HAR §17-803.6-2. "Applicant" means the responsible adult who applies for benefits described in this chapter on behalf of their household

"Automobile" means a four-wheeled personal automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation. "Department" or "DHS" means the department of human services, State of Hawaii. "Department's designee" means a service provider contracted by the department to administer and deliver the benefits and services described in this chapter. "Dependent child" means a child under eighteen years of age who is in the care of a specified relative. "Disaster assistance organization" means a state or local government or community-based organization that provides emergency or disaster relief assistance payments to residents who were affected by the emergency wildfire disaster. "Excluded individual" means an individual who shares living expenses such as, but not limited to rent or mortgage, utility expenses, or automobile payments, and resides with the applicant household but is not included for eligibility determination in accordance with sections 17-803.6-3 and 17-803.6-5. "Federal Emergency Management Agency" or "FEMA" means the federal entity whose responsibility is to coordinate community preparedness for potential emergency disaster and respond upon the declaration of an emergency disaster by the U.S. President. "Fraud" means willfully providing a false statement or misrepresentation of a fact or concealing or withholding facts which results in the receipt of an MRP benefit that would not otherwise result without the false statement or withheld facts, or any action by an individual for the purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility or for increasing or preventing a reduction in benefits. "Household" means one or more individuals who: (1) Reside in the same housing unit that is claimed as their primary residence; 803.6-3 6618.4 §17-803.6-2 (2) Share living expenses such as, but not limited to rent or mortgage, utility expenses, and food; and (3) Are requesting benefits described in this chapter. "Household member" means an individual who resides with the applicant and requests benefits. "Long-term housing" means a housing unit where the household will reside for a minimum of twelve months and will be the household's primary residence. A housing structure may be an apartment unit, condominium unit, townhouse, mobile home, or single- or multi-family house. "Maui Relief Program benefits" or "MRP benefits" means benefits: (1) Provided to address a household's specific financial crisis situation or episode of financial need; (2) Not intended to meet a household's recurring or ongoing needs; and (3) Are short-term and will not extend beyond four months. "Non-federal funds" means funds not appropriated and awarded by the U.S. federal government or its agencies. "Primary residence" means the single residence designated as the household's permanent or long-term home. "School-aged" means a dependent child who attends elementary, middle, or intermediate, secondary school, or post-secondary school such as a college, university, or vocational or employment training program. "Specified relative" means an adult who exercises responsibility for the care and parental control of a dependent child who resides in the same household. Persons considered to be specified relatives shall include natural and adoptive parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, nephews, and cousins, including persons who are related by marriage such as stepparents, step siblings, step grandparents, 803.6-4 3018 §17-803.6-3 step aunts, step uncles, step nieces, step nephews, and step cousins. "Short-term housing" means a housing unit intended to provide a household with a temporary living arrangement for less than twelve months. Short-term housing may include but is not limited to a transient accommodation, vacation rental unit, hotel room, and bed and breakfast home. "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" or "TANF" program means the federal funded financial assistance grant, Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.558, administered by the department in accordance with 42 U.S.C. §§601-619 and section 346-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [Eff DEC 5 2025] (Auth: HRS §§91-3, 91-4, and 346-14; 42 U.S.C. §§601, et seq.) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 45 C.F.R. §260.31)