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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 01/2017

GLOSSARY: PROFESSIONAL...

0002.51

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION MFIP, DWP, GA, GRH : A statement about a person's illness, injury, or incapacity that is signed by a licensed physician, licensed chiropractor, psychological practitioner, or licensed psychologist, qualified by professional training and experience to diagnose and to certify the person's condition. See 0011.39 (Qualified Professionals).

PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT The official annual notification from the County Assessor's office of the ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE of the property, amount of taxes levied, any credits, any special assessments, and the owner and taxpayer of record.

PROPERTY TRANSFER To cause right, title, or interest in REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY to pass from 1 person to another.

PRORATE To divide, distribute, or assess proportionally.

PRORATION An action in which initial BENEFITs are calculated from the date of APPLICATION or the date all eligibility factors are met, whichever is later. See PRORATION TABLE below.

PRORATION TABLE A chart used to calculate PRORATED benefits. See 0022.12.03.03 (Proration Table).

PROSPECTIVE BUDGETING A method of anticipating income and determining benefit levels in which the BUDGET MONTH and PAYMENT MONTH are the same. See 0022.03 (How and When to Use Prospective Budgeting), 0022.03.01 (Prospective Budgeting - Program Provisions), 0022.03.03 (Ineligibility in a Prospective Month - Cash), 0022.03.04 (Ineligibility in a Prospective Month - SNAP) for further information on prospective budgeting. Also see 0002.57 (Glossary: Relative....) for information on retrospective budgeting.

SNAP: A method of anticipating income and determining benefit levels based on the unit’s current AND anticipated income.

PROSPECTIVE ELIGIBILITY Eligibility based on the UNIT'S estimated income and circumstances from the payment month.

PROTECTIVE PAYEE People outside the UNIT who receive the entire assistance BENEFIT on behalf of the unit and are responsible for paying for the basic needs of the unit to the extent of the assistance payment.

PROTECTIVE PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS made to a PROTECTIVE PAYEE.

PROTECTIVE SERVICES Social service programs designed to prevent abuse or neglect and safeguard dependent children and VULNERABLE ADULTS.

PROVIDERS See VENDORS in 0002.71 (Glossary: Two Party...).

PROVISIONS Procedures established for the program policy being discussed.

PRWORA See PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT (PRWORA) in 0002.49 (Glossary: Permanent...).

PUBLIC INSTITUTION A facility that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control.

PUBLIC INTEREST PAROLE (PIP)