Farm Worker (6000)
A migrant farm worker is a worker whose primary livelihood is derived from farm labor.
Migrant or Seasonal Farm Worker Assistance Unit (1500)
A migrant or seasonal farm worker assistance unit is an assistance unit whose primary livelihood is derived from farm labor.
Minor (3500)
A minor is an individual who is under the age of 18.
Month of Loss of Income (6000)
The month of loss of income is the month in which the last payment of non-public assistance income from a particular source is received by the assistance unit.
Mortgage (7500)
A mortgage is a temporary and conditional pledge of property to a creditor as security against a debt.
Motor Vehicle (4000)
A motor vehicle is a passenger car or other vehicle which a person owns for the purpose of providing transportation of individuals or goods.
Mutilated Benefits (6500)
A mutilated benefit is a check, medical identification document (MID), authorization to participate (ATP) or coupons that has been improperly manufactured or damaged in an event other than a disaster to such an extent that is cannot be used.
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Naturalization (3000)
Naturalization is the granting of full United States citizenship and the rights and responsibilities thereof.
Needs (4500)
Needs are essential items recognized by the Department to be required for the daily living, health and well-being of individuals for which the Department has determined a specific monetary value.
Needs Budget (4500)
The needs budget is the itemized summary of basic and special need standards of the State Supplement Programs.
Needs Group (4000) (4500) (5500)
Needs group is the group of persons comprising the assistance unit and certain other persons whose basic needs are added to the total needs of the assistance unit members when determining the income eligibility of the assistance unit.
Net Earned Income (5000)
Net earned income is that portion of the gross earned income which remains after deductions are subtracted from the gross earned income amount.
Net Unearned Income (5000)
Net unearned income is the amount of gross unearned income which remains after disregards are subtracted from the total gross unearned income.
New Horizons (4500)
New Horizons is a nonprofit, nonsectarian corporation which provides independent community living arrangements and related services to severely physically disabled adults. Basic housing is provided in the form of independent apartment units with separate metering of heating fuel and utility costs, and is designed to accommodate family groups.
Non-Citizen (3000)
An non-citizen is a person born outside of the United States who is a subject or citizen of a foreign country and is not a citizen of the United States.
Non-Essential Household Item (4000)
A nonessential household item is a household item which a person or family has acquired as an investment to be sold for a profit at a later date.
Non-Home Property (4000)
Non-home property is real property which a person owns but is not using as principal residence.
Notice (1500)
A notice is a written statement which the Department mails to the assistance unit to inform the unit that the Department has taken or intends to take a specific action in the unit's case.
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Overpayment (7000)
An overpayment is the amount of financial or medical assistance paid to or on behalf of the assistance unit, or the amount of the Food Stamp allotment issued to an assistance unit, in excess of the amount to which the unit is properly entitled.
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Parent (2500)
Parent is a mother or father, natural or adoptive.
Part-time Employment (5000)
Part-time employment means fewer than 130 hours were spent in the performance of the duties for which the total earned income received in a calendar month is paid.
Party to a Hearing Requested by Another (1500)
A party to a hearing requested by another is a person who is allowed to participate in a hearing requested by another person on an issue of mutual interest.
Payment Month (6000)
Payment month is the calendar month for which eligibility is determined and for which benefits are issued.
Permanent Housing (4500)
Permanent housing is housing which is intended to be a residence for the foreseeable future.
Personal Data (1000)
Personal data is any information about an assistance unit's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships, reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a particular unit.
Personal Effects (4000)
Personal effects are clothing, jewelry, or items used for personal care or individual education.
Personal Property (4000)
Personal property is an asset in the form of temporary or movable property as opposed to real property.
Plan of Care (8000)
A plan of care is a written individualized plan of community services, prepared by a CAM agency, which specifies the type and frequency of all services required to maintain the individual in the community, the service providers, and the cost of services regardless of whether or not there is an actual charge for the service.
Port of Entry (8000)
The port of entry is the place in which the individual first arrives in Connecticut.
