Section 5-301 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Community service" means a structured program with embedded activities in which individuals perform unpaid work: (1) for the direct benefit of the community; and(2) under the guidance and support of a public or nonprofit organization.(c) "FIP" means the Family Investment Program.(d) "Nonprofit organization" means a religious, charitable, or volunteer organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.(e) "Recipient" means each individual in a FIP case.(f) "Temporary cash assistance" means the cash assistance component of the FIP that is funded wholly or partly through Title IV, Part A, of the Social Security Act.(g) "Third party payee" means: (1) an individual that the Department approves;(2) a nonprofit organization;(3) a for-profit organization; or(4) a governmental unit, including a local department.(h) "Transitional assistance" means assistance provided to a recipient whose temporary cash assistance has been terminated for noncompliance with FIP requirements.(i) "Work activity" means: (2) subsidized employment in either the public or private sector;(6) training directly related to employment; or(7) education directly related to employment.(j) "Work experience" means unpaid work activity, performed in return for temporary cash assistance, that provides an individual with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 510, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 509, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 507, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 506, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 476, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 526, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2014.