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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57625</law_id><section_number>63.2-500</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-325.02</reference><reference>32.1-353</reference><reference>51.5-160</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Public Assistance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this subtitle, unless the context otherwise clearly requires:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agreement</span>&#x201D; means the written individualized <span class="dictionary">agreement</span> of personal responsibility required by this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Case manager</span>&#x201D; means the worker designated by the <span class="dictionary">local department</span>, a private-sector contractor or a private community-based organization including nonprofit entities, churches, or voluntary organizations that provide case management services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Intensive case management</span>&#x201D; means individualized services provided by a properly trained <span class="dictionary">case manager</span>.</p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 858, 951, &#xA7; 63.1-133.42; 1995, c. 450; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
