A. The department or its agent shall provide short-term crisis services to alleviate or prevent homelessness through payments to either of the following:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 46-241.05

  • Agent: means a community based organization that is contracted by the department to take applications, determine eligibility and provide short-term services to low income persons through the use of federal and state monies. See Arizona Laws 46-241
  • Assistance: means payments in cash or kind to or on behalf of a person or persons in need as provided for in this title. See Arizona Laws 46-101
  • department: means the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 46-101
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Services: includes social casework, rehabilitation counseling and similar services rendered to a person or persons in need as provided for in this title. See Arizona Laws 46-101
  • Short-term crisis: means an unplanned incident that causes the loss of monies and that makes the applicant unable to meet the applicant's financial obligations. See Arizona Laws 46-241

1. Emergency shelters.

2. Subsidize delinquent rent or mortgage payments.

B. The department or its agent shall provide short-term crisis services to alleviate the loss of heating and cooling through payments to:

1. Utility companies for utility bill assistance.

2. Local vendors for the repair and replacement of utilities and appliances.

C. The department or its agent shall administer short-term crisis services by providing vouchers to vendors on behalf of a person.

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