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ISSUE DATE 03/2016

GLOSSARY: FSET...

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FSET See FOOD SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (FSET) in 0002.25 (Glossary: First Adult...).

FULL-TIME STUDENT MFIP, DWP, GA : A person who is enrolled in a graded or ungraded primary, intermediate, SECONDARY, GED preparatory, trade, technical, vocational, or POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL, and who meets the school's standard for full-time attendance. Summer vacations and school holidays do not affect the student's full-time status.

SNAP: A person who meets the definition of full-time student as defined by the school the person is attending. Summer vacations and school holidays do not affect the student's full-time status.

FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY GA : Inability to read at or above the 8th grade level.

GA See GENERAL ASSISTANCE (GA) below.

GAMBLING WINNINGS SNAP: Unearned income which is the proceed of a monetary investment, for example: lottery tickets, scratch off tickets, raffle tickets or casino winnings in which money is invested to receive a benefit. See 00017.12.03 (Unearned Income).

GARNISHMENT A legal withholding of a specified sum from wages to satisfy a creditor.

GED See GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) DIPLOMA below.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE (GA) A program providing financial ASSISTANCE and services to people who are unable to provide for themselves.

GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (GED) See GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) DIPLOMA below.

GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) DIPLOMA A diploma issued by the Minnesota Board of Education or a similar certificate or diploma from another state equivalent to a SECONDARY SCHOOL diploma.

GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA (GED) See GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) DIPLOMA above.

GIT GROSS INCOME TEST. An eligibility test based on the gross income limit. See 0019 (Gross Income Test).

GOOD CAUSE The circumstances beyond a person's control which keep the person from following program requirements or specific eligibility conditions.

GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION MFIP, DWP : A situation or circumstance beyond a participant’s control which may allow a sanction or disqualification to be removed retroactively or allow a person to be excused from some ES activities for a certain period of time.

GRANT DIVERSION A program in which an EMPLOYMENT SERVICES provider arranges for the county agency to reimburse an employer for a portion of a client's wages. Reimbursement is from the ASSISTANCE payment that the CLIENT would be eligible for if the client were not employed.

GRANT STANDARD