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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 12/2018

GLOSSARY: ASSISTANCE STANDARD...

0002.05

ASSISTANCE STANDARD An amount set under Minnesota Statutes to provide for an ASSISTANCE UNIT's shelter, food, fuel, clothing, utilities, household supplies, and personal expenses. See 0020 (Net Income Limits).

MFIP : Also see TRANSITIONAL STANDARD in 0002.67 (Glossary: Thrifty...), FAMILY WAGE LEVEL in 0002.23 (Glossary: Fair Hearing...).

ASSISTANCE UNIT A group of people receiving or applying for BENEFITs together.

ASYLEE See 0011.03.18 (Non-Citizens - People Fleeing Persecution).

ASYLUM See 0011.03.18 (Non-Citizens - People Fleeing Persecution).

ATM (AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE) An electronic banking device used by some units to get their assistance benefits.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE A person authorized in writing by the UNIT or CLIENT to act on their behalf. An authorized representative may exercise all the rights and responsibilities of a client. See 0005.06 (Authorized Representatives).

AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE An electronic banking device used by some units to get their assistance benefits.

AVAILABILITY Used in reference to income or ASSETS. A client's degree of access to income due them or assets they own.

AVAILABLE See AVAILABILITY above.

BALLOON PAYMENT A final payment, much larger than previous ones, on a mortgage or CONTRACT FOR DEED agreement.

BANKED MONTHS MFIP : Months credited during the initial 60 months of MFIP eligibility, which can potentially be used after the 60-month time limit is reached to extend eligibility. Banked months are accrued when a caregiver meets the conditions for special medical criteria. See 0011.36 (Special Medical Criteria).

BANKRUPTCY A legal proceeding in federal court where a person or company owing money seeks protection from creditors.

BASIC NEEDS MFIP, GA : The minimum personal requirements of subsistence, restricted to: shelter, utilities, food, clothing, and other items the loss or lack of which is determined by the county agency to pose a direct, immediate threat to the physical health or safety of the applicant or participant.

BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY An identifying characteristic of a category of people specified as potentially eligible for an ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. People without 1 of the specified characteristics are ineligible.

BATTERED NON-CITIZEN A NON-CITIZEN who is the spouse or child of a United States citizen or LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT (LPR) and who has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty in the United States by a family member residing in the same household. The battered status must be determined by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Battered non-citizens may petition for adjustment of status to LPR on their own behalf. A person with an approved or pending petition on that basis would be