Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter 1 - Eligibility and Assistance

• Adult: means an individual who:

• Caretaker: means an individual age 18 or older who is fulfilling a parental role in caring for a dependent child by providing physical care, guidance, and decision making related to the child's health, school, medical care, and discipline. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner for Children and Families or his or her designee. See
• Department: means the Department for Children and Families. See
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dependent child: means a child who is a resident of this State and:

• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
• Eligible family: means a family that meets the requirements in section 1203 of this chapter. See
• Family: means :

• Food assistance: means a monthly benefit to supplement the family's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as determined under section 1204 of this chapter. See
• Parent: means a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, or pregnant individual. See
• Participating family: means an eligible family that participates in the Reach Ahead program. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Reach Ahead services: means the service component of the Reach Ahead program consisting of case management services, support services, and referrals provided to eligible families to assist them in maintaining self-sufficiency. See
• Reach First: means the program established under chapter 10 of this title. See
• Reach Up: means the program established under chapter 11 of this title. See
• Relative: means a person related to a dependent child, as defined by the Department by rule. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• TANF: means the block grant provided to this State and established in accordance with Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the regulations promulgated under the Act by the U. See