The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Civil justice system--A network of courts and legal
processes that enforce, restore, or protect private and personal rights.
(2) Community education--The efforts or activities
performed to increase public awareness about family violence and the
availability of services for victims of family violence.
(3) Cooperation with criminal justice officials--Making
efforts on behalf of victims of family violence to:
(A) establish ongoing working relationships with the
local criminal justice system, including but not limited to law enforcement,
prosecutors, the courts, and probation and parole departments; and
(B) educate the local criminal justice system about
family violence and the need for policies that ensure safety for victims
of family violence and hold batterers accountable.
(4) Cooperative living agreement--An agreement between
the shelter and residents that promotes health, safety, and daily
shelter operations.
(5) Criminal justice system--A network of court and
legal processes that deals with the enforcement of criminal laws.
A crime is an action or omission in violation of law and is an offense
against the state.
(6) Crisis call hotline--A telephone number answered
24 hours a day, every day of the year by trained family violence
center or special nonresidential project volunteers, employees, or
Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)-approved service contractors
who provide victims of family violence with:
(A) immediate intervention through safety planning;
(B) understanding and support;
(C) information about shelter center services; and
(D) referrals to other services.
(7) Dating violence--An act by an individual that is
against another individual with whom that person has or has had a
dating relationship and that is:
(A) intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury,
assault, or sexual assault;
(B) a threat that reasonably places the individual
in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual
assault; or
(C) intended to inflict emotional harm, including an
act of emotional abuse.
(8) Education arrangements for children--Face-to-face
services that result in a resident, nonresident, or program participant
child complying with the compulsory attendance requirements found
in the Texas Education Code.
(9) Emergency medical care--Assistance in responding
to any urgent medical situation for a resident, nonresident, program
participant, or victim of family violence being considered for acceptance
to or accessing family violence services.
(10) Emergency transportation--Providing or arranging
transportation:
(A) to and from emergency medical facilities for a
resident, nonresident, program participant, or victim of family violence;
or
(B) from a safe place to a shelter for victims of family
violence needing shelter within the center's service area.
(11) Family violence--An act by a member of a family
or household against another member of the family or household that
is:
(A) intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury,
or assault;
(B) a threat that reasonably places the member in fear
of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault, but does not
include defensive measures to protect oneself; or
(C) intended to inflict emotional harm, including an
act of emotional abuse.
(12) Intervention services--Face-to-face services for
a resident, nonresident, or program participant child or adult victim
of family violence that:
(A) include:
(i) safety planning;
(ii) understanding and support;
(iii) advocacy;
(iv) case management;
(v) information and education; and
(vi) resource assistance;
(B) are available daily for shelter residents; and
(C) are available during the center's or project's
hours of operation for nonresidents or program participants.
(13) Legal assistance--Face-to-face services to the
resident, nonresident, or program participant that include:
(A) identifying individual legal needs;
(B) explaining legal rights and options;
(C) providing support and accompaniment in the pursuit
of those options;
(D) assisting in safety planning; and
(E) providing advocacy.
(14) Limited English Proficiency (LEP)--A term describing
individuals who do not speak English as their primary language and
who have limited ability to read, speak, write or understand English.
(15) Nonresident--An adult or child victim of family
violence who receives services from an HHSC-funded shelter center
without receiving shelter.
(16) Nonresidential center--An HHSC-funded program
that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization;
and
(B) provides comprehensive nonresidential services
to victims of family violence as described in the Service Delivery
section of the HHSC Family Violence Program Nonresidential Center
Provider Manual.
(17) Program participant--An adult or child victim
of family violence who receives services from an HHSC-funded nonresidential
center or special nonresidential project.
(18) Referral system to existing community services--An
organized process for providing information and referring residents,
nonresidents, or program participants to existing community resources,
including but not limited to:
(A) medical care;
(B) legal representation;
(C) protective services for abuse of:
(i) children;
(ii) the elderly; and
(iii) people with disabilities;
(D) resource assistance;
(E) public assistance;
(F) counseling and treatment services;
(G) children's services; and
(H) other appropriate family violence services.
(19) Resident--An adult or child victim of family violence
who is admitted to an HHSC-funded shelter.
(20) Satellite shelter--An additional shelter operated
by a shelter center that meets the criteria stated in these sections.
(21) Shelter center--An HHSC-funded program that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization;
and
(B) provides comprehensive residential and nonresidential
services to victims of family violence as described in the Service
Delivery section of the HHSC Family Violence Program Shelter Center
Provider Manual.
(22) Special nonresidential project--A project that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization;
(B) provides at least one specialized family violence
service as described in the Service Delivery section of the HHSC Family
Violence Special Nonresidential Project Provider Manual, which can
be:
(i) community education relating to family violence;
or
(ii) direct delivery of services for adult victims
of family violence or their children;
(C) demonstrates a system of referring victims of family
violence to at least one family violence shelter center or other safe
temporary lodging;
(D) demonstrates that the project, through the services
it provides, is addressing a need in the community consistent with
the plan for family violence services under Human Resources Code, §51.0021;
and
(E) demonstrates that the underserved or special population
to be served by the project is involved in the project's design and
implementation, if applicable.
(23) Standards--The minimum HHSC requirements as stated
in this chapter.
(24) Training and employment information--Providing
information and referrals to residents, nonresidents, or program participants
about employment training and employment opportunities, either directly
or through formal arrangements with other organizations.
(25) Twenty-four-hour-a-day shelter--An HHSC-funded
shelter center facility that provides access, admittance, and temporary
emergency residence for victims of family violence 24 hours a day,
every day of the year.
(26) Victim of family violence--Includes:
(A) an adult member of a family or household who is
subjected to an act of family violence;
(B) a member of the household of the adult described
in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, other than the member of the
household who commits the act of family violence, including an act
of emotional abuse;
(C) victims not directly served by an HHSC family violence
provider;
(D) a member of the family or household who may have
been subjected to sexual abuse by a batterer; and
(E) a victim of dating violence.
(27) Volunteer recruitment and training program--A
process for soliciting a diverse group of people from the community
to work as non-paid staff and providing them with information about
family violence and services for victims of family violence through
a structured orientation.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §356.1 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9327; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the Texas Register March 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 1507 |
