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UPDATED: JANUARY 2012
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GLOSSARY
(MRG) HOME RELIEF (HR) – Home Relief is the pre-welfare reform state and locally funded cash assistance program. It provided benefits to eligible needy single and childless couples. This program was replaced by the Safety Net Assistance program.
HOMELESS - Any individual or family that is undomiciled, has no permanent address, has no regular nighttime residence, resides in a place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, resides in a homeless shelter, resides in a residential program for victims of domestic violence, or resides in a hotel/motel on a temporary basis.
HOMELESS HOUSING AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (HHAP) - The HHAP provides capital grants and loans to not-for-profit corporations, charitable and religious organizations, municipalities and public corporations to acquire, construct or rehabilitate housing for persons who are not domiciled and are unable to secure adequate housing without special assistance.
HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION PROGRAM (HIP) - The intent of the Homeless Intervention Program is to allow more flexibility in the provision of services previously provided through the Homeless Rehousing Assistance Program (HRAP) and the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP). HIP issues grants to eligible local social services districts and/or not-for-profit corporations that provide services to single individuals and/or families who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
HOSPICE – A coordinated and supportive program for terminally ill persons and their families. care focuses on easing symptoms rather than treating disease. The patient and his or her family receive physical, psychological, social and spiritual support and care. Hospice may be provided in the community, in a nursing home, in a hospital or in a Hospice Residence Program.
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) - The purpose of the HOPWA program is to provide strategies for meeting the housing and support services needs of low-income persons with AIDS and HIV-related diseases.
IMMEDIATE WAGE WITHHOLDING - Automatic deductions from income which start as soon as the agreement or order for support is established (see wage withholding).
IMMIGRANT - The term “immigrant” means any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
INCOME – “Income” has the same meaning given to such term in Section 1612 of the Social Security Act, and includes both earned and unearned income, with certain exceptions, as defined in such section.
INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (ITIN) – The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number received from the Internal Revenue Service and is not considered an equivalent to an SSN.