Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 46 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - Definitions

• Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Applicant: means a person who has applied for assistance or services under this title, or a person who has applied for assistance or services under this title and who has custody of a dependent child. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• 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
• Cash assistance: means temporary assistance for needy families paid to a recipient for the purpose of meeting basic living expenses as defined by the department. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Child only case: means a case in which the eligible dependent child is in the legal custody of the department of child safety, a tribal court or a tribal child welfare agency located in this state and placed in foster care with an unrelated adult or with a nonparent relative who is not receiving cash assistance. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• department: means the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dependent child: means a needy child who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, unemployment of the supporting parent as defined and prescribed by the rules of the department, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and whose relatives who are responsible under the law for the child's support are not able to provide adequate care and support of the child without public assistance, and who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or cousin in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home or who is in the legal custody of the department of child safety and placed in a foster home or with an unrelated adult as a recipient of temporary assistance for needy families. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Director: means the director of the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Nonparent relative: means a dependent child's grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or cousin and includes a permanent guardian who is appointed pursuant to section 8-872. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Participant: means a recipient of cash assistance engaged in work activities through the JOBS program. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Recipient: means a person who receives assistance or services under the provisions of this title. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• 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
• Temporary assistance for needy families: means assistance granted under section 403 of title IV of the social security act as it exists after August 21, 1996. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Work activities: means the following activities that are countable toward the federal work participation rate as prescribed in Public Law 104-193, section 407 (1996):

  (a) Unsubsidized employment. See Arizona Laws 46-101