Fla. Stat. § 420.621
Definitions
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2024
As of January 1, 2011
As used in ss. 420.621-420.628, the term:
As used in ss. 420.621-420.628, the term:
(1) “Continuum of care” means the community components needed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and maximum self-sufficiency. It includes action steps to end homelessness and prevent a return to homelessness.
(1) “Continuum of care” means a group organized to carry out the responsibilities imposed under ss. 420.621-420.628 to coordinate, plan, and pursue ending homelessness in a designated catchment area. Such a group shall be composed of representatives from certain organizations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit homeless providers, victim service providers, faith-based organizations, governments, businesses, advocates, public housing agencies, school districts, social service providers, mental health agencies, hospitals, universities, affordable housing developers, law enforcement, organizations that serve homeless and formerly homeless veterans, and organizations that serve homeless and formerly homeless persons, to the extent that these organizations are represented within the designated catchment area and are available to participate.
(2) “Continuum of care lead agency” or “continuum of care collaborative applicant” means the organization designated by a continuum of care under s. 420.6225.
(3) “Council on Homelessness” means the council created in s. 420.622.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.
(4) “District” means a service district of the department, as set forth in s. 20.19.
(5) “Homeless,” applied to an individual, or “individual experiencing homelessness” means an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes an individual who:
(a) Is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
(b) Is living in a motel, hotel, travel trailer park, or camping ground due to a lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
(c) Is living in an emergency or transitional shelter;
(d) Has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
(e) Is living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, bus or train station, or similar setting; or
(f) Is a migratory individual who qualifies as homeless because he or she is living in circumstances described in paragraphs (a)-(e).The terms do not refer to an individual imprisoned pursuant to state or federal law or to individuals or families who are sharing housing due to cultural preferences, voluntary arrangements, or traditional networks of support. The terms include an individual who has been released from jail, prison, the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, a mental health and developmental disability facility, a residential addiction treatment program, or a hospital, for whom no subsequent residence has been identified, and who lacks the resources and support network to obtain housing.
(6) “Local coalition for the homeless” means a coalition established pursuant to s. 420.623.
(7) “New and temporary homeless” means individuals or families who are homeless due to societal factors.
(5) “Homeless” means:
(a) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as defined under “homeless” in 24 C.F.R. s. 578.3; or
(b) An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence as defined under “homeless” in 24 C.F.R. s. 578.3.
(6) “Person with lived experience” means any person with current or past experience of homelessness, as defined in 24 C.F.R. s. 578.3, including persons who have accessed or sought homeless services while fleeing domestic violence.
(7) “State Office on Homelessness” means the state office created in s. 420.622.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.