Section 145.20 Definitions

Section 145.20  Definitions

Adult – An individual who is 18

years of age or older or a person who is emancipated pursuant to the

Emancipation of Mature Minors Act [750 ILCS 30].

Agency – The local DHS or State contracted

Service Provider.  An "Agency" may also be referred to as "Provider."

Annual Income Re-examination

Review – The annual review of the tenant's annual income to determine continued

eligibility for rent payments under the PSH models.  The annual re-examination

is completed to determine the Housing Assistance Payment Contract by

calculating applicant's rent share/30% of income toward their rent.

Area Median Income or AMI – The

federal Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) calculation of

income limits for eligibility in a variety of housing programs.

Bridge Subsidy – Payment by DHS-DMH

of a portion of the rent for a PSH unit through the Bridge Subsidy model of PSH

until the tenant is able to secure a permanent housing subsidy through a local,

State or federal program.

Case Management Services –

Assessment, planning, coordination and advocacy services for clients who need

multiple services and require assistance in gaining access to and in using

mental health, social, vocational, educational, housing, public income

entitlements and other community services to assist the client in the

community.  Case management activities may also include identifying and

investigating available resources, explaining options to the client and linking

the client with necessary resources.

Code – The Mental

Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [405 ILCS 5].

Care Manager – A staff member of a

State-contracted Service Provider who is assigned to monitor and/or provide

support services to a tenant residing in a DHS-DMH Permanent Supportive Housing

and/or Bridge Subsidized unit.

Community Vendor –

A DHS contracted entity.

Confidentiality Act – The Mental

Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act [740 ILCS 110]

ties Code [405 ILCS 5].

Care Manager – A staff member of a

State-contracted Service Provider who is assigned to monitor and/or provide

support services to a tenant residing in a DHS-DMH Permanent Supportive Housing

and/or Bridge Subsidized unit.

Community Vendor –

A DHS contracted entity.

Confidentiality Act – The Mental

Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act [740 ILCS 110].

Consumer – An adult with a

diagnosis of mental illness as defined in 59 Ill. Adm. Code 132 and/or other

disability contributing to eligibility for long-term care.  For the purpose of

this Part, all consumers who are living in a unit supported in whole or in part

with DHS-DMH funding may also be referenced as "tenants".

DCFS or Illinois Department of

Children and Family Services – The State child welfare agency responsible for:

protecting children who are reported to be abused or neglected and to increase

their families' capacity to safely care for them; providing for the well-being

of children in care; providing appropriate, permanent families as quickly as

possible for those children who cannot safely return home; supporting early

intervention and child abuse prevention activities and working in partnerships

with communities to fulfill this mission.

Department or IDHS or DHS or The

Illinois Department of Human Services – The State agency responsible for

providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in

poverty who are facing other economic challenges or who have any of a variety

of disabilities or health challenges.

DHS-DMH or DMH or The Illinois

Department of Human Services-Division of Mental Health – A program division of

DHS that, as the State Mental Health Authority pursuant to Department of Human

Services (Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) Law [20 ILCS 1710], is

responsible for assuring that children, adolescents and adults throughout Illinois

have the availability of and access to public-funded mental health services

Department of Human Services-Division of Mental Health – A program division of

DHS that, as the State Mental Health Authority pursuant to Department of Human

Services (Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) Law [20 ILCS 1710], is

responsible for assuring that children, adolescents and adults throughout Illinois

have the availability of and access to public-funded mental health services.

Employee – Any person who provides

direct services or supports to a tenant of Permanent Supportive Housing at the

direction of a DHS contracted vendor.  This includes staff on the agency

payroll, contractors, interns and volunteers, regardless of number of hours or

schedules worked or volunteered.

