Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 171.22 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Assistance unit-A group of persons who occupy a common dwelling unit and who are applying for or receiving TANF, including TANF-U, or GA. There shall be only one assistance unit in a dwelling unit except for the following:
(i) Persons or family groups, or both, who are not required by § 171.21(b)(1) (relating to policy) to be in the same grant group, shall constitute separate assistance units:(A) A roomer, or a roomer and boarder and their dependents with whom they are living-applies to TANF or GA, or both. A roomer or boarder, or both, is one who pays a fixed fee to a provider for service for room or board, or both. Dependent children, such as unemancipated minors, living with their parents or caretaker relatives, are not considered to be roomers or boarders, or both, unless included as members of the family group that is rooming and boarding.(B) Two or more family groups living together in a common dwelling unit who are not roomers or boarders, or both, if the following conditions are met:(I) The family groups are eligible to receive TANF-including TANF-U.(II) Each family group is headed by a person who is a specified relative as defined in § 151.42 (relating to definitions).(III) The specified relatives share the expenses of the dwelling unit.(IV) A specified relative is responsible for the care, maintenance and education of different dependent children.The provisions of this § 171.22 adopted August 4, 1977, effective 8/5/1977, 7 Pa.B. 2180; amended November 6, 1981, effective 11/7/1981, 11 Pa.B. 3956; amended August 26, 1988, effective 11/1/1988, 18 Pa.B. 3921; reserved April 12, 1991, effective 5/1/1991, 21 Pa.B. 1557; amended August 16, 1991, effective 8/17/1991, 21 Pa.B. 3699. This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 175.22 (relating to definitions).