Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
For the purposes of this Subchapter:
(1) Eligible population. Individuals and
families are eligible for housing and home improvement services if they:
(a) have no one able and willing to perform
the service for them; and
(b)
reside within a county where housing and home improvement services are
funded.
(2) Target
population. Services shall be provided to individuals and families based on
need for one or more elements of the housing and home improvement services:
(a) to obtain independent housing, to receive
housing services in order to retain their home, or to return to their home from
other settings;
(b) to secure
security features, to secure minor home repairs and improvements, and to secure
modifications to the home to enhance mobility; and
(c) provision of, or replacement of, basic
furnishings or household appliances that promote independent living.
(3) Priority population. When more
than one eligible individual or family is waiting for housing and home
improvement service, priority shall be given in the following order:
(a) Adults and children for whom the need for
protective services has been substantiated and the service is needed as part of
a protective services plan as referred to in
10A NCAC
71R.0915 and
71R.0915 .0916, or intervention
plan as referred to in
10A NCAC
70A.0107, including all subsequent
amendments.
(b) Adults who are at
risk of abuse, neglect or exploitation, and children who are at risk of abuse,
neglect, or dependency as defined in
10A NCAC
22O.0123, including all subsequent
amendments.
(c) Adults with ADL or
IADL impairments who are at risk of placement in a health care facility as
defined in
G.S.
108A-60.
(d) Children who need the service as part of
a plan of preventive services designed to strengthen the family and preserve
the home for the child, or as part of permanency planning to enable a child to
return home from substitute care.
(e) Adults with three or more ADL or IADL
impairments.
(f) Adults with one or
two ADL or IADL impairments.
Authority
G.S.
143B-153;
Eff. July 1,
2007;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. September 6,
2016.
