Special Needs Populations definition

Special Needs Populations means the homeless, the seriously mentally ill, the physically disabled, individuals infected with the human immune-deficiency virus or other populations with specialized housing needs. Other populations with specialized housing needs will include:

Special Needs Populations means Disabled Households, agricultural workers, single-parent households, survivors of physical abuse, homeless persons or persons at risk of becoming homeless, chronically ill persons including those with HIV and mental illness, displaced teenage parents (or expectant teenage parents), homeless youth as defined in Government Code section 11139.5, individuals exiting from institutional settings, chronic substance abusers, or other specific groups with unique housing needs as determined by the Department. “Special Needs Populations” do not include seniors or the frail elderly unless they otherwise qualify as a Special Needs Population.

Special Needs Populations means the same as defined under Section 7301 of the Multifamily Housing Program guidelines: agricultural workers, individuals living with physical or sensory disabilities and transitioning from hospitals, nursing homes, development centers, or other care facilities; individuals living with developmental disabilities, serious mental illness or substance abuse disorders; individuals who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; individuals who are experiencing homelessness; individuals with HIV; homeless youth as defined in Government Code (GC) §12957(e)(2); families in the child welfare system for whom the absence of housing is a barrier to family reunification, as certified by a county; frequent users of public health or mental health services, as identified by a public health or mental health agency; frail elderly persons; or other specific groups with unique housing needs as determined by the Department. “Special Needs Populations” do not include seniors unless they otherwise qualify as a Special Needs Population.

Examples of Special Needs Populations in a sentence

• The restriction of housing to elderly and Special Needs Populations is permitted where the housing is intended to benefit those targeted groups in compliance with applicable law, and only with prior approval of the selection criteria by the Department.

• The Special Needs Populations identified below are not intended to be "all inclusive" and the Division reserves the right to award preference points to other Special Needs populations upon request of the Project Sponsor and approval by the Division.

• Homeless and Special Needs Populations The City will continue to undertake coordinated strategies to end homelessness.

• Most of the City (capital and expense) Funds are described in Volume 2, Part I., Section D., Supportive Housing Continuum of Care for Homeless and Other Special Needs Populations.

• If multiple applications are filed for a given market area proposing to serve different populations (e.g., Older Person, family or Special Needs Populations), ADOH shall analyze the Applications and may not award Tax Credits if it determines that a Project will be redundant or have adverse impact on the other Applications or existing Projects in the given area.

More Definitions of Special Needs Populations

Special Needs Populations means physically restricted people or people of limited means.

Special Needs Populations. – means a population of patients with serious chronic or acute conditions that require an extraordinary level of experience and care to provide health care services that result in extraordinary costs to a Clinic.

Special Needs Populations means Disabled Households, agricultural workers, single-parent households, victims or survivors of domestic or physical abuse, households enrolled in Welfare-to-Work programs, homeless persons or persons at risk of becoming homeless, chronically ill persons including those with HIV and mental illness, displaced dependent parents (or expectant dependent parents), emancipated foster youth, individuals exiting from institutional settings, chronic substance abusers, or other specific groups with unique housing needs as determined by the Department. “Special Needs Populations” do not include seniors or the frail elderly unless they otherwise qualify as a Special Needs Population.

Special Needs Populations means Disabled Households, agricultural workers, single-parent households, survivors of physical abuse, homeless persons or persons at risk of becoming homeless, chronically ill persons including those with HIV and mental illness, displaced teenage parents (or expectant teenage parents), homeless youth as defined in Government Code section 11139.5, individuals exiting from institutional settings, chronic substance abusers, or other specific

Special Needs Populations means the same as defined under section 7301 that is referenced in section 8314(e)(2) of the UMR: disabled households, agricultural workers, single-parent households, survivors of physical abuse, homeless persons

Special Needs Populations means Homeless people and/or people with developmental disabilities or chronic mental illnesses as defined by HUD’s Handbook 4571.2, section 1-5, parts A.2. and A.3. The ADOH has adde d three categories, which are considered to fall under the above categories:

Special Needs Populations are offenders who have significant problems in the areas of mental health, diminished intellectual capacity, or medical needs.