Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-1402 - Eligibility for Grant Diversion

The Department shall offer a Cash Assistance applicant the option of receiving a lump sum Grant Diversion cash benefit when the applicant satisfies all of the following eligibility criteria:

1 The assistance unit includes an adult parent or non-parent caretaker relative;

2 The assistance unit meets all CA financial and non-financial eligibility criteria, except that the adult parent or non-parent caretaker relative is exempt from the following:

a The child support requirements in R6-12-311;

b The Jobs program participation requirements in R6-12-313;

c The Personal Responsibility Agreement in R6-12-302; and

d The TPEP employment and education requirements in R6-12-606;

3 The assistance unit is eligible for a CA cash benefit of at least one dollar in either the month of application or either of the two months following the month of application;

4 An adult assistance unit member is immediately available for full-time employment and the adult satisfies at least one of the following requirements:

a Was employed in the month the application was received or in at least one of the 12 months preceding the month that the application was received;

b Has a verified offer of full-time employment that will begin within the three month Grant Diversion payment period; or

c Has successfully completed an educational, vocational, or job training program in the month the application was received or in one of the six months preceding the month that the application was received;

5 An adult parent or non-parent caretaker relative in the assistance unit completes and signs the Grant Diversion Applicant Agreement form, which includes the adult's agreement that the short term Grant Diversion cash benefit shall assist and support the adult in securing full-time employment within 90 days of the application date in order to enable the assistance unit to become self-sufficient;

6 The assistance unit has not received a Grant Diversion cash benefit in the 12 months preceding the month that the application was received; and

7 The assistance unit is not currently being sanctioned under R6-12-316.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-1402

New Section made by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 1638, effective August 4, 2013 (Supp. 13-2).