Florida Statutes
Chapter 414 - Family Self-Sufficiency
414.0252 - Definitions.


(1) “Alternative payee” means an individual who receives temporary assistance payments on behalf of a minor.
(2) “Applicant” means an individual who applies to participate in the temporary family assistance program and submits a signed and dated application.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.
(4) “Domestic violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense that results in the physical injury or death of one family or household member by another.
(5) “Family” means the assistance group or the individuals whose needs, resources, and income are considered when determining eligibility for temporary assistance. The family for purposes of temporary assistance includes the minor child, a parent, or caretaker relative who resides in the same house or living unit. The family may also include individuals whose income and resources are considered in whole or in part in determining eligibility for temporary assistance but whose needs, due to federal or state restrictions, are not considered. These individuals include, but are not limited to, ineligible noncitizens or sanctioned individuals.
(6) “Family or household member” means spouses, former spouses, noncohabitating partners, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who are presently residing together as if a family or who have resided together in the past as if a family, and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time.
(7) “Homeless” means an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or 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.

(8) “Minor child” means a child under 18 years of age, or under 19 years of age if the child is a full-time student in a secondary school or at the equivalent level of career training, and does not include anyone who is married or divorced.
(9) “Participant” means an individual who has applied for or receives temporary cash assistance.
(10) “Public assistance” means benefits paid on the basis of the temporary cash assistance, food assistance, Medicaid, or optional state supplementation program.
(11) “Relative caretaker” or “caretaker relative” means an adult who has assumed the primary responsibility of caring for a child and who is related to the child by blood or marriage.
(12) “Temporary cash assistance” means cash assistance provided under the state program certified under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, as amended.
History.—s. 4, ch. 96-175; s. 206, ch. 97-101; s. 1, ch. 97-173; s. 6, ch. 98-57; s. 2, ch. 99-241; s. 36, ch. 2000-165; s. 35, ch. 2004-357; s. 28, ch. 2008-61; s. 14, ch. 2010-209; s. 224, ch. 2014-19.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXX - Social Welfare

Chapter 414 - Family Self-Sufficiency

414.025 - Legislative Intent.

414.0252 - Definitions.

414.035 - Authorized Expenditures.

414.045 - Cash Assistance Program.

414.065 - Noncompliance With Work Requirements.

414.0652 - Drug Screening for Applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

414.0655 - Medical Incapacity Due to Substance Abuse or Mental Health Impairment.

414.075 - Resource Eligibility Standards.

414.085 - Income Eligibility Standards.

414.095 - Determining Eligibility for Temporary Cash Assistance.

414.105 - Time Limitations of Temporary Cash Assistance.

414.106 - Exemption From Public Meetings Law.

414.115 - Limited Temporary Cash Assistance for Children Born to Families Receiving Temporary Cash Assistance.

414.122 - Withholding of Payments Based on Evidence of Fraud.

414.1251 - Learnfare Program.

414.13 - Immunizations.

414.14 - Public Assistance Policy Simplification.

414.157 - Diversion Program for Victims of Domestic Violence.

414.158 - Diversion Program to Prevent or Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect.

414.1585 - Diversion Program for Families at Risk of Welfare Dependency Due to Substance Abuse or Mental Illness.

414.1599 - Diversion Programs; Determination of Need.

414.161 - Homelessness Prevention Grants.

414.17 - Audits.

414.175 - Review of Existing Waivers.

414.24 - Integrated Welfare Reform and Child Welfare Services.

414.26 - Court-Appointed Guardian Unnecessary.

414.27 - Temporary Cash Assistance; Payment on Death.

414.28 - Public Assistance Payments to Constitute Debt of Recipient.

414.295 - Temporary Cash Assistance Programs; Public Records Exemption.

414.31 - State Agency for Administering Federal Food Assistance Program.

414.32 - Prohibitions and Restrictions With Respect to Food Assistance Program.

414.33 - Violations of Food Assistance Program.

414.34 - Annual Report Concerning Administrative Complaints and Disciplinary Actions Involving Food Assistance Program Violations.

414.35 - Emergency Relief.

414.36 - Public Assistance Overpayment Recovery Program; Contracts.

414.37 - Public Assistance Overpayment Recovery Privatization; Reemployment of Laid-Off Career Service Employees.

414.39 - Fraud.

414.391 - Automated Fingerprint Imaging.

414.392 - Applicant Screening.

414.40 - Stop Inmate Fraud Program Established; Guidelines.

414.41 - Recovery of Payments Made Due to Mistake or Fraud.

414.411 - Public Assistance Fraud.

414.42 - Cause for Employee Dismissal.

414.45 - Rulemaking.

414.455 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Legislative Authorization.

414.456 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets.

414.55 - Implementation of Community Work Program.

414.56 - Office of Continuing Care.