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Client Special Services Coordinator (CSSC)

A SCDSS employee who secures interpreter services and other services to assist limited English proficient (LEP) or special needs individuals.

Collateral Contact

An oral confirmation of a TANF BG's circumstances by a person outside of the BG.

Commercial Boarding Home A licensed/unlicensed establishment offering meals and lodging.

Common-Law Marriage

An agreement between two people free to marry who represent themselves to the community as a married couple. Common-law marriage was abolished in South Carolina on July 24, 2019 and is not a valid relationship for TANF purposes.

Community Service Program (CSP)

A structured program and embedded activities in which TANF recipients perform work for the direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or nonprofit organizations.

Conciliation

A process involving the Case Manager (CM) and participant prior to implementing TANF Work Program related sanctions.

Confidential Information Information that the Agency must protect against unauthorized disclosure.

Core Work Activity

An activity in which a client must participate for a minimum of 20 hours weekly prior to any additional assignments so that the participant’s total hours of participation can be counted in the federal participation rate calculation.

Custodial Parent (CP)

The parent with whom a dependent child lives and who provides maintenance, physical care and guidance to the child.

Date of Entry The date a non-citizen enters the United States (U.S.)

Deed to Child

A document recording the transfer of custody of a child; it is not an adoption and does not establish relationship.

Delinquent Claim A claim in which the responsible party has not agreed to repayment or has agreed to repayment but has not made restitution as agreed.

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Client Special Services Coordinator (CSSC)

A SCDSS employee who secures interpreter services and other services to assist limited English proficient (LEP) or special needs individuals.

Collateral Contact

An oral confirmation of a TANF BG's circumstances by a person outside of the BG.

Commercial Boarding Home A licensed/unlicensed establishment offering meals and lodging.

Common-Law Marriage

Community Service Program (CSP)

A structured program and embedded activities in which TANF recipients perform work for the direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or nonprofit organizations.

Conciliation

A process involving the Case Manager (CM) and participant prior to implementing TANF Work Program related sanctions.

Confidential Information Information that the Agency must protect against unauthorized disclosure.

Core Work Activity

Custodial Parent (CP)

The parent with whom a dependent child lives and who provides maintenance, physical care and guidance to the child.

Date of Entry The date a non-citizen enters the United States (U.S.)

Deed to Child

A document recording the transfer of custody of a child; it is not an adoption and does not establish relationship.

Delinquent Claim A claim in which the responsible party has not agreed to repayment or has agreed to repayment but has not made restitution as agreed.