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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 06/2017

GLOSSARY: LEARNING...

0002.37

GA: A geographic area no more than 2 hours round trip from a person's home in which the person must search for SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT.

LOCAL RESETTLEMENT AGENCY Local resettlement agencies are responsible, under contract with the U.S. Department of State, for providing refugees with resettlement services, including initial housing, food, clothing and case management upon arrival in the United States. Local resettlement agencies also administer the provisions of RCA in a public private partnership with DHS. See 0030.01 (Local Resettlement Agencies).

LONG TERM CARE FACILITY (LTCF) A place such as a skilled nursing facility (SNF), intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD), medical hospital, MA-covered bed in a psychiatric in-patient hospital or a SNF that is also an Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD), where a person resides or is expected to reside for 30 days or longer. Group Residential Housing (GRH) and assisted living facilities are not long-term care facilities. See the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual.

LONG TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENT A person living in a LONG TERM CARE FACILITY.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) A program that helps low income people pay heating costs, resolve heating related emergency crises, and reduce home energy consumption through conservation and weatherization activities.

LPR See LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT (LPR) in 0002.35 (Glossary: Inventory...).

LTCF See LONG TERM CARE FACILITY above.

LTR See LAWFUL TEMPORARY RESIDENT in 0002.35 (Glossary: Inventory...).