Haw. Code R. § 17-656.2-2
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Adult" means a person age eighteen or over who is not a dependent child, or if under age eighteen is a minor head-of-household living with the TANF child.
"Aid to families with dependent children" or "AFDC" means the financial assistance program administered by the DHS-BESSD under 42 U.S.C. §601 - 619, and section 346-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Assistance unit" means persons whose needs, income, and assets are considered in determining eligibility for and the amount of financial assistance.
"Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division" or "BESSD" means the benefit, employment and support services division of the department.
"Department" or "DHS" means the department of human services, State of Hawaii.
"Employer" means a non-profit or a for-profit organization that will serve as the source of employment.
"Family member" means a member of the assistance unit, to include members who have been excluded due to receipt of Supplemental Security Income, and any person residing in the home for whom the parent caretaker would meet the definition of specified relative as defined in section 17-656.1, regardless of the age of the person receiving care.
"First-to-Work" or "FTW" means the education, training, employment, and support services programs administered by the department.
"Full-time employment" means gainful employment of thirty hours or more per week.
"Gainful employment" means employment available at the time an individual wants to become employed and pays at least minimum wage.
"Grant +" means the program in which an assistance unit's monthly grant will be diverted to an employer to be issued to the participant as earned income in exchange for employment.
"Grant Diversion" means a non-assistance program that provides intensive work preparation activities for four months to adults in work eligible households or other work eligible households.
"Household" means all members of the assistance unit and excluded standard filing unit members as defined in sections 17-647-12, 17-656.1-15, 17-656.1-16, and 17-656.1-17.
"Non-recipient parent" means a standard filing unit adult as defined in section 17-647-12, who is excluded under section 17-656.1-17.
"Non-work eligible household" means a household in which all the adult members are non-work eligible individuals.
"Non-work eligible individual" or "NWEI" means an adult receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is:
(1) A parent of a household member who also provides care for a disabled family member living in the home, provided that the need for such care is supported by medical documentation. Only one parent in a household may claim this status;
(2) A single custodial parent personally providing care for the parent's child under six months of age for a lifetime limit of twelve months, if the parent caring for the child wishes to claim NWEI status;
(3) A non-needy caretaker; or
(4) A recipient of Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance as defined in 42 U.S.C. §§1381 - 1383.
"Other work eligible household" means a household in which there is no work eligible individual and at least one adult member is an other work eligible individual.
"Other work eligible individual" or "OWEI" means an adult receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is:
(1) Unable to engage in full-time employment as defined by the work participation requirements of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §607, at a job for which he or she is equipped by education, training, or experience, for a period of more than thirty days from the onset of an illness, incapacity, or disability due to a physical or mental impairment or substance abuse, as determined by a licensed physician or psychologist;
(2) A domestic violence victim who meets the criteria established in section 17-656.1-20(a) or (b);
(3) Any other adult in an assistance unit that contains a domestic violence victim who meets the criteria established in section 17-656.1-20(a) or (b); or
(4) An adult sixty-five years of age or older.
"Payment month" means the calendar month for which the department shall issue or provide benefits.
"Primary adult" means the adult with the greatest number of time eligible months.
"Primary residence" means the single residence designated as the child's home.
"Prospective budgeting" means the department's best estimate of the income and circumstances that will exist in a calendar month. In this case the payment and budget month are the same.
"Temporary assistance for needy families" or "TANF" means the financial assistance and non-assistance programs administered by the DHS-BESSD under 42 U.S.C. §601 - 619, and section 346-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Time eligible month" means a month a work eligible household received TANF benefits.
"Unapproved absence" means any absence determined by the employer to be unapproved for all other employees in a similar position.
"Work eligible household" means a household in which at least one member is a work eligible individual.
"Work eligible individual" or "WEI" means an adult receiving assistance under TANF, or a non-recipient parent, who is not an NWEI or an OWEI.
Haw. Code R. § 17-656.2-2