- A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
- (1) “Client” means a recipient of the program services.
- (2) “Department” means the Department of Human Services.
- (3) “Family unit” means an individual or one or more adults and children living together as a family.
- (4) “Homeless family unit” means a resident or residents of Maryland without housing and lacking resources to provide housing.
(5) “Housing crisis” means a situation involving a family unit that is:
- (a) Threatened with the immediate loss of housing or other shelter;
- (b) Without resources to prevent an impending eviction; or
- (c) Otherwise at risk of becoming homeless.
- (6) “Local administering agency (LAA)” means the agency designated by the Department or local government to manage the program in a particular subdivision, and to provide a service directly or by contract with the service provider.
- (7) “Resident” means an individual who at the time of application is physically present in the State and has no immediate plans to leave Maryland for residence in another state.
- (8) “Service provider” means a local agency that is nonprofit, public or private, that contracts with the Department or a local administering agency to provide services under the program.
Authority: Human Services Article, §§6-417—6-427, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: December 2, 1985 (12:24 Md. R. 2346)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 07.02.21 to 07.06.09 and Regulations .01, .02, .04, .10, and .11 amended effective November 28, 1988 (15:24 Md. R. 2768)
Chapter revised effective January 31, 1994 (21:2 Md. R. 97)
Regulations .01—.16 repealed and new Regulations .01—.09 adopted effective March 27, 1995 (22:6 Md. R. 473)
Regulation .06B amended effective April 9, 2007 (34:7 Md. R. 697)
Regulation .08A amended effective August 5, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1141)
Regulation .08B amended effective January 15, 1996 (23:1 Md. R. 23)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 07.06.09 to COMAR 07.01.19 effective June, 2009