Post-Eligibility Treatment of Income (6000)
Post-eligibility treatment of income is the method used to calculate the extent of liability for medical expenses for residents of long term care facilities or for those receiving home and community-based services.
Prerelease Applicant
A prerelease applicant is an individual who is currently ineligible for Food Stamps due to institutional status, but who has applied jointly for Food Stamps and SSI in anticipation of being released from the institution.
Primary Heat Source (4500) (8000)
A primary heat source is the type of fuel which supplies the main method of heating a residence.
Primary Language (1000)
Primary language is the language normally used by an individual to conduct day-to-day affairs and includes the language spoken at home or the language used to conduct essential functions outside the home such as shopping, working and worshipping.
Primary Verification (1500)
Primary verification is an inquiry to verify non-citizen status using direct access into the INS data base in accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Principal (7500)
Principal is the amount of money owed as a debt, upon which interest is calculated.
Principal Wage Earner (2500)
Principal wage earner is whichever parent, in a two parent family, earned the greater amount of income in the 24-month period the last month of which immediately precedes the month in which application is made.
Principal Wage Earner (FS) (3000)
A principal wage earner is whichever individual in a Food Stamp assistance unit earned the most money during the period of time used in respect to voluntary quit provisions.
Private Fuel Supplier (4500)
A private fuel supplier is a privately operated business or corporation engaged in the retail sale and delivery of fuel.
Prospective Calculation Method (6000)
Prospective calculation method is a method of calculating financial benefits in which the budget month and the payment month are the same calendar month.
Prospective Determination of Eligibility (5500)
Prospective determination of eligibility means that income eligibility is determined for a particular month by comparing the income to the needs that exist in that same month for which eligibility is being determined.
Protective Payee (6500)
A protective payee is an individual designated by the Department to receive and discharge cash benefits on behalf of an assistance unit in which he or she is neither a member nor a guardian or caretaker relative. Protective Payment (6500)
A protective payment is a type of restricted payment that is issued on behalf of an assistance unit to a protective payee who is interested in or concerned with the welfare of the assistance unit.
Public Assistance (1500)
Public Assistance (PA) means any of the following programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD), and Medical Assistance (MA).
Public Housing (4500)
Public Housing is an apartment building or complex which is not privately developed, where the apartment unit rather than the tenant is subsidized by a state, federal, or municipal housing program.
Public Institution (3000)
A public institution is an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.
Public Service Company (4500)
A public service company is a public utility company which is not a private fuel supplier or municipal corporation, and is enjoined by state law from refusing to provide utility service to a residential customer based on the inability of the customer to pay a security deposit.
Putative Father (3500)
A putative father is a man named as the father by the mother of a child for whom paternity has not been legally established.
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Rated Housing Facility (4500)
A rated housing facility is a licensed boarding facility, New Horizons or other living arrangement for which the Department has regulatory authority to establish rate standards for the housing cost charged to assistance units that are residents of the housing unit.
Record Owner (4000)
The record owner of an asset is the person who has apparent ownership interest as shown on a title, registration, or other documentation.
Recoupment (7000)
Recoupment is a process by which the Department recovers an overpayment from the assistance unit.
Recovery (7500)
Recovery is the process by which the Department collects certain income or assets of an individual who either received benefits from the Department, or who was legally liable for the support of a person when that person was receiving benefits from the Department.
Redetermination Process (1500)
The redetermination process is all activity related to the reevaluation of a recipient's eligibility, and the recertification of a food stamp assistance unit.
Real Property (4000)
Real property is an asset in the form of real estate - that is, land and buildings.
Refugee (8000)
A refugee is any person designated as a refugee by the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), who because of presecution or a well-founded fear of persecution is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality. Repatriation (8000)
Repatriation is the process by which United States citizens or their dependents are returned to the United States from a foreign country.
Request for a Fair Hearing (1500)
A request for a Fair Hearing is a clear statement by the assistance unit or the unit's authorized representative which indicates that the unit disagrees with a Departmental action or non-action, and wishes to have its case reviewed by an independent authority.
