Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Hawaii Public Housing Authority
Chapter 2026 - HOMELESS PROGRAMS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-2026-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter:
"Administrative costs" means costs for general management, oversight, coordination, evaluation, and reporting of contracted Services.
"AIDS" means acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome.
"Applicant" means a family or individual who applies for participation in any program for the homeless under this chapter.
"Application" means the form used by a provider agency to obtain applicant Information to determine whether an applicant is eligible to participate in any of the programs under this chapter.
"At-risk homeless" means families or individuals who are in jeopardy of becoming homeless within the next forty-five days or are being discharged within forty-five days from institutions, not including prisons or jails, in which they have been residents for more than thirty consecutive days; and
(1) No subsequent residences have been identified; and
(2) They lack the resources and support networks needed to obtain access to housing.
"Client costs" means costs directly benefiting a participant, through subsidy or purchase of Services or supplies, which the participant receives directly.
"Corporation" means the housing and Community development corporation of Hawaii.
"Emergency shelter" means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available Services to homeless families or individuals for up to six weeks. Emergency shelters are characterized by their short-term, walk-in nature, with the option for participants to enter into a case plan upon entry and Community living quarters.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the corporation or the executive director's designated representative.
"Facility Operator" means an Organization managing or operating a homeless facility pursuant to the stipend program and may include the corporation or a provider agency.
"Family" means:
(1) Two or more persons who live or intend to live together as a unit, one of whom is a dependent, under nineteen years of age, related by blood, marriage, or Operation of law, including foster children and hanai children; or
(2) A person who is pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child or children.
"Grant program" means the State homeless emergency loans and grants program.
"Hanai child" means a person, under nineteen years of age, for whom an applicant has provided food, nourishment, and support and who is known as the applicant's child among friends, relatives, and the Community.
"House rules" means rules which provide for the internal management of a homeless facility and which participants are required to follow.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Intake" means the form used by provider agencies to obtain participant Information to coordinate or deliver effective supportive Services, including but not limited to demographic Information.
"Operating costs" means non -personnel costs directly related to the Operation and maintenance of a homeless facility or project under the State homeless programs and to the purchase of contracted Services.
"Outreach program" means the State homeless outreach program.
"Participant" means a family or individual that is determined eligible for and receives shelter or Services in any program for the homeless under this chapter.
"Personnel costs" means the costs incurred for Operations or social Services personnel in the Provision of contracted Services and includes salaries and wages, payroll taxes, and fringe benefits.
"Program" refers to any one of the State homeless programs.
"Program agreement" means all written agreements or documents which establish or modify the terms, conditions, rules, regulations, or any other provisions concerning the occupancy and participation at a homeless facility.
"Program assistance" means any emergency loan or grant authorized under the grant program.
"Program fees" means the consideration charged by facility Operators to participants in payment for shelter and Services at a homeless facility and may be considered rent for the purposes of welfare benefits.
"Sheltered homeless" means families or individuals
who:
(1) Lack a fixed, regular, and adequate. night-time residence; and
(2) Have a primary night-time residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations or that is an Institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized and not to include prisons or jails.
"Social Services agreement" means the agreement signed between a provider agency and a participant which outlines specific terms and conditions the participant must satisfy in order to continue participation in the program.
"Special needs" refers to the homeless population that have particular needs, including but not limited to substance abusers, persons with mental illness, persons with HIV/AIDS, the elderly, the physically challenged, and runaway/throwaway youth.
"Stipend program" means the State homeless shelter stipend program.
"Supportive Services" means Services that are designed to address the needs of a participant, including but not limited to, case management, job training, housing search assistance and counseling, educational classes, life skills training, child care, transportation, and substance abuse counseling.
"Transitional shelter" means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available social Services to homeless families or individuals for up to twenty-four months.
"Unsheltered homeless" means families or individuals who have a primary night-time residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including beaches, parks, automobiles, and streets.
