Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-41.30 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Time limits
(1)
Sixty-month limit. Assistance will not be provided to an FIP
applicant or recipient family that includes an adult who has received
assistance for 60 calendar months under FIP or under any program in another
state that is funded by the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF) block grant unless the applicant or recipient family is eligible for a
hardship as defined in subrule 41.30(3). The 60-month period need not be
consecutive. In two-parent households or households that include a parent and a
stepparent, the 60-month limit is determined when either a parent or stepparent
has received assistance for 60 months.
a. An
"adult" is any person who is a parent of the FIP child in the home, the
parent's spouse, or included as an optional member under subparagraph
41.28(1)"b"(1) or "b"(2).
b. "Assistance," for the purpose of this
rule, will include any month for which the adult receives an FIP grant or a
payment in another state using federal TANF funds that the other state deems
countable toward the 60-month federal limit. Assistance received for a partial
month will count as a full month.
(2)
Determining number of
months.
a. In determining the number
of months an adult received assistance, the department will consider toward the
60-month limit:
(1) Assistance received even
when the parent is excluded from the grant unless the parent, or both parents
in a two-parent household, are SSI recipients.
(2) Assistance received by an optional member
of the eligible group as described in subparagraphs
41.28(1)"b"(1) and "b"(2). However, once the
person has received assistance for 60 months, the person is ineligible but
assistance may continue for other persons in the eligible group. The entire
family is ineligible for assistance when the optional member who has received
assistance for 60 months is the incapacitated stepparent on the grant as
described in subparagraph 41.28(1)"b"(3).
b. When the parent, or both parents in a
two-parent household, have received 60 months of FIP assistance and are
subsequently approved for supplemental security income, FIP assistance for the
children may be granted, if all other eligibility requirements are
met.
c. When a minor parent and
child receive FIP on the adult parent's case and the adult parent is no longer
eligible due to the 60-month limit on FIP assistance, the minor parent may
reapply for FIP as a minor parent living with a self-supporting
parent.
d. In determining the
number of months an adult received assistance, the department will not consider
toward the 60-month limit any month for which FIP assistance was not issued for
the family, such as:
(1) A month of
suspension.
e. The department will not
consider toward the 60-month limit months of assistance a parent or pregnant
person received as a minor child and not as the head of a household or married
to the head of a household. This includes assistance received for a minor
parent for any month in which the minor parent was a child on the adult
parent's or the specified relative's FIP case.
f. The department will not consider toward
the 60-month limit months of assistance received by an adult while living in
Indian country (as defined in
18 U.S.C. Section
1151 as amended to December 31, 2024) or a
Native Alaskan village where at least 50 percent of the adults were not
employed.
(3)
Exception to the 60-month limit. A family may receive FIP
assistance for more than 60 months as defined in subrule 41.30(1) if the family
qualifies for a hardship exemption as described in this subrule. "Hardship" is
defined as a circumstance that is preventing the family from being
self-supporting. However, the family's safety will take precedence over the
goal of self-sufficiency.
a.
Reserved.
b. Eligibility
determination. Eligibility for the hardship exemption will be determined on an
individual family basis. A hardship exemption will not begin until the adult in
the family has received at least 60 months of FIP assistance.
c. Hardship exemption criteria. Circumstances
that may lead to a hardship exemption may include the following:
(1) Domestic violence. "Domestic violence"
means that the family includes someone who has been battered or subjected to
extreme cruelty. It includes:
1. Physical acts
that resulted in, or threatened to result in, physical injury to the
individual.
2. Sexual
abuse.
3. Sexual activity involving
a dependent child.
4. Being forced
as the caretaker relative of a dependent child to engage in nonconsensual
sexual acts or activities.
5.
Threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse.
6. Mental abuse.
7. Neglect or deprivation of medical
care.
(2) Lack of
employability.
(3) Lack of suitable
child care as defined in 441-subrule 93.4(5).
(4) Chronic or recurring medical conditions
or mental health issues, or an accident or disease, when verified by a
professional. The applicant or recipient will follow a treatment plan to
address the condition or issue.
(5)
Housing situations that make it difficult or impossible to work.
(6) Substance use disorder. A family
requesting a hardship exemption due to substance use disorder will be required
to obtain clinical assessment and follow an intensive treatment plan.
(7) Having a child whose circumstances
require the parent to be in the home. This may include but is not limited to a
child as defined in rule
441-170.1 (237A) or a child
receiving child welfare, juvenile court or juvenile justice services. The
safety of the child will take precedence over the goal of
self-sufficiency.
(8)
Reserved.
(9) Other circumstances
that prevent the family from being self-supporting.
d. Eligibility for a hardship exemption.
