Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17b-800-1

Current through December 27, 2024

Section 17b-800-1 - Definitions

As used in sections 17b-800-1 to 17b-800-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Applicant" means a public or private organization or agency that has submitted an emergency shelter grant application to the Department of Social Services;

(2) "Client" means a homeless individual eighteen years of age or over, homeless family or emancipated minor, who is in need of and requests emergency shelter services;

(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Social Services;

(4) "Dangerous weapon" means any instrument, article or substance that is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury;

(5) "Department" means the Department of Social Services;

(6) "Emergency" means a situation in which immediate action must be taken to meet the needs of individuals or families who do not have sufficient resources to secure shelter;

(7) "Emergency shelter" means housing in a single, accessible location that provides, at a minimum, sleeping and bathroom facilities for homeless individuals and families in a facility that meets local building, health, fire, safety and handicapped persons access codes and zoning requirements. "Emergency shelter" does not include residential treatment centers for drug or alcohol abuse, youth shelters, halfway houses or transitional living programs;

(8) "Emergency shelter services" means the social, health, educational, legal, financial and related services that an emergency shelter operator provides to clients. "Emergency shelter services" does not include the operation of residential treatment centers for drug or alcohol abuse, youth shelters, halfway houses or transitional living programs;

(9) "Grant application" means a request for funds to develop, maintain or renovate an emergency shelter or provide emergency shelter services;

(10) "Grantee" means an emergency shelter that receives department funding for the provision of emergency shelter services;

(11) "Homeless" means lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence;

(12) "Operator" means an applicant, or an applicant's designee, responsible for the on-site management and operation of an emergency shelter or the administration of emergency shelter services;

(13) "Physical assault" means a willful touching of a person by another person with intent to do harm with any instrument, article or substance, or any portion of the body, and shall include the attempted use of a dangerous weapon by one person against another; and

(14) "Threat" means a verbal or physical expression of an intent to harm, or otherwise cause bodily injury to another person or to damage property.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17b-800-1

Effective February 1, 1993; Transferred from § 17-590-1, June 28, 2013; Amended June 28, 2013