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Vermont Department for Children and Families Crisis Fuel Assistance Rules Economic Services Division 3101 Definitions

3101 Definitions (06/22/2024, 23-20)

a. The following definitions apply to the terms used in these rules:

1. “Department” means the Economic Services Division of the Vermont Department for Children and Families.

2. “Disabled” means a person who meets one or more of the following criteria:

i. Receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Aged, Blind, or Disabled under Title XVI of the Social Security Act;

ii. Receives disability or blindness payments under Titles I, II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act;

iii. Receives a federally or state-administered SSI supplemental benefit based on disability or blindness;

iv. Receives a federally or state-administered SSI supplemental benefit under § 212(a) of Public Law 93-66;

v. Receives disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a disability considered permanent under § 221(i) of the Social Security Act;

vi. Receives benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 because of a disability considered permanent under Title XVI of the Social Security Act; or

vii. Receives Vermont Medicaid because of a disability considered permanent under Title XVI of the Social Security Act.

3. “Elderly” means a person 60 years of age or older.

4. “Fuel Household” or “Household” shall be interpreted in accordance with 33 V.S.A. § 2601a and means any person or group of people who live together as one economic unit and either:

i. Customarily make purchases in common for home heating fuel; or

ii. Make undesignated payments for home heat in the form of rent.