FAIR HEARING
A hearing conducted by the DHS Appeals Office to decide disagreements concerning eligibility determinations and benefit amount.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FSLA)
All work experience participants are considered employees under the FSLA. Participant would not be required to participate in uncompensated work experience more hours than the monthly MFIP cash assistance amount plus the monthly food benefit amount divided by the state minimum wage. See 11.12 (Fair Labor Standards) for more information on the FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FSLA).

FAMILY STABILIZATION SERVICES
Serves families who are not making significant progress within the regular employment and training services track, giving employment services providers more flexibility to develop appropriate plans. See Chapter 17 (Family Stabilization Services).

FAMILY VIOLENCE
An act or a combination of acts such as: physical harm, bodily injury or assault, the infliction of fear of physical harm, bodily injury or assault, terroristic threats, criminal sexual conduct committed against or committed by a family or household member. See 7 (Employment Plans), 8.3 (Family Violence Overview), 8.24 (Employment Plans & Family Violence Waiver).

For family violence purposes, family or household members are:

FAMILY VIOLENCE WAIVER
A provision under which participants, who are victims of FAMILY VIOLENCE, may be exempt from the 60-month lifetime limit. See 7 (Employment Plans), 8.3 (Family Violence Overview), 8.24 (Employment Plans & Family Violence Waiver).

FRAUD
A person is considered to have committed fraud when obtaining, attempting to obtain, or aiding and abetting another to obtain assistance benefits to which the person is not entitled or in amount greater than the person’s entitlement, through material and intentionally false statements, representations, or the withholding of information. See 22 (Fraud and EBT Misuse).

FULL-TIME STUDENT
A person who is enrolled in a graded or ungraded primary, intermediate, secondary, GED preparatory, trade, technical, vocational, or post-secondary school, and who meets the school's standard for full-time attendance. Summer vacations and school holidays do not affect the student's full-time status.

FUNCTIONAL WORK LITERACY (FWL)
An Intensive ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE program that is work focused and offers at least 20 hours of class time per week. See 13.6 (English Language Learning).