Engagement Services –

Home-based

or community-based visits that assist the individual with maintaining

their

housing, and providing other wrap-around support, including linkage to

mental health or substance use recovery support services. Such engagement

services shall align with Medicaid-covered tenancy support services, and

Medicaid community-based mental health and substance use treatment services,

including case management, to ensure alignment with any existing or future

Illinois Medicaid benefits, waivers or State plan amendments that include these

services, and to maximize any potential federal Medicaid matching dollars that

may be available to support engagement services

[405 ILCS 125/3]

Fair Market Rent or FMR – Maximum

rental amounts payable in specific geographical areas established by HUD.

Family Support Program (FSP) – Formerly

known as the Individual Care Grant program, this program of the Illinois

Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) provides access to intensive

mental health services and supports to youth with a severe emotional

disturbance.  The goal of the FSP is to support eligible youth and their families

by strengthening family stability, improving clinical outcomes, and promoting

community-based services

e Individual Care Grant program, this program of the Illinois

Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) provides access to intensive

mental health services and supports to youth with a severe emotional

disturbance.  The goal of the FSP is to support eligible youth and their families

by strengthening family stability, improving clinical outcomes, and promoting

community-based services.

HIPAA – The Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act (42 U.S.C. 1320 et seq.) (45 CFR 160 and 164

(2013)).

Homeless – An individual or family

meeting

the definition used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in Section 330(h)(5)(A)

of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 254(b)).  A homeless individual

under this definition

is an individual who lacks housing (without regard to

whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose

primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility

that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a

resident in transitional housing.  This includes individuals who are doubled up

with other households

[405 ILCS 125/3].

Housing Assistance Payment

Contract or HAP Contract – A contract executed between the Subsidy Administration

or PSH Provider and the leasing agent (landlord or property management entity).

Housing Dwelling – A house rented

according to the same Fair Market Rate as an apartment located in the same

geographical area.  This type of PSH is applicable in rural areas.

Housing Quality Standards or HQS –

HUD's specifications and guidance that outline inspection standards for all PSH

units that fall under this Part.

HUD – The U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

ent entity).

Housing Dwelling – A house rented

according to the same Fair Market Rate as an apartment located in the same

geographical area.  This type of PSH is applicable in rural areas.

Housing Quality Standards or HQS –

HUD's specifications and guidance that outline inspection standards for all PSH

units that fall under this Part.

HUD – The U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Individual at High Risk of

Overdose –

A person with a substance use disorder who is homeless (or will

be homeless upon hospital discharge or correctional facility release) who has:

had

three or more hospital

inpatient or inpatient

withdrawal management

or community-based

withdrawal management stays

for a substance use disorder within the most

recent 12-month period;

had

three or more stays in a

State or county correctional facility in the State of Illinois within the most

recent 12-month period; or

been incarcerated in a State or

county correctional facility in Illinois for the most recent 12 consecutive

months;

or

had

one or more drug overdoses

in the last 12 months

[405 ILCS 125/3].

Individual at High Risk of

Unnecessary Institutionalization –

A person who has a serious mental illness

who is homeless (or will be homeless upon hospital discharge or correctional

facility release) and who has:

had

three or more psychiatric

inpatient hospital admissions within the most recent 12-month period;

had

three or more stays in a

State or county correctional facility in the State of Illinois within the most

recent 12-month period; or

been incarcerated in a State or

county correctional facility in Illinois for the most recent 12 consecutive

months;

or

had

a disability determination

due to a serious mental illness and has been incarcerated in a State or county

correctional facility in Illinois

within

the most recent 12 consecutive

months

[405 ILCS 125/3]

y in the State of Illinois within the most

recent 12-month period; or

been incarcerated in a State or

county correctional facility in Illinois for the most recent 12 consecutive

months;

or

had

a disability determination

due to a serious mental illness and has been incarcerated in a State or county

correctional facility in Illinois

within

the most recent 12 consecutive

months

[405 ILCS 125/3].

Landlord Property Management Entity

– The owner of one or more units/apartments receiving or approved to receive

rental payments from DHS‑DMH, inclusive of private market and

not-for-profit housing providers.

Long Term Care Facility or LTC

Facility – A facility designated as a nursing home under the Nursing Home Care

Act [210 ILCS 45].

