{"data":{"id":"us-nm/27-2d-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"27-2D-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Education Works Act:\nA. \"applicant\" means a person applying for cash assistance on behalf of a benefit group;\nB. \"benefit group\" means a pregnant woman or a group of people that includes a dependent child, all of that dependent child's full, half, step- or adopted siblings living with the dependent child's parent or relative within the fifth degree of consanguinity and the parent with whom the children live;\nC. \"cash assistance\" means cash payments distributed by the authority pursuant to the Education Works Act;\nD. \"authority\" or \"department\" means the health care authority;\nE. \"dependent child\" means a natural, adopted stepchild or ward who is:\n(1) seventeen years of age or younger;\n(2) eighteen years of age and is enrolled in high school; or\n(3) between eighteen and twenty-two years of age and is receiving special education services regulated by the public education department;\nF. \"director\" means the director of the income support division of the authority;\nG. \"earned income\" means cash or payment in kind that is received as wages from employment or payment in lieu of wages; and earnings from self-employment or earnings acquired from the direct provision of services, goods or property, production of goods, management of property or supervision of services;\nH. \"education works program\" means the cash assistance, activities and services available to a recipient pursuant to the Education Works Act;\nI. \"federal act\" means the federal Social Security Act and rules promulgated pursuant to the Social Security Act;\nJ. \"federal poverty guidelines\" means the level of income defining poverty by family size published annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services;\nK. \"parent\" means natural parent, adoptive parent or stepparent;\nL. \"person\" means an individual;\nM. \"recipient\" means a person who receives cash assistance or services or a member of a benefit group who has reached the age of majority;\nN. \"secretary\" means the secretary of health care authority;\nO. \"services\" means child-care assistance; payment for education- or employment-related transportation costs; job search assistance; employment counseling; employment, education and job training placement; an annual payment for education-related costs; case management; or other activities whose purpose is to assist transition into employment;\nP. \"unearned income\" means old age, survivors and disability insurance; railroad retirement benefits; veterans administration compensation or pension; military retirement; pensions, annuities and retirement benefits; lodge or fraternal benefits; shared shelter payments; settlement payments; individual Indian money; child support; unemployment compensation benefits; union benefits paid in cash; gifts and contributions; and real property income; and\nQ. \"vehicle\" means a conveyance for the transporting of persons to or from employment or education for the activities of daily living or for the transportation of goods; \"vehicle\" does not include boats, trailers or mobile homes used as a principal place of residence.","path":["Chapter 27 - Public Assistance","ARTICLE 2D Education Works"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18527/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"d1918368e2ce369bc7d52c9cef60cce6de76eb91bc9794bab7b8dc2c28f70e73","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/27-2d-1","next":"us-nm/27-2d-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}