Resettlement Agency (8000)
A resettlement agency is a public or private nonprofit agency which has developed a comprehensive program to assist refugees with social, educational and employment services.
Restricted Payment (6500)
A restricted payment is a third party payment issued on behalf of an assistance unit to a vendor or to a protective payee.
Retrospective Budgeting System (6000)
Retrospective Budgeting System is a system of calculating financial benefits in which both the prospective and retrospective calculation methods are used.
Retrospective Calculation Method (6000)
Retrospective calculation method is a method of calculating benefits in which the payment month follows the budget month.
Revocable Trust (4000)
A revocable trust is a trust which the settlor reserves the right to dissolve when he or she desires.
Roomer (2000)
A roomer is an individual who is provided lodging, but not meals, by a household.
Roomer (8000)
For purposes of the CEAP, a roomer is an individual who lives with a home-owning assistance unit and pays rent with heat-but not meals-included to that unit.
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Scheduled Payment (6500)
A scheduled payment is a cash, medical or food stamp assistance payment that is issued on a recurring basis at monthly or semi-monthly intervals, and which contains benefits for current on-going needs.
Second Trimester of Pregnancy
The second trimester of pregnancy is a period of time beginning with the first day of the sixth calendar month prior to the expected month of delivery and ending the day preceding the first day of the third trimester.
Secondary Heat Source (8000)
A secondary heat source is the fuel or utility used by a device designed primarily for heating, which is used to supplement the primary heat source.
1.Devices designed primarily for heating include, but are not limited to, electric space heaters, kerosene heaters, wood stoves, coal stoves, gas and gas stoves and quartz heaters.
2.Devices designed primarily for heating do not include the electric motor for oil furnances, the pilot for gas furnaces, thermostats and cooking ovens.
Secondary School (8000)
A secondary school is:
1. grades seven through twelve in a public or private school which has been approved by the state board of education, and/or accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency so recognized by the United States Department of Education; or
2. regular instruction at home, in a grade equivalent to any of the customary grades seven through twelve, by a teacher or parent whose qualification have been approved by the state board of education where incapacity of the child to attend a secondary school has been established on the basis of a physician's report; or
3. customary grades seven through twelve or their equivalent in a special school in Connecticut provided for the blind, deaf, or handicapped; or
4. customary grades seven through twelve or their equivalent in a special school or institution recommended by responsible individuals or agencies because the child is emotionally disturbed to such an extent that his progress in the customary school setting is seriously retarded.
Secondary Verification
Secondary verification is a written request to verify non-citizen status with INS, in addition to or in lieu of primary verification, in accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Section 8 Subsidy (4500)
A Section 8 Subsidy is a federally assisted housing program established by the US Housing Act of 1937, which subsidizes the rent payments of individuals, or the operating costs of apartment buildings or complexes.
Secured Note (3000)
A secured note is a written acknowledgment of a debt for which repayment is guaranteed through the assignment of collateral.
Security Mortgage (7500)
A security mortgage is a mortgage in which property is used as security against a debt which has not yet been incurred.
Self-employment Expenses (5000)
Self-employment expenses are non-personal business expenses directly related to producing goods or services and incurred in the budget month.
Self-employment Income (5000)
Self-employment income means the total amount of income derived from a self-employment enterprise before self-employment expenses are deducted.
Self-initiated Activity
A self-initiated activity is one that the assistance unit member is engaged in at the time he or she becomes a participant in the Job Connection Program.
Settlor (4000)
The settlor is the person who establishes a trust.
Short Term Placement (8000)
A short term placement means a maximum stay of ninety (90) days for rehabilitative and/or recuperative care, in a long term care facility, which is expected to result in the individual's return to the community.
Skilled Nursing Facility (3000)
A skilled nursing facility is an institution which provides daily inpatient medical services ordered by and provided under the direction of a physician and 24 hour nursing services.
Special Needs (4500)
Special needs are needs other than basic needs which are recognized by the Department as essential to the health and well-being of a particular assistance unit. Special needs may be recurrent or nonrecurrent.