Open Round – The point in time

when DHS-DMH allows applications to be submitted for consideration of a Bridge

Subsidy, excluding a court order, lawsuit or settlement.

Permanent Supportive Housing or PSH

– A self-contained (inclusive of kitchen and bathroom facilities) unit that is

decent, safe and affordable community-based housing.  The tenant has rights of

privacy and access; holds a lease, sublease, or occupancy agreement; and has

full rights of tenancy under State and local landlord and tenant laws.  Any

services or supports received are voluntary, flexible and designed to meet the

tenants' needs and preferences.

Provider – The local DHS or State

contracted Service Provider.  A Provider may also be referred to as

"Agency."

PSH Provider – The DHS-DMH

contracted entities responsible for conducting income verifications, unit

inspections, development of HAP contracts or other agreements with landlords,

and ongoing rental payments in accordance with Section 145.70 through a model

of PSH other than the Bridge Subsidy model.

Rental Assistance – The DHS-DMH

subsidized rental amount paid to a landlord for a unit occupied and leased by a

tenant eligible and approved for a DHS-DMH Bridge Subsidy or PSH program

utilizing a similar model of housing assistance

acts or other agreements with landlords,

and ongoing rental payments in accordance with Section 145.70 through a model

of PSH other than the Bridge Subsidy model.

Rental Assistance – The DHS-DMH

subsidized rental amount paid to a landlord for a unit occupied and leased by a

tenant eligible and approved for a DHS-DMH Bridge Subsidy or PSH program

utilizing a similar model of housing assistance.

Rental Payments – Any payments

made to a landlord in accordance with a lease agreement for a housing unit in

which an individual or family receiving services from a Provider is residing,

whether the executed lease is between the landlord and the Provider (leasing)

or between the landlord and the tenant (rental assistance).

Service Provider – An entity

contracted by DHS or the State to provide publicly-funded support services to

residents of Permanent Supportive Housing.

Serious Mental Illness –

Meeting

both the diagnostic and functioning criteria consistent with the definition of

Serious Mental Illness in the most current edition of the Illinois Department

of Human Services/Division of Mental Health Community Mental Health Provider

Manual

[405 ILCS 125/3].

Site – Any building, under one

continuous roof, in which a tenant receiving DHS‑DMH Bridge rental

assistance lives.  This includes houses, apartment buildings, duplexes and

other living arrangements owned, leased or managed by a rental agent,

management company, property owner, landlord or development entity.

Subsidy Administrator or Subsidy

Administration or SA – The DHS-DMH contracted entities responsible for

conducting income verifications, unit inspections, development of HAP contracts

with the landlord, and ongoing subsidized rental payments in accordance with

Section 145.70 through the Bridge Subsidy model.

Substance Use Disorder –

As

defined in Section 1-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act

[20 ILCS 301].

Tenant – For the purpose of this

Part, the words "tenant" and "consumer" are

interchangeable

ucting income verifications, unit inspections, development of HAP contracts

with the landlord, and ongoing subsidized rental payments in accordance with

Section 145.70 through the Bridge Subsidy model.

Substance Use Disorder –

As

defined in Section 1-10 of the Substance Use Disorder Act

[20 ILCS 301].

Tenant – For the purpose of this

Part, the words "tenant" and "consumer" are

interchangeable.  The tenant must be a consumer of a DHS or State contracted Service

Provider and be in one of the priority populations defined in Section

145.110(g).

Transition Assistance Funds or TAF

– A one-time allocation, as determined by DHS‑DMH, for the specific

purpose of paying security deposits and utility connections (but not for

arrearages) and to assist the tenant in purchasing basic allowable household

needs.  Transition Assistance Funds used for the purchase of obtaining

allowable household goods are handled by the Care Manager (see Section 145.200).

Unit – A rental apartment

(efficiency, studio, one bedroom or multiple bedroom apartments) or housing

dwelling that receives DHS-DMH funded rental payments.  Housing intended as

transitional or temporary housing does not qualify as a PSH Bridge unit.