Minnesota Minnesota

MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


2.24 Glossary: H-K...

ISSUE DATE: 03/2026

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, established the HIPAA Privacy Rule in December of 2000. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is a federal rule designed to protect individuals’ medical records and other Personal Health Information.

HOMELESS
A household is homeless if they lack a fixed, adequate nighttime residence. This includes but is not limited to:

  • · Temporarily sharing the housing of other persons due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.
  • · Residing in an emergency shelter, including a domestic violence shelter.
  • · 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, campground, 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.

    HOUSEHOLD REPORT FORM (HRF)
    A form, Household Report Form (DHS-2120), used by clients to report income and circumstance changes.

    IN COMPLIANCE
    A participant is meeting the requirements in his/her EMPLOYMENT PLAN.

    INCOME
    Cash or in kind benefit, whether earned or unearned which is, received by or available to an applicant or participant, that is not an asset.

    INELIGIBLE PERSON
    A person who does not meet eligibility requirements for assistance.

    JOB SEARCH
    The act of seeking or obtaining employment, preparation to seek or obtain employment, including life skills training, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment or rehabilitation activities for those who are otherwise employable.

    KNOWN TO THE AGENCY
    Information about a unit’s circumstances that an agency receives directly from the unit or discovers from sources such as MAXIS, PRISM, MMIS, and MEC2. This does not include information discovered directly from the METS system. For this definition, “agency” includes:
  • · State of Minnesota, County or Tribal Nation human service agencies that administer child care, cash, food, health care programs, or employment services; and
  • · Agencies contracted with or who have an interagency agreement with any of the above to administer financial, health care, child care programs, or employment services.

    • PREVIOUS REVISIONS

    DateNotes
    01/2025 clarifies Known to the Agency definition on who is part of the agency and information known to METS.
    07/2024 updated glossary definition for Known to the Agency.
    10/2023 adds the definition of Homeless
    08/2020

    Report this page