Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-93.1 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Definitions
"Applicant" means a child for whom assistance is being requested under the family investment program, any parent living in the home with the child, and any nonparental relative as defined in 441-subrule 41.22(3) who is requesting assistance for the child.
"FaDSS" means the family development and self-sufficiency program operated under 441-Chapter 49, which provides in-home family development services to families at risk of instability or long-term FIP dependency.
"Family investment agreement" or "FIA" means the agreement developed with a participant in accordance with Iowa Code section 239B.8.
"FIA-responsible person" means any member of the FIP applicant family unless exempt as described in 441-subrule 41.24(2). More information is contained in subrule 93.4(2).
"FIP" means the family investment program authorized in Iowa Code chapter 239B.
"Limited benefit plan" or "LBP" means a period of time in which a participant or member of a participant's family is either ineligible for any assistance under the FIP or eligible for reduced assistance in accordance with Iowa Code section 239B.9.
"Needy specified relative" means a nonparental specified relative as defined in 441-subrule 41.22(3) who meets all the eligibility requirements to be included in the FIP.
"Participant" for purposes of the PROMISE JOBS program means a person who has signed an FIA and is approved to receive FIP benefits, a parent or relative living in the home of a child approved to receive FIP benefits, or a person reconsidering a subsequent LBP.
"PROMISE JOBS program" means the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment, job opportunities, and basic skills program created in Iowa Code section 239B.17.
"TANF" means Title I Block Grants for
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (PL
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