Glossary
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Halfway House:
Halfway
houses reintegrate formerly imprisoned inmates into the community before
full release from custody. Halfway houses offer programs including
educational opportunities and work release to help inmates make the
transition from confinement in a Department of Corrections facility
to enjoying the rights and responsibilities of being a free citizen.
Source:
Department of Corrections, District of Columbia
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA):
Former
name of the government agency now called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Health Care for the Homeless Veterans Coordinator:
A representative with the local Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center
who assists veterans who are homeless with the eligibility and enrollment
process for services offered by the Veterans Health Administration
to homeless veterans.
Source: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Provider:
A
person who is trained and licensed to give health care. Also, a place
licensed to give health care. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, skilled nursing
facilities, some assisted living facilities and certain kinds of home
health agencies are examples of health care providers.
Source:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Health Insurance
Portability & Accountability
Act (HIPAA):
A law passed in 1996 which is
also sometimes called the "Kassebaum-Kennedy" law. This law
expands health care coverage if an individual loses his or her job
or moves from one job to another. HIPAA also protects individuals and
families who have: pre-existing medical conditions and/or problems
getting health coverage.
Source: Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Hmong and Highland Laotians:
Persons
who were members of a Hmong or Highland Lao tribe when the tribe assisted
the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, and their spouses, unmarried
widows/widowers, and unmarried dependent children are eligible for
food stamps under the same rules as United States citizens.
Source: Refugee Welfare and Immigration
Reform Project, 1999
Homeless Individual:
Title
I of the McKinney Act provides the following definition of homelessness:
a) In general, the term "homeless" or "homeless
individual" or "homeless person" includes -
(1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence; and
(2) An individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is:
(A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter
designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including
welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for
the mentally ill);
(B) An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals
intended to be institutionalized; or
(C) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
(b) Income eligibility
(1) In general, a homeless individual shall be eligible
for assistance under any program, only if the individual complies
with the income eligibility requirements otherwise applicable to
such program.
(2) Exception Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a homeless individual shall
be eligible for assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(c) Exclusion
The term "homeless"
or "homeless individual" does not include
any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained
pursuant to an Act of the Congress or a state
law.
Source: U.S. Code - Title 42, Chapter 119,
Subchapter I, Section 11302 - General definition of homeless individual
Homeless (The Food Stamp Program):
As
defined by the Food Stamp Program, an applicant is considered homeless
if he or she 1) has no place to sleep; 2) lives in a shelter or halfway
house; 3) lives in someone else’s home temporarily (fewer than
90 days); or 4) lives in a doorway, lobby, bus station, or some other
place where people do not usually live.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Food Stamp Program
Homeless Veterans Outreach Coordinator:
A representative with the local Veterans Affairs
(VA) regional office who assists veterans who are homeless with
the eligibility and application
process for VA Compensation and other VA benefit programs.
Source:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Hospice:
Hospice is
a special way of caring for people who are terminally ill, and for
their family.This care includes physical care and counseling.
Source:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
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