(1) Families may be eligible for a hardship
exemption when circumstances prevent the family from being self-supporting. The
hardship condition shall be a result of a past or current experience that is
affecting the family's current functioning. Current experience may include fear
of an event that is likely to occur in the future. The definition of the
hardship barrier relies upon the impact of the circumstances upon the family's
ability to leave FIP rather than the type of circumstances.
(2) Families with FIA-responsible persons who
are not exempt from referral as defined in subrule 41.24(2) determined eligible
for more than 60 months of FIP shall make incremental steps toward overcoming
the hardship and participate to their maximum potential in activities
reasonably expected to result in self-sufficiency.
(3) Barriers to economic self-sufficiency
that an FIA-responsible person who is not exempt as defined in subrule 41.24(2)
has that were known and existing before the family reached the 60-month limit
will not be considered as meeting eligibility criteria for hardship unless the
individual complied with PROMISE JOBS activities offered to overcome that
specific barrier.
e.
Requesting a hardship exemption.
(1) Families
that have or are close to having received 60 months of assistance as defined in
subrule 41.30(1) may request a hardship exemption. Requests for the hardship
exemption shall be made on a hardship request form prescribed by the
department. In addition, families that have received assistance for 60 months
and are no longer receiving FIP shall complete an application form prescribed
by the department as a condition for regaining FIP eligibility. Failure to
provide the required application within ten days from the date of the
department's request will result in denial of the hardship request.
(2) In families that request FIP beyond 60
months, all adults as defined in subrule 41.30(1) shall sign the request. When
the adult is incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly on the
adult's behalf may sign the request.
(3) Requests for a hardship exemption will
not be accepted prior to the first day of the family's fiftyninth month of
assistance. The date of the request will be the date an identifiable hardship
request form prescribed by the department is received in any department or
PROMISE JOBS office. An identifiable form is one that contains a legible name
and address and that has been signed.
(4) To receive more than 60 months of FIP
assistance, families must be eligible for a hardship exemption and meet all
other FIP eligibility requirements.
(5) When an adult as defined in subrule
41.30(1) who has received assistance for 60 months joins a recipient family
that has not received 60 months of assistance, eligibility will continue only
if the recipient family submits a hardship request form prescribed by the
department and is approved for a hardship exemption as described in subrule
41.30(3) and meets all other FIP eligibility requirements.
(6) When an adult as defined in subrule
41.30(1) joins a recipient family that is in an exemption period, the current
exemption period will continue, if the recipient family continues to meet all
other eligibility requirements, regardless of whether the joining adult has
received FIP for 60 months.
(7)
When two parents who are in a hardship exemption period separate, the remainder
of the exemption period, if there is a need, will follow the parent who retains
the current FIP case.
f.
Determination of hardship exemption.
(1) A
determination on the request will be made as soon as possible, but no later
than 30 days following the date an identifiable hardship request form
prescribed by the department is received in any department or PROMISE JOBS
office. A written notice of decision will be issued to the family the next
working day following a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a
hardship exemption. The 30-day time standard will apply except in unusual
circumstances, such as when the department and the family have made every
reasonable effort to secure necessary information that has not been supplied by
the date the time limit expired; or because of emergency situations, such as
fire, flood or other conditions beyond the administrative control of the
department.
(2) When a Financial
Support Application is required to regain FIP eligibility, the 30-day time
frame in rule 441-40.25 (239B) will
apply.
(3) Income maintenance will
determine eligibility for a hardship exemption.
(4) The family shall provide supporting
evidence of the hardship barrier and the impact of the barrier upon the
family's ability to leave FIP. The department will advise the applicant or
recipient about how to obtain necessary documents. Upon request, the department
will provide reasonable assistance in obtaining supporting documents when the
family is not reasonably able to obtain the documents. The type of supporting
evidence is dependent upon the circumstance that creates the hardship
barrier.
(5) Examples of types of
supporting evidence may include:
1. Court,
medical, criminal, child protective services, social services, psychological,
or law enforcement records.
2.
Statements from professionals or other individuals with knowledge of the
hardship barrier.
3. Statements
from vocational rehabilitation or other job training professionals.
4. Statements from individuals other than the
applicant or recipient with knowledge of the hardship circumstances. Written
statements from friends and relatives alone may not be sufficient to grant
hardship status, but may be used to support other evidence.
5. Court, criminal, police records or
statements from domestic violence counselors may be used to substantiate
hardship. Living in a domestic violence shelter will not automatically qualify
an individual for a hardship exemption, but would be considered strong
evidence.
6. Actively pursuing
verification of a disability through the Social Security Administration may not
be sufficient to grant hardship status, but may be used to support other
evidence.
