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Glossary of Terms
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Face Value, Life
Insurance Policy
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The basic death benefit of a life insurance policy, excluding the dividend additions or additional amounts payable because of an accidental death or other special condition. |
Fair Hearing
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A review by the Office of Fair Hearings of case circumstances that is conducted at the request of the applicant/recipient. |
Fair Market Value
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The monetary value for which an item can be expected to sell on the open market. |
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Financially
Responsible Relative
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A relative living in the home of the applicant/recipient who is legally responsible for the financial support of one or more members of assistance unit. |
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Food Stamp
Employment &
Training (FSET)
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An employment and training program for non-exempt food stamps participants.
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Food Stamp (FS)
Program
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The program which provides monthly benefits to low-income households usable only to purchase food needed to maintain adequate nutrition. |
Fraud
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The deliberate act of misrepresenting circumstances for the purpose of obtaining Medical Assistance benefits, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, GC and Food Stamp benefits. A finding of fraud can only be made by a court and is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
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| Full-Time Student |
A minor is considered a full time student when enrolled in:
- A public school or a licensed private school and the program calls for at least 20 hours of classroom vocational training per week.
- A junior college, or university and is carrying at least eight semester or quarter hours.
- A training program which is designed to prepare the student for gainful employment, issues a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of the program, and calls for attendance of at least 20 hours per week.
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General Assistance
for Children Program
(GC)
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Provides direct financial support to children living in households that do not include a parent or caretaker relative. |
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Good Cause
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Valid reasons for non-compliance with program requirements. Individuals who have good cause for failing to meet a program requirement are not subject to penalties or sanctions for failing to meet those requirements.
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Grievance
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An applicant/recipients dissatisfaction with an action taken by the Department. |
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Gross Income
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Total countable earned and unearned income before any deductions are taken to reduce the amount of income considered in certain eligibility determinations.
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| Gross Income Test (GIT) |
An eligibility test based on gross income. |
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Head of TANF
Assistance Unit
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A person who is the head of a TANF assistance unit is:
- The adult parent of a minor child, if both are part of the same single-parent assistance unit.
- The parent who is the principal wage-earner or the nonincapacitated parent in a two-parent assistance unit, if that parent is an adult parent of a minor child and the parent and child are part of the same assistance unit. If both parents are incapacitated the group chooses a head.
- A caretaker relative residing with and caring for a minor child.
- A minor parent of a minor child if both are part of the same assistance unit and there are no adults in the unit.
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Head of Food
Stamp Household
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A person who all adult household members agree should be the head of household. |
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Clear expression by the claimant or his/her legal counsel (or in the case of Food Stamps, his/her authorized representative) that indicates that s/he disagrees with a case action taken by the Department and wishes to have a hearing to determine whether the agency was in error. |
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Incapacity, Physical
or Mental
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A physical or mental disability, illness, or impairment of such a debilitating nature as to reduce substantially or eliminate a parent's ability to support a dependant child. An incapacity does not have to be permanent. |
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The money received by an individual for labor or services currently rendered or from property, trusts, operations, or benefits.
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Income Disregard
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An amount of income which is excluded when determining net income.
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Food, clothing, shelter, or any item other than cash provided to one or more members of the assistance unit by someone who is not a member of the assistance unit. In-kind income can be earned or unearned.
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Income Maintenance
Administration
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The local agency which oversees eligibility determinations and processing for Medical Assistance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, General Assistance for Children, and/or Food Stamps. |
Individual
Responsibility Plan
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A contract which a TANF recipient must sign which outlines the recipient's plan for preparing for, finding and retaining employment. |
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In the Food Stamp program, a person is considered a resident of an institution when it provides him/her with the majority of his/her meals (over 50% of three daily meals) as part of the institution's normal services.
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IV-D Agency |
The entity responsible for establishing paternity, establishing child support orders, and enforcing those orders. In the District of Columbia, the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) is the IV-D Agency. 'IV-D' refers to a particular section of the Social Security Act. |
| Job Club/Search |
An activity to which non-exempt TANF applicants are referred for the purpose of searching for work. The Job Club/Search for applicants is operated by the IMA's Office of Work Opportunity. TANF applicants/recipients may also participate in Job Club/Search as a countable activity to meet the requirements of the TANF work program. |
Lawfully Present
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Immigrants who have authorization to be in the United States from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. |
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Lawfully Residing
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Immigrants who have authorization to be in the country from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and who are not in the country on a temporary basis (such as a student or tourist).
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Legally Responsible Relatives
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In Medicaid, spouses living together are legally responsible for each other and parents are legally responsible for children in their care (and who live with them) who are under age 21. The income of legally responsible adults is always considered in some way when determining Medicaid eligibility.
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Resources in the form of cash or other financial instruments which are convertible to cash. |
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Long Term Care
Assistance Unit
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An assistance unit consisting of an individual residing in or entering a long-term care facility, or a couple when both spouses are residing in or entering the same long-term care facility. |
Long Term Care
Facilities
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Licensed skilled nursing facilities (SNF), skilled nursing units (SNU), intermediate care facilities (ICF), intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICF-MR) and psychiatric institutions. |
Lump Sum Payment
or Settlement |
A monetary payment received at one time which will not be repeated on a regular basis. |
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