(a) The provider agency operating and managing a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, or the department operating and managing its own homeless facility, shall be responsible for determining if an applicant is eligible for shelter or other services at the homeless facility or through any other program for the homeless, pursuant to standards and criteria established by rule.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-367

  • Applicant: means the person for whose use and benefit application for services or public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Homeless: means :

    (1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; or

    (2) An individual or family who has a primary night-time residence that is:

    (A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

    (B) An institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

    (C) A public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

  • Homeless facility: means a development designed to provide shelter for homeless families or individuals pursuant to this part, or to facilitate any other homeless program authorized by this part, and may include emergency or transitional shelters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Provider: means any person or public or private institution, agency or business concern authorized by the department to provide health care, service or supplies to beneficiaries of medical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Provider agency: means an organization, including its governing board, officers, employees, contractors, or agents, contracted by the department to provide labor and services to any homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part that is:

    (1) A for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State; or

    (2) A nonprofit organization determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from the federal income tax; that has a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and who serve without compensation, and that has adopted bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted, including policies that relate to nepotism and management of potential conflict of interest situations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

(b) The provider agency or the department operating and managing its own homeless facility shall determine the degree of need for each homeless family or individual and, in its determination, shall consider the resources available and the number of potential eligible applicants in the area served by the homeless facility or other program for the homeless authorized by this part.
(c) The department may establish by rule standards and criteria for eligibility, need, and priority for each program; provided that the department may establish by rule exceptions to these eligibility requirements based on special circumstances.

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