1. (a) “Basic maintenance needs allowance (BMNA)” means, for FANF financial assistance, the dollar amount that is included in the standard of need for monthly basic needs, excluding shelter costs.
2. (b) “Beneficiary” means any individual or individuals, designated in a trust instrument as benefiting in some way from the trust.
3. (c) “Boarding arrangement” for the FANF program means that the AG makes, at a minimum, one fixed payment for lodging and meals or makes one payment for lodging and another for meals, regardless of whether the AG lives in a relative's home or another person's home.
4. (d) “Burial plot” means a conventional gravesite, crypt, mausoleum, urn, or other repository which is customarily and traditionally used for the remains of a deceased person.
5. (e) “Caretaker relative” means an individual who is not the parent, but is the specified relative of the children in an AG.
6. (f) “Case” means the group of programs associated with a particular casehead, including financial assistance, medical assistance, child care, or the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), or any combination of the above.
7. (g) “Casehead” means the individual under whose name the case is listed.
8. (h) “Case income” means the combined countable income of all AG members.
9. (i) “Category of assistance” means the types of financial assistance offered by the department, such as FANF, OAA, ANB, or APTD.
10. (j) “Child” means a biological, adoptive, or step-dependent.
11. (k) “Citizen” means an individual born in the U.S. or born overseas to a parent born in the U.S., or an individual who becomes a citizen through the naturalization process.

12. (l) “Community residence” means a:

    1. (1) Residential facility which:

       1. a. Provides housing on a 24-hour basis to individuals with a mental illness or developmental impairment; and
       2. b. Receives funds or applies to receive funds from the department, community mental health programs, or area agencies; or
    2. (2) Residential facility which houses individuals with a mental illness or developmental impairment who receive or might be eligible to receive the monthly allowance for shared homes and community living home residents, established pursuant to RSA 126-A:19.
13. (m) “Corrective payment” means the payment of money to a recipient who received less than the recipient was entitled to receive as determined by the department, including determinations by the department's administrative appeals officer.
14. (n) “Countable income” means available income less excluded income and adjustments for determining the gross amount.
15. (o) “Countable resources” means real or personal property which is considered in determining eligibility.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at Chapter Heading He-W 600); ss by #10399, eff 10-21-13; ss by #13836, eff 12-28-23