South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 19 - STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD
Article 2 - INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Subarticle 2 - SOUTH CAROLINA 211 NETWORK PROVIDER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 19-211 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. "Board" means the South Carolina State Budget and Control Board, Division of the State Chief Information Officer.
B. "Board 211 Certification Process" means the application of criteria established by the Board for certification of a 211 provider in the South Carolina 211 Network.
C. "211" means a three digit dialing code assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be used for community information and referral purposes.
D. "South Carolina 211 Network" means the system of 211 providers certified by the Board that provide 211 services in the state.
E. "South Carolina 211 Network Provider" means an information and referral organization whose primary purpose is to maintain information about human service resources in the community, supply descriptive information about the agencies or organizations that offer services, and assist consumers in accessing appropriate providers.
F. "Alliance of Information and Referral Systems" or "AIRS" means a non profit, as defined by Section 501(c) (3) of the federal tax code, professional membership organization for information and referral providers.
G. "Alliance of Information and Referral Systems accreditation" or "AIRS accreditation" means a process by which the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems determines whether information and referral programs are in compliance with the standards set forth in the current edition of the Standards for Professional Information and Referral.
H. "Alliance of Information and Referral Systems certification" or "AIRS certification" means the awarding of professional credentials to individuals who successfully complete the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems certification program.
I. "AIRS/INFO LINE Taxonomy of Human Services" means the national standardized service classification system used to facilitate retrieval of community resource information, increase the reliability of planning data, make evaluation processes consistent and reliable, and facilitate national comparisons of data.
J. "Candidate" means an organization that requests to be certified by the Board to become a South Carolina 211 Network Provider in the South Carolina 211 Network.
K. "Client information" means any information that can be used to identify a specific individual to whom services are being provided.
L. "Donation management" means assisting individuals or agencies to make financial or in kind contributions to community organizations.
M. "Volunteer Management" means assisting individuals or organizations to provide volunteer services to the community.
N. "Information and Referral Services" mean programs whose primary purpose is to maintain information about human service resources in the community, to link people who need assistance with appropriate service providers, and to supply descriptive information about the agencies or organizations that offer services.
O. "Provisional certification" means the temporary certification granted by the Board to a South Carolina 211 Network Provider that loses AIRS accreditation.
P. "Standards for Professional Information and Referral" means the current edition of the document published by the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems that defines the national standards for information and referral programs and systems.
