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needs, resources, and income count when determining eligibility for the non- assistance. This may include the minor child(ren), custodial parent(s), relative caretaker(s), non-custodial parent(s) or other household member. 7. Family or household member: Spouses, former spouses, non-cohabitating partners, persons related by blood or marriage, persons presently residing together as if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who have a child in common, regardless of whether they have been married or resided together at any time. 8. Homeless: An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is: A supervised publicly or privately-operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill; An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. 9. Minor child: A child under 18 years of age, or under 19 years of age if the child is a full-time student in a secondary school or at the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, and does not include anyone who is married or divorced. 10. Participant: An individual who has applied for and receives Temporary Cash Assistance, or for non-assistance TANF programs, a participant is a person determined eligible and enrolled based on the TANF purpose served. 11. Public assistance: Benefits paid based on the Temporary Cash Assistance, food assistance, Medicaid, or optional state supplementation programs. 12. Relative caretaker or caretaker relative: An adult who assumed the primary responsibility of caring for a child and is related to the child by blood or marriage. 13. Support Services and one-time payments or services/non-assistance: When used in reference to individuals not receiving Temporary Cash Assistance, these are both non-recurring, short-term benefits designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need and other services. • Work subsidies • Supportive services such as childcare and transportation • Services such as counseling, case management, peer support, and childcare information and referral • Transitional services, job retention, job advancement, and other employment-related services • Non-medical treatment for substance abuse or mental health problems; teen pregnancy prevention; two-parent family support, including non- custodial parent program(s) services • Court-ordered supervised visitation, responsible fatherhood services, and • Any other services that are reasonably calculated to further the purposes of the TANF program. Such terms do not include assistance defined in federal regulations at 45 CFR § 260.31(a). 14. Temporary Cash Assistance: Cash assistance provided under the state program certified under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, as amended.