Words used in this chapter mean:

1. (1) "Dependent living arrangement," a situation where the assistance unit resides in a household owned or rented by an individual who is neither a member of the assistance unit nor a caretaker relative who is receiving supplemental security income or where a member of the assistance unit has a landlord-tenant agreement but is not expected to contribute monetarily toward rent;
2. (2) "Homeowner's expenses," costs associated with residing in a home owned by the assistance unit or a caretaker relative who is receiving supplemental security income, including the mortgage payment, heat, electricity, water, real estate taxes, insurance, trailer parking fees, and general maintenance;
3. (3) "Independent living arrangement," a situation where a member of the assistance unit or a caretaker relative who is receiving supplemental security income has a landlord-tenant agreement and contributes or expects to contribute monetarily toward rent, or where a member of the assistance unit or a caretaker relative who is receiving supplemental security income has homeowner's expenses;
4. (4) "In-kind," the lodging expenses provided on behalf of the assistance unit at no cost to the assistance unit;
5. (5) "Landlord-tenant agreement," an agreement between a landlord and a tenant who do not reside in the same household in which the landlord gives the tenant temporary possession and use of real property for a specified sum of money and the tenant agrees to return the property to the landlord at a future time;
6. (6) "Lodging expenses," costs associated with residing in a home not owned by the assistance unit or a caretaker relative who is receiving supplemental security income;
7. (7) "Need standard," the amount recognized by the department as meeting an assistance unit's basic living needs and, if applicable, dependent care costs pursuant to § 67:12:15:02;
8. (8) "Payment month for retrospective budgeting," the calendar month for which the aid to families with dependent children payment is made. The payment month for retrospective budgeting immediately follows the retrospective budget month;
9. (9) "Rental subsidy," the difference between the amount the tenant pays for rent and the amount the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Farmers Home Administration determines to be the rent or operating costs for a particular rental unit; and

10. (10) "Retrospective budget month," the fifteenth day of a month to the fourteenth day of the following month.

    Budget methods for OAA, AB, APTD, and AABD -- Definitions, 45 C.F.R. § 233.21(b).

Source: 12 SDR 204, effective July 1, 1986; 15 SDR 67, effective November 6, 1988 ; 52 SDR 55, effective December 2, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 28- 6-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 28- 6-1 .

Prior versions effective: 1988-11-06.