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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="5-301" title_number="5" title_name="Public Assistance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Family Investment Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Community service” means a structured program with embedded activities in which individuals perform unpaid work:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for the direct benefit of the community; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under the guidance and support of a public or nonprofit organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“FIP” means the Family Investment Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Nonprofit organization” means a religious, charitable, or volunteer organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Recipient” means each individual in a FIP case.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Temporary cash assistance” means the cash assistance component of the FIP that is funded wholly or partly through Title IV, Part A, of the Social Security Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Third party payee” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an individual that the Department approves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a nonprofit organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a for–profit organization; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a governmental unit, including a local department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Transitional assistance” means assistance provided to a recipient whose temporary cash assistance has been terminated for noncompliance with FIP requirements.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Work activity” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>job search activity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subsidized employment in either the public or private sector;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>work experience;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>on–the–job training;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>community service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>training directly related to employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>education directly related to employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Work experience” means unpaid work activity, performed in return for temporary cash assistance, that provides an individual with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
