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GLOSSARY

(MRG) FAMILY ASSISTANCE (FA) – FA provides cash assistance to eligible needy families that include a minor child living with a parent(s) or caretaker relative. It is operated under the federal TANF rules. Under FA, eligible adults are limited to receiving benefits for a total of 60 months in their lifetime, including months of TANF- funded assistance granted in other states. Once this limit is reached, the adult and all members of his or her household are ineligible to receive any more FA benefits. FA recipients receive Medicaid under the categorical group Low Income Families (LIF). FA and LIF financial eligibility is generally equivalent. There is no time limit for Medicaid.

FAMILY MEMBER ALLOWANCE (FMA) FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBER - An amount equal to one-third of the amount by which the applicable percent of one- twelfth of the annual federal poverty line for a family of two exceeds the amount of the family member's otherwise available income. (See REFERENCE SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT FAMILY MEMBER ALLOWANCE for the current maximum family allowance per family member.) A family member is a minor child, dependent child, dependent parent or dependent sibling of the institutionalized spouse or community spouse. The family member must be residing with the community spouse and have over 50% of his/her maintenance needs met by the community spouse and/or the institutionalized spouse.

FAMILY PLANNING BENEFIT PROGRAM (FPBP) - The FPBP provides Medicaid reimbursement for family planning services on a fee-for-service basis. Federal financial participation for such services is 90 percent in accordance with Section 1903(a)(5) of the Social Security Act. There is no local cost for services provided under the FPBP.

FAMILY TYPE HOME FOR ADULTS - An adult care facility established and operated for the purpose of providing long-term residential care and personal care, and/or supervision to four or fewer adult persons unrelated to the operator.

FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE (FPLS) – A service operated by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement to help the States locate parents in order to obtain child support payments; also used in cases of parental kidnapping related to custody and visitation determinations; FPLS obtains address and employer information from federal agencies.

FEDERALLY-ASSISTED FOSTER CARE – A program, funded in part by the federal government, under which a child is raised in a household by someone other than his or her own parent.

FINDING – A formal determination by a court, or administrative process that has legal standing.

FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (FAP) – A state program that provides food assistance to some individuals who are ineligible for federal food stamps due to their alien status.