Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 46 > Chapter 2 > Article 2.1 - Short-Term Crisis Services

• 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
• Applicant: means a person who is applying for short-term crisis services. 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
• Emergency shelter: means temporary shelter in a hotel, motel or licensed homeless shelter facility. See Arizona Laws 46-241
• Federal poverty guidelines: means the poverty guidelines as updated annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Homeless: means the participant has no permanent place of residence where a lease or mortgage agreement between the participant and the owner exists. See Arizona Laws 46-241
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Participant: means a recipient of cash assistance engaged in work activities through the JOBS program. See Arizona Laws 46-101
• 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
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215