Spend-Down (1500)
Spend-down is the process by which income exceeds an MA assistance unit's Medically Needy Income Limit (MNIL) is offset by incurred medical expenses.
Sponsor (5000)
A sponsor is an individual who executed an affidavit of support or similar agreement on behalf of an non-citizen, other than the non-citizen's parent or spouse, as a condition of the non-citizen's entry into the United States.
Spousal Share (1500) (4000)
A spousal share is one-half of the total value of assets which result from the assessment of spousal assets.
SSI Assistance Unit (1500)
A SSI assistance unit is an assistance unit which is composed entirely of individuals who are either applicant or recipients of SSI.
Standard of Assistance (4500)
A standard of assistance is a rate established by the Department for a particular item of need or consolidated group of need items.
Status (2500)
1619(a)
1619(a) Status is a term used by the Social Security Administration to describe an individual who is determined eligible for SSI on the basis of a disability, and retains SSI eligibility despite performing substantial gainful activity.
1619(b)
1619(b) Status is a term used by the Social Security Administration to describe an individual who is under age 65, is determined eligible for SSI on the basis of blindness or disability, and subsequently becomes ineligible for SSI because of income.
Strike (3000)
A strike includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.
Substantial Gainful Activity (2500)
Substantial gainful activity means significant and productive physical or mental duties performed for pay or profit regularly and on a predictable basis.
Supplemental Payment (6500)
A supplemental payment is a cash, medical or food stamp assistance payment which is issued apart from an assistance unit's regularly scheduled assistance payment on an as needed basis.
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Term Insurance (4000)
Term insurance is a form of life insurance having no cash surrender value and furnishing coverage for only a specified period of time.
Third Trimester of Pregnancy (2500)
The third trimester of pregnancy is a period of time beginning with the first day of the third calendar month prior to the expected month of delivery and ending upon the date of actual delivery.
Thrifty Food Plan (4500)
The Thrifty Food Plan is the table of maximum coupon benefits of the Food Stamp program. It represents the minimum expenditure for food that is required to meet the basic monthly nutritional needs of assistance units of equal size.
Timely Notice (1500)
Timely notice is notice of discontinuance or reduction of assistance which the Department mails to the assistance unit at least 10 days before the Department's intended action becomes effective.
Transferee (3000)
A transferee is an individual to whom ownership of an asset is conveyed by another individual.
Transfer of an Asset (3000)
A transfer of an asset is the conveyance of beneficial ownership from one person to another, or disposal of an asset in some other way so as to end its beneficial ownership by the transferor.
Transferor (3000)
A transferor is an individual of any age who conveys the ownership of an asset to another individual.
Trust (4000)
A trust is an oral or written agreement in which someone (the trustee) holds the legal title to an asset for the benefit of another person (the beneficiary).
Tuberculosis Facility (3000)
A tuberculosis facility is an institution primarily for the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons with tuberculosis.
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Uncompensated Value (3000)
Uncompensated value is the difference between the fair market value of an asset and the compensation received.
Underpayment (7000)
An underpayment is a financial or medical assistance payment or Food Stamp issuance to which the assistance unit is entitled, but which the Department did not make to or on behalf of the unit.
Undue Influence (3000)
Undue influence is causing another party through misrepresentation, deceit, fraud, or any other improper means to do something that would otherwise not be done.
Unearned Income (5000)
Unearned income is income which does not constitute compensation for work or services performed or business conducted and includes returns from capital investments when the individual is not actively involved in the production of the income.
Utility (8000)
A utility is electric or gas service provided by a utility company under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utility Control, or by any municipal utility.
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Vendor (6500)
A vendor is an individual, corporation or other organization that provides goods, services or other items in exchange for compensation.
Vendor Payment (6500)
A vendor payment is a type of restricted payment issued on behalf of an assistance unit to a third party vendor.
Verification (1500)
Verification is the act of confirming a fact, circumstance or condition through direct evidence or other reliable documentation or collateral contact.
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Windfall (5000)
A windfall is a type of lump sum which is not earned, does not occur on a regular basis, and does not represent accumulated monthly income received in a lump sum.
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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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