Montana Title 53. Social Services and Institutions § 53-4-201. Definitions

(1) “Approved educational program” means:

(2) “Assessment” means the process of evaluating a recipient's skills, education, job readiness, and barriers to employment. The term may include further in-depth examination to identify and access services and resources to assist the recipient in eliminating barriers to employment if barriers are identified during the initial assessment.

(3) “Cash assistance” means the programs designed to provide families with monthly cash grants and opportunities leading to self-support and funded, in part, with temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds as provided in 45 CFR 260.31(a).

(4) “Department” means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201.

(6) “Family” means a group of people who live with a dependent child, each of whom is related to the dependent child by blood, marriage, or adoption or by law, such as:

(7) “Federal poverty level” means the measure of indigence established annually by the U.S. office of management and budget.

(8) “Individual responsibility plan” means a plan developed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 608(b) that outlines the employment goals and service needs of a person receiving cash assistance or nonfinancial assistance and required to participate in employment and training activities.

(9) “Nonfinancial assistance” means the programs funded, in part, with temporary assistance for needy families, as provided in 45 CFR 260.31(b).

(10) “Public assistance” or “assistance” means a type of monetary or other assistance furnished under this title to a person by a state or county agency, regardless of the original source of the assistance.

(11) “Specified caretaker relative” means a person within a degree of kinship to the dependent child, as specified by department rule, who lives with the child and exercises care and control over the child.

(12) “State plan” means the policies and procedures governing the programs funded by temporary assistance for needy families as prepared by the department and certified by the federal agency that provides funding for the programs.

(13) “Temporary assistance for needy families” means the federal block grant established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 601, et seq.