Section 15 AAC 154.460 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of 15 AAC 154.400 - 154.450 the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "administrative costs" means (A) salaries, wages and related costs for grantee staff whose primary responsibilities involve program administration, developing systems for ensuring compliance with program requirements, preparing reports and other documents related to the Homeless Assistance Program, performance of financial management responsibilities related to the grant and coordinating the resolution of audit and/or monitor findings;(B) administrative services performed under third party contracts or agreements such as accounting services and audit services; and(C) public information activities, such as notices for predevelopment permit hearings or notices to announce availability and eligibility criteria for homeless services;(2) "community emergency" means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the Governor, additional assistance is needed to supplement local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of catastrophe in any part of Alaska;(3) "furnishings" means essential items which must be supplied to housing to make it habitable, including items such as beds, dressers, tables and chairs;(4) "homelessness" means the state of an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and includes an individual who (A) is sharing the housing of other individuals because of loss of housing, economic hardship, domestic violence, or a similar reason;(B) is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping ground because of the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;(C) is living in an emergency or transitional shelter;(D) is abandoned in a hospital;(E) is waiting for a foster care placement;(F) has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;(G) is living in a car, a park, a public space, an abandoned building, substandard housing, a bus or train station, or a similar setting;(H) is fleeing a domestic violence situation, does not have an alternative residence, and lacks the resources and support needed to obtain housing;(I) is being evicted within a week, does not have an alternative residence, and lacks the resources and support needed to obtain housing; and(J) is being discharged within a week from an institution, including a mental health treatment facility, substance abuse treatment facility, or prison, in which the individual has been a resident for more than 30 consecutive days, does not have an alternative residence, and lacks the resources and support needed to obtain housing;(5) "homeless prevention services" means actions taken to prevent persons who are in imminent danger of becoming homeless from losing a place of abode, including payment of past due rent or mortgage payments; payment of water, sewer, heating fuel or electric utility bills;(6) "housing placement services" means actions taken to assist homeless persons to obtain permanent housing in facilities not operated by the grantee and includes but is not limited to payment for security deposits, utility deposits or first month's rent;(7) "social services" means the provision of food, food supplies and other household goods and supplies; child care for homeless families while in shelter or transitional housing; and other services designed by the applicant and approved by AHFC to meet the special needs of the homeless and near homeless;(8) "transitional housing" means temporary supportive housing provided by the grantee to assist homeless persons to obtain permanent housing within 24 months and includes non-profit hotels/motels which specifically target homeless persons in their policies.Eff. 5/14/97, Register 142; am 10/20/2009, Register 193Authority:AS 18.56.088
AS 18.56.090