GROSS RETIREMENT SURVIVORS DISABILITY INSURANCE (RSDI)
The RSDI benefit amount before deducting the Medicare premium.

GROSS SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME
GROSS RECEIPTS from SELF-EMPLOYMENT, less DEDUCTION for allowable business expenses. See 0017.15.33 (Self-Employment Income).

GROSS SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI)
See FEDERAL BENEFIT RATE (FBR) in 0002.23 (Glossary: Fair Hearing...).

GROUP HOME
A specialized facility providing 24-hour care for no more than 10 children, including the group home parents' own children under age 21.

GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENT
A public or private non-profit facility certified under Section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act or a comparable state law or rule which serves no more than 16 people. This may include Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD).

GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOUSING (GRH)
The former name for a state-funded program that provides at a minimum, room and board for unrelated people who live in certain licensed or registered group living arrangements and who receive SSI or would be eligible for SSI EXCEPT for excess income and are blind, age 65 or older, or disabled and age 18 or older, or meet a category of eligibility under the GA program. It is now known as Housing Support Program (HSP) in 0002.31 (Glossary: Honoraria…).

GSL
See GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS (GSL) below.

GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS (GSL)
A federal educational loan program for post-secondary students.

GUARDIAN
See LEGAL GUARDIAN in 0002.37 (Glossary: Learning...).

HAITIAN ENTRANT
Citizen of Haiti who:

●	has ever been paroled into the United States and have not received a new immigration status, OR
●	has a case pending in immigration court (are in removal proceedings), OR
●	has applied for asylum;
	AND
●	does not have a final removal (deportation) order. See 0031.01.15 (Haitian Entrants).

HALF-TIME STUDENT
MFIP: A person who is enrolled in a graded or ungraded primary, intermediate, secondary, GED, trade, technical, or vocational school, and who meets the school's standard of half-time attendance.

HALFWAY HOUSE

●	A place that provides a temporary residence for people waiting for institutional placement.
●	A place that provides a temporary residence for people who have left an institution and who are preparing to re enter the community.

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
See PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON in 0002.49 (Glossary: Permanent...).

HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (MA), Refugee Medical Assistance, and MINNESOTACARE. See the Minnesota Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual for Health Care programs.

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION
An organization licensed by the Department of Health to provide all defined health care benefits to people in return for a capitated payment.

HMO
See HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION above.

HOME
The primary place of residence used by a person as the base for day to day living and does not include locations used as mail drops.

HOMELESS
MFIP/SNAP: A household is homeless if they lack a fixed, regular and, adequate night time residence. This includes but is not limited to:

●	Residing in an emergency shelter, including a domestic violence shelter.
●	Residing in a facility that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, such as a halfway house.
●	Residing in a hotel or motel for lack of another permanent residence.
●	Sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation, including but not limited to a tent, vehicle, fish house, abandoned building, public place, structure or section of a structure not meant as living accommodations, or similar setting.
●	Residing in a place without utilities including heat, electricity, and/or water.
●	Someone who is aware they will lose their nighttime residence in the near future and do not have a permanent place to move to. This includes but is not limited to someone who has been given a specific date to move out, including an eviction notice, verbal or written statement.
●	Temporarily sharing the housing of other persons due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. FOR SNAP ONLY: The situation is no longer considered “temporary” after a person has lived in another person’s home for more than 90 consecutive days. When someone reports being homeless and has been staying at another person’s home at the same location for more than 90 consecutive days, they are not considered homeless. At application or recertification, when a person reports temporarily living at another person’s home, follow up at their next six-month review or recertification to determine if they still are staying in the same home.