Haw. Code R. § 17-803.2-2
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Adult" means a person:
"Applicant" means the responsible adult who applies for benefits on behalf of the family unit.
"Automobile" means a four-wheeled personal automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation.
"Department" or "DHS" means the department of human services. State of Hawaii.
"Department's designee" means a service provider contracted by the department to administer and deliver the benefits and services described in this chapter.
"Dependent child" means a child under twenty-five years of age who is in the care of a specified relative.
"Disaster assistance organization" means a state or local government or community-based organization that provides emergency or disaster relief assistance payments to residents who were affected by the emergency wildfire disaster.
"Family member" means a member of the applicant's immediate family unit including any spouse or common-law spouse, and dependent child for whom the applicant is providing care.
"Family unit" means a family that includes adult specified relatives and their dependent children who reside in the same household, or a pregnant woman without a dependent child who is in the third trimester of pregnancy.
"Federal Emergency Management Agency" or "FEMA" means the federal entity whose responsibility is to coordinate community preparedness for potential emergency disaster and respond upon the declaration of an emergency disaster by the U.S. President.
"Fraud" means willfully providing a false statement or misrepresentation of a fact or concealing or withholding facts which results in the receipt of a NRST benefit that would not otherwise result without the false statement or withheld facts, or any action by an individual for the purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility or for increasing or preventing a reduction in benefits.
"Long-term housing" means a housing structure where the family unit will reside for a minimum of twelve months and will be the family unit's primary residence. A housing structure may be an apartment unit, condominium unit, townhouse, mobile home, or single-family house.
"Non-recurring short-term benefits" or "NRST benefits" means benefits:
ongoing needs; and
"Primary residence" means the single residence designated as the family's permanent or long-term home for a minimum period of twelve months.
"School-aged" means a dependent child who attends elementary, middle, or intermediate, secondary school, or post-secondary school such as a college, university, vocational or trade school.
"Specified relative" means an adult who exercises responsibility for the care and control of a dependent child who resides in the same family unit. Persons considered to be specified relatives shall include natural and adoptive parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, and cousins, including persons who are related by marriage such as stepparents, step siblings, step grandparents, step aunts, step uncles, step nieces, step nephews, and step cousins.
"Short-term housing" means a housing structure intended to provide a family temporary living arrangement for less than twelve months. Short-term housing may include but is not limited to a transient accommodation, vacation rental unit, hotel room, and bed and breakfast home.
Haw. Code R. § 17-803.2-2