1. (a) “Real property resources” means resources that are in the form of real estate, including land and buildings.
2. (b) “Recipient” means any individual currently receiving benefits under any of the department’s programs.
3. (c) “Recoupment” means the collection or recovery by the department for the value of assistance erroneously paid to an individual regardless of the cause.
4. (d) “Rental housing” means a home, apartment, or other housing unit, other than HUD 236 housing, regardless of whether it is owner occupied, that an AG rents based on a written or verbal tenant and landlord agreement, and the AG receives no government rental subsidies.
5. (e) “Resident” means an individual who lives in the state voluntarily, pursuant to RSA 21:6.
6. (f) “Resources” means property owned by an individual, and includes both personal and real property resources.
7. (g) “Responsible parent” means a biological parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, or grandparent who, by state law, is liable for the support of a child who receives FANF financial assistance.
8. (h) “Revocable trust” means a trust which can be revoked by the grantor, including trusts that are called irrevocable but which will terminate if some action is taken by the grantor.
9. (i) “Rooming arrangement” for FANF, means the AG has furnished lodging in a rooming house or hotel, a relative's home, or another individual's home, but the AG receives no meals for compensation.
10. (j) “Sanction” means a penalty which might result in the reduction or loss of the FANF assistance payment.
11. (k) “Similar legal device” means any instrument, device, or arrangement which cannot be called a trust under state law, but which exhibits the general characteristics of a trust as defined in He-W 601.08(f), such as escrow accounts, investment accounts, pension funds, annuities, and other similar instruments managed by an individual or entity with fiduciary responsibilities.
12. (l) “Specified relative” means “specified relative” as defined in RSA 167:78, XXIII.
13. (m) “Standard disregard” for adult category assistance means a flat amount which is subtracted from unearned income.
14. (n) “Standard of need” means the amount of income necessary for recipients to have a reasonable level of subsistence for each category of financial assistance in accordance with RSA 167:7.
15. (o) “Stepparent” means an individual who is currently legally married to a child's biological or adoptive parent but has no biological or adoptive parental relationship to the child.
16. (p) “Strike” means a concerted stoppage of work by employees, including reasons due to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.
17. (q) “Student” means an individual who is officially enrolled in and regularly attending, an elementary or secondary school, college, university, or a technical or vocational training program which has the main objective of training individuals for gainful employment.
18. (r) “Sworn statement” means a statement made under oath or affirmation reciting facts which are personally known by the signer, and which are sworn to and notarized by either a notary public or justice of the peace.

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