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1-3 (s) “Child support” is voluntary, including military allotments, or court ordered payments made by an absent parent for the purpose of meeting the needs of his/her child(ren). (t) “Child Support Program (CSP)” is a legal entity charged with maintaining a child support enforcement program at the judicial district level. (u) “Commingled” is a financial account in which countable and exempt funds are mixed together. (v) “Date of eligibility” is the day benefits are required to begin. This is the date of the child care application, the first day the child received care or the date the approved employment or educational component or work activity began, whichever is later. (w) “Death benefit” is the benefit received as a result of another’s death. Death benefits include: (i) Proceeds of life insurance policies received due to the death of the insured; (ii) Lump sum death benefits from SSA, RR burial benefits, VA benefits; (iii) Inheritance in cash or in-kind; or (iv) Cash or in-kind gifts given by relatives, friends, or community to assist with death related expenses. (x) “Department of Family Services (DFS)” is the Wyoming department responsible for the provision of child care purchase of services. DFS-FO is a department field office. DFS-SO is the department state office. (y) “Developmentally Delayed (DD)” is a child who is experiencing developmental delays in one or more of the following areas: (i) Cognitive development; (ii) Physical development including hearing and vision, language and speech development; (iii) Psychosocial development; or (iv) Self-help skills. (z) “Disaster beyond control of the assistance unit” means earthquake, fire, flood, tornado, robbery, or furnace breakdown and/or broken water pipes in the home when owned by a person in the assistance unit.