(6) The
department will notify the family in writing of additional information or
verification that is required to verify the barrier and its impact upon the
family's ability to leave FIP. The family will be allowed ten days to supply
the required information or verification. The ten-day period may be extended
under the circumstances described in 441-subrule 40.24(1) or 441-paragraph
40.27(4)"c." Failure to supply the required information or
verification, or refusal by the family to authorize the department to secure
the information or verification from other sources, will result in denial of
the family's request for a hardship exemption.
(7) and (8) Reserved.
(9) Recipients whose FIP assistance is
canceled at the end of the sixtieth month will be eligible for reinstatement as
described in 441-subrule 40.22(5) when a hardship request form prescribed by
the department is received before the effective date of cancellation even if
eligibility for a hardship exemption is not determined until on or after the
effective date of cancellation.
(10) When a hardship request form prescribed
by the department is not received before the effective date of the FIP
cancellation and a Financial Support Application is required for the family to
regain FIP eligibility, the effective date of assistance will be no earlier
than seven days from the date of application as described in rule
441-40.26 (239B).
(11) Eligibility for a hardship exemption
will last for six consecutive calendar months. Exception: The six-month
hardship exemption ends when FIP for the family is canceled for any reason and
a Financial Support Application is required for the family to regain FIP
eligibility. In addition, when FIP eligibility depends on receiving a hardship
exemption, the family shall submit a new hardship request form prescribed by
the department. A new hardship exemption determination will be required prior
to FIP approval.
(12) FIP received
for a partial month of the six-month hardship exemption period will count as a
full month.
(13) There is no limit
on the number of hardship exemptions a family may receive over time.
g. Six-month FIA. Families who
request a hardship exemption shall develop and sign a six-month FIA as defined
in 441-93.4 (239B) to address the
circumstances that are creating the barrier. All adults as defined in subrule
41.30(1) shall sign the six-month FIA unless the adult is a stepparent and is
not requesting assistance or is exempt as specified at subrule 41.24(2).
(1) The six-month FIA shall contain specific
steps to enable the family to make incremental progress toward overcoming the
barrier. Each subsequent hardship exemption will require a new six-month FIA.
Failure to develop or sign a six-month FIA will result in denial of the
family's hardship exemption request.
(2) Families that request a hardship
exemption will be notified verbally and will be hand-issued the notice of a
scheduled appointment for orientation and FIA development. If the notice of
appointment cannot be hand-issued, at least five working days will be allowed
from the date the notice is mailed for a participant to appear for the
scheduled appointment for orientation and FIA development unless the
participant agrees to an appointment that is scheduled to take place in less
than five working days.
(3) Failure
to attend a scheduled interview when required, except for reasons beyond the
adult's control, will result in a denial of the family's hardship exemption
request. In two-parent families, both parents will be required to participate
in any scheduled interview. When the adult is incompetent or incapacitated,
someone acting responsibly on the adult's behalf may participate in the
interview.
(4) PROMISE JOBS staff
shall provide necessary supportive services as described in 441-Chapter 93 and
shall monitor the six-month FIA. Periodic contacts shall be made with the
family to monitor progress. These contacts need not be in person. Time and
attendance reports shall be required as specified in 441-subrule
93.10(2).
(5) The six-month FIA
shall be renegotiated and amended under the circumstances described in
441-subrule 93.4(8).
(6) Any family
that is not exempt from referral as defined in subrule 41.24(2), that has been
granted a hardship exemption, and that does not follow the terms of the
family's six-month FIA will have chosen an LBP in accordance with 441-Chapter
41 and 441-Chapter 93.
h. Any family that is denied a hardship
exemption may appeal the decision as described in 441-Chapter 7.
Notes
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(1) Sixty-month limit. Assistance shall not be provided to a FIP applicant or recipient family that includes an adult who has received assistance for 60 calendar months under FIP or under any program in another state that is funded by the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant unless the applicant or recipient family is eligible for a hardship as defined in subrule 41.30(3). The 60-month period need not be consecutive. In two-parent households or households that include a parent and a stepparent, the 60-month limit is determined when either a parent or stepparent has received assistance for 60 months.
a. An "adult" is any person who is a parent of the FIP child in the home, the parent's spouse, or included as an optional member under subparagraph 41.28(1)"b"(1) or (2).
b. "Assistance," for the purpose of this rule, shall include any month for which the adult receives a FIP grant or a payment in another state using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds that the other state deems countable toward the 60-month federal limit. Assistance received for a partial month shall count as a full month.
(2) Determining number of months.
a. In determining the number of months an adult received assistance, the department shall consider toward the 60-month limit:
(1) Assistance received even when the parent is excluded from the grant unless the parent, or both parents in a two-parent household, are supplemental security income (SSI) recipients.
