HONORARIA
Payments given to professional people for services for which fees are not legally or traditionally required.

HOSPITAL
An INSTITUTION used primarily for the treatment and care of people with illnesses other than mental diseases and tuberculosis.

HOUSEHOLD
People who live together.

HOUSEHOLD REPORT FORM (DHS-2120) (PDF) (HRF)
A form used by CLIENTS to report income and circumstance changes.

HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM (HSP)
A state-funded income supplement program that provides room and board and sometimes supplemental services for eligible people who live in eligible group or community-based settings and are working with an authorized Housing Support Program vendor. Formerly known as Group Residential Housing (GRH).

HRF
See HOUSEHOLD REPORT FORM (HRF) above.

HSP
See HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM above.

HSP COMMUNITY BASED SETTING
Not registered or licensed and people have their own lease. Meals are not included.

HSP GROUP BASED SETTING
Registered or licensed by DHS and/or MDH. Meals must be provided.

HSP SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DISREGARD
Recipients of Housing Support with countable unearned income and in a community setting may be eligible for the disregard that allows them to pay only 30% of a person’s total countable income.

HUBER LAW
A federal law allowing people temporary release from jail to work, seek employment, or live with their families.

HUD
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HUMAN SERVICES JUDGE
A person who presides over APPEAL hearings and issues a recommendation on the appealed matter to the Commissioner of DHS.

IEVS
A set of data exchanges with other state and federal sources that is used to verify income and assets of applicants for or participants of MFIP or SNAP.

IMD
See INSTITUTION FOR MENTAL DISEASES (IMD) in 0002.33 (Glossary: Independent...).

IMMIGRANT
A person who leaves another country with the intention to move permanently to the United States.

IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT (IRCA)
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, Public Law 99-603, which amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

IMMIGRATION STATUS
The status of a person who is not a United States citizen. See 0031 (Non-Citizen Guidance).

IMPROPER TRANSFER
When an ASSET is sold, given away, or otherwise disposed of for less than FAIR MARKET VALUE for the purpose of obtaining ASSISTANCE.

IN-KIND INCOME
Payment for a service in a form other than money, or receipt of non-cash gifts or non-cash contributions such as gift cards, food, or clothing. See 0017.15.24 (In-Kind Income).

INCOME
CASH or an IN-KIND benefit whether earned or unearned, received by or available to an APPLICANT or PARTICIPANT that is not an ASSET.

INCOME COMPUTATION WORK SHEET
A state or COUNTY AGENCY form that shows the income and calculations used to determine NET INCOME.

INDEMNITY BOND
A bond that provides reimbursement for a loss that results from a breach of trust. (For example, a VENDOR receives a check replacement and then cashes both the replacement check and the original check.)

INDEMNITY POLICY
An insurance policy that pays benefits directly to people for each day of hospitalization or for a specified injury and does not limit using benefits to paying for medical expenses.