441—58.21 (234) Definitions.
“Child” means a person under age 18 who has not reached majority through marriage. Emergency assistance shall continue through the month in which the child turns 18. “Child” also means a person aged 18 who is a full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, who is expected to complete the program before reaching 19 and who has not reached majority through marriage. Emergency assistance shall continue through the month in which school or training is completed. In those cases in which the child reaches 19 in the same month as the child completes school or training, emergency assistance shall continue through the month of the child’s nineteenth birthday.
“Destitution” means lack of shelter because of an emergency situation.
“Emergency” means, for the purposes of this program, a situation that threatens the family’s living arrangements or will result in destitution unless immediate financial assistance is provided.
“Homelessness” means the lack of a fixed and regular nighttime residence or a residence which is:
	  1. 	 A supervised shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations (such as a welfare hotel or congregate shelter).
	  2. 	 A halfway house or similar institution that provides temporary residence for persons intended to be institutionalized.
	  3. 	 A temporary accommodation in the residence of another person.
	  4. 	 A place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby or similar places).
“Household” means, for the purposes of determining income, resources and household size, the following persons living in the household. The:
	  1. 	 Applicant.
	  2. 	 Applicant’s legal or common-law spouse.
	  3. 	 Applicant’s child(ren).
	  4. 	 Legal or biological parent of the child(ren).
	  5. 	 Applicant’s child(ren)’s sibling(s) of whole or half blood or adoptive.
	  6. 	 Applicant and any child under the care of the applicant when the applicant meets the definition of “relative” as defined at 441—paragraph 41.22(3)“a.”
Persons temporarily not living with the household at the time of the interview shall not be considered members of the household.