1. (a) “Date of application” means the date on which a signed application for assistance is received by the department.
2. (b) “Deemed income” means income which is considered available for use regardless of actual receipt.
3. (c) “Deemed resources” means that real and personal property which is considered to be available to an AG whether or not the property is owned by a member of the AG.
4. (d) “Deep subsidy” means any federally assisted housing, rental subsidy program in which the tenant pays only a certain percentage of household income, or, for FANF recipients, pays an amount equal to the maximum FANF shelter allowance towards the fair market rent of the housing unit.
5. (e) “Department” means the NH department of health and human services (DHHS).
6. (f) “Dependent child” means “dependent child” as defined in RSA 167:78, VI, namely “a child under the age of 18, or under the age of 20 if a full-time student in a secondary school or the equivalent, living in the home of a specified relative.”
7. (g) “Deprivation” means the interruption or termination of one or both parent's function as a provider of maintenance, physical care, and guidance for the child due to death, continued absence, or physical or mental incapacity.
8. (h) “Desk review” means verification of a reported or discovered change in an eligibility factor or case circumstance and the resultant adjustments to case eligibility or benefits, if any.
9. (i) “Disregard” means an amount subtracted from an individual or total combined AG income and is not counted in the determination of eligibility or the amount of assistance.
10. (j) “Documentary evidence” means written supportive information which authenticates and confirms that certain conditions or circumstances upon which good cause is predicated do, in fact, exist.
11. (k) “Earned income” means a monetary source or in-kind benefit received as payment for work performed either as an employee, through the receipt of wages, salaries, tips, or commissions, or as a self-employed individual.
12. (l) “Earned income disregard (EID)” means an amount which is computed and subtracted from earned income.
13. (m) “Earned income-in-kind” means compensation received for work performed in place of or as a supplement to wages, salary, commissions, profit or payment in cash, or otherwise received as the result of work performed, either employed by another or self-employed.
14. (n) “Electronic benefit transfer (EBT)” means the method of issuing financial assistance benefits to an account, which is accessed by an individual with a debit card.
15. (o) “Electronic benefit transfer cash account” means the EBT account established by the department into which funds are deposited for the purpose of providing assistance payments to individuals eligible for any of the department’s financial assistance programs.
16. (p) “Electronic funds transfer (EFT)” means the method of issuing financial assistance benefits as a direct deposit into the individual’s personal bank account.
17. (q) “Employment expense disregard (EED)” means an amount subtracted from earned income which represents a flat monthly amount or actual expenses which are reasonably attributable to the earning of income.
18. (r) “Employment-related disregard” means the EED, the child or dependent care disregard, and the EID.
19. (s) “Employment requirements” means the work, training, and education requisites under NHEP.
20. (t) “Equity value” means the current redemption rate or fair market value of a resource, less any financial claims against the resource.
21. (u) “Excluded income” means specific types of income which are not counted in the determination of eligibility or the amount of assistance.
22. (v) “Excluded resources” means real or personal property which is not counted 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