Family - A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption; all such related persons are considered members of one family. For instance, if an older married couple, their daughter and her husband and two children, and the older couple's nephew all lived in the same house or apartment, they would all be considered members of a single family.
Unrelated individual - A person 15 years old or over (other than an inmate of an institution) who is not living with any relatives. Examples of unrelated individuals residing with others include a lodger, a foster child, a ward, or an employee.
Household - A household consists of all the persons who occupy a housing unit (house or apartment), whether they are related to each other or not. If a family and an unrelated individual, or two unrelated individuals, are living in the same housing unit, they would constitute two family units, but only one household.
Income - Total annual cash receipts before taxes from all sources, with the exceptions noted below. Income includes money wages and salaries before any deductions; net receipts from self-employment; regular payments from social security, railroad retirement, unemployment compensation, strike benefits from union funds, workers' compensation, veterans' payments, public assistance and training stipends; alimony, child support, and military family allotments or other regular support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; private pensions, government employee pensions (including military retirement pay), and regular insurance or annuity payments; college or university scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships; and dividends, interest, net rental income, net royalties, periodic receipts from estates or trusts, and net gambling or lottery winnings.
Exclusions From Income - Income does not include the following types of money received: capital gains, any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, the sale of property, a house, or a car, tax refunds, gifts, loans, lump-sum inheritances, one-time insurance payments or compensation for injury, or non-cash benefits.
Resident - An individual who is either a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident and lives in the CCHCS primary service area. A lawful permanent resident is issued an alien registration card, an I-551 card, which is better known as a "green card." Persons in the U.S. on any valid visa are not considered residents.
Undocumented Immigrant - A non-citizen who enters the U.S. without inspection or who overstays his/her visa. Also referred to as "person not lawfully present," "illegal alien," or "illegal immigrant."