Section 470IAC13-1-1. Definitions

   (a) "Adults" means individuals who are age eighteen (18) or older.

  (b) "Applicant" means an individual who makes formal application for or makes a request for social services.

  (c) "Board" means the interdepartmental board for the coordination of human service programs.

  (d) "Children" means individuals who are less than eighteen (18) years of age.

  (e) "Family", for income eligibility purposes, means one (1) or more adults and children, if any, related by blood or law or otherwise living as a family unit and residing in the same household. Where adults, other than spouses, reside together, each is considered a separate family. Emancipated minors and children living under the care of individuals not responsible for that care are considered one-person families.

  (f) "Necessary rates" are rates that are based upon costs which are usual and customary for the provision of the service being performed.

  (g) "Provider" means the social service entity (individual, firm, partnership, corporation, state or local governmental unit, company, or association) under contract to provide social services.

  (h) "Reasonable rates" are rates that are comparable and competitive with the going rate for comparable services in the locality where services are to be provided. If there are no other providers in the geographic area, reasonable and necessary rates are rates that are comparable and competitive on a statewide basis.

  (i) "Recipient" means an eligible applicant who actually receives social services.

  (j) "Social services" means services purchased using Federal Social Services Block Grant Act funds and state and local funds.

  (k) "Social Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 1397)" means payments made to the state pursuant to Title XX of the Social Security Act (Sec. 1397(a)(1)), and within 490 IAC 2 the term is synonymous with the term SSBG Act. (Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 13-1-1; filed Dec 5, 1983, 3:01 pm: 7 IR 348; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Interdepartmental Board for the Coordination of Human Service Programs (490 IAC 2-1-1) to the Division of Family and Children (470 IAC 13-1-1) by P.L.9-1991, SECTION 132, effective July 1, 1992.