Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.06.01 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Section 16.06.01.013 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS S THROUGH Z

01. SSI (Supplemental Security Income). Income maintenance grants for eligible persons who are aged, blind, or disabled. These grants are provided under Title VI of the Social Security Act and are administered by the Social Security Administration and local Social Security Offices.

02. Safety Assessment. A process and standardized tool for contact between a family services worker and a family to objectively determine if safety threats, or immediate service needs exist that require further Child and Family Services response.

03. Safety Plan. Plan developed by the Department and a family that assures the immediate safety of a child who has been determined to be conditionally safe or unsafe.

04. Sibling. One (1) of two (2) or more persons who shares the same biological or adoptive mother or father, or both. Siblings may be full-siblings or half-siblings. Siblings include those children who would be considered a sibling if not for the disruption in parental rights due to termination of parental rights or the death of a parent.

05. State-Funded Guardianship Assistance. Benefits described in Subsection 702.04 and Section 704 of these rules provided to a legal guardian for the support of a child who meets the eligibility criteria.

06. TAFI. Temporary Assistance to Families in Idaho.

07. Title IV-E. Title under the Social Security Act that provides funding for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance payments for certain eligible children.

08. Title IV-E Foster Care. Child care provided in lieu of parental care in a foster home, children's agency, or institution eligible to receive Aid to Dependent Children under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

09. Title XIX (Medicaid). Title under the Social Security Act that provides "Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs."

10. Title XXI. (Children's Health Insurance Program). Title under the Social Security Act that provides access to health care for uninsured children under the age of nineteen (19).

11. Tribal Court. A court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings including a Court of Indian Offenses, a court established and operated under the code or custom of an Indian tribe, or any other administrative body of a tribe vested with authority over child custody proceedings.

12. Unmarried Parents' Services. Services aimed at achieving or maintaining self-reliance or self-support for unmarried parents. These services include counseling for any unmarried parents who need such service in relation to their plans for their children and arranging for and paying for prenatal and confinement care for the well-being of the parent and infant. Services for unmarried parents are provided in accordance with Section 56-204A, Idaho Code.

13. Voluntary Services Agreement. A written and executed agreement between the Department and parents or legal guardians regarding the goal, areas of concern, desired results, and task responsibility, including payment.