Topic: Policy
Job skills training – include vocational training and hands-on work experience to develop technical skills, knowledge, and abilities in specific occupational areas. This term is located at: TANF: 340:10-2-1. Work requirements; 340:10-2-4. Employment; 340:10-2-7. Training; and 340:10-2-8. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Work support services.
Liquid Resource – cash and other types of savings or investment funds which can be easily converted to cash such as checking or savings account balances, the cash value of savings certificates, and the cash value of stocks or bonds.
Literacy – Literacy is the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential.
LTC – is an acronym for long term care. Long-term medical care for the categorically needy includes care in a nursing facility, public and private intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, persons age 65 years or older in mental health hospitals, Home and Community Based Waiver Services for the Intellectually Disabled, and Home and Community Based Waiver Services for frail elderly and a targeted group of adults with physical disabilities age 21 and over who have not been determined to have a developmental disability, an intellectual disability or a related condition.
Job search – the primary objective of all job search activities is to obtain employment through personal contacts with employers. Policy regarding this term is located at: Child Care Subsidy: 340:40-7-7. Establishing the need factor for child care; SNAP: 340:50-5-100. Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) work requirements and time limits; and 340:50-5-106. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
Policy Links Regarding Lump Sum Payment
Job readiness – are TANF activities that help prepare TANF participants for work by ensuring they are familiar with general workplace expectations and exhibit work behavior and attitudes necessary to compete successfully in the labor market. Policy regarding this term is located at: TANF: 340:10-2-1. Work requirements; and 340:10-2-6. Job readiness.
Irrevocable trust – means a trust in which the grantor has expressly not retained the right to terminate or revoke the trust and reclaim the trust principal and income. Policy regarding this term is located at: SoonerCare (Medicaid): 317:35-5-41.2. Miscellaneous Personal property; 317:35-5-41.6. Trust accounts; 317:35-5-41.7. Retirement funds; and 317:35-5-41.8. Eligibility regarding long-term care services. […]
Interview – an interview is required before initial certification for all programs except for the SoonerCare (Medicaid) online enrollment (OE) population. It may be conducted face-to-face or over the telephone depending on the program. During the interview the client and worker complete the application or renewal and any other required forms, discuss the client’s household […]
Insurance – examples of insurance include life, health, dental, vision, accidental death and dismemberment, and insurance for dependents. Life insurance policies with a cash value are considered as resources for SoonerCare (Medicaid) and TANF. When a person receives SoonerCare (Medicaid) and has medical insurance, the insurance is the first payer of medical claims. When an […]