(2) Assistance received by an optional member of the eligible group as described in subparagraphs 41.28(1)"b"(1) and (2). However, once the person has received assistance for 60 months, the person is ineligible but assistance may continue for other persons in the eligible group. The entire family is ineligible for assistance when the optional member who has received assistance for 60 months is the incapacitated stepparent on the grant as described at subparagraph 41.28(1)"b"(3).
b. When the parent, or both parents in a two-parent household, have received 60 months of FIP assistance and are subsequently approved for supplemental security income, FIP assistance for the children may be granted, if all other eligibility requirements are met.
c. When a minor parent and child receive FIP on the adult parent's case and the adult parent is no longer eligible due to the 60-month limit on FIP assistance, the minor parent may reapply for FIP as a minor parent living with a self-supporting parent.
d. In determining the number of months an adult received assistance, the department shall not consider toward the 60-month limit any month for which FIP assistance was not issued for the family, such as:
(1) A month of suspension.
e. The department shall not consider toward the 60-month limit months of assistance a parent or pregnant person received as a minor child and not as the head of a household or married to the head of a household. This includes assistance received for a minor parent for any month in which the minor parent was a child on the adult parent's or the specified relative's FIP case.
f. The department shall not consider toward the 60-month limit months of assistance received by an adult while living in Indian country (as defined in 18 United States Code Section 1151) or a Native Alaskan village where at least 50 percent of the adults were not employed.
(3) Exception to the 60-month limit. A family may receive FIP assistance for more than 60 months as defined in subrule 41.30(1) if the family qualifies for a hardship exemption as described in this subrule. "Hardship" is defined as a circumstance that is preventing the family from being self-supporting. However, the family's safety shall take precedence over the goal of self-sufficiency.
a. Reserved.
b. Eligibility determination. Eligibility for the hardship exemption shall be determined on an individual family basis. A hardship exemption shall not begin until the adult in the family has received at least 60 months of FIP assistance.
c. Hardship exemption criteria. Circumstances that may lead to a hardship exemption may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Domestic violence. "Domestic violence" means that the family includes someone who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. It includes:
1. Physical acts that resulted in, or threatened to result in, physical injury to the individual.
2. Sexual abuse.
3. Sexual activity involving a dependent child.
4. Being forced as the caretaker relative of a dependent child to engage in nonconsensual sexual acts or activities.
5. Threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse.
6. Mental abuse.
7. Neglect or deprivation of medical care.
(2) Lack of employability.
(3) Lack of suitable child care as defined in 441-subrule 93.4(5).
(4) Chronic or recurring medical conditions or mental health issues, or an accident or disease, when verified by a professional. The applicant or recipient shall follow a treatment plan to address the condition or issue.
(5) Housing situations that make it difficult or impossible to work.
(6) Substance abuse issues. A family requesting a hardship exemption due to substance abuse shall be required to obtain clinical assessment and follow an intensive treatment plan.
(7) Having a child whose circumstances require the parent to be in the home. This may include, but is not limited to, a child as defined in rule 441-170.1 (234) or a child receiving child welfare, juvenile court or juvenile justice services. The safety of the child shall take precedence over the goal of self-sufficiency.
(8) Reserved.
(9) Other circumstances which prevent the family from being self-supporting.
d. Eligibility for a hardship exemption.
(1) Families may be eligible for a hardship exemption when circumstances prevent the family from being self-supporting. The hardship condition shall be a result of a past or current experience that is affecting the family's current functioning. Current experience may include fear of an event that is likely to occur in the future. The definition of the hardship barrier relies upon the impact of the circumstances upon the family's ability to leave FIP rather than the type of circumstances.
(2) Families with FIA-responsible persons who are not exempt from referral as defined in subrule 41.24(2) determined eligible for more than 60 months of FIP shall make incremental steps toward overcoming the hardship and participate to their maximum potential in activities reasonably expected to result in self-sufficiency.
(3) Barriers to economic self-sufficiency that an FIA-responsible person who is not exempt as defined in subrule 41.24(2) has that were known and existing before the family reached the 60-month limit shall not be considered as meeting eligibility criteria for hardship unless the individual complied with PROMISE JOBS activities offered to overcome that specific barrier.
e. Requesting a hardship exemption.
(1) Families that have or are close to having received 60 months of assistance as defined in subrule 41.30(1) may request a hardship exemption. Requests for the hardship exemption shall be made on Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S), Request for FIP Beyond 60 Months. In addition, families that have received assistance for 60 months and are no longer receiving FIP shall complete Form 470-0462 or Form 470-0462(S), Food and Financial Support Application, as described at rule 441-40.22 (239B) as a condition for regaining FIP eligibility. Failure to provide the required application within ten days from the date of the department's request shall result in denial of the hardship request.
(2) In families that request FIP beyond 60 months, all adults as defined in subrule 41.30(1) shall sign the request. When the adult is incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly on the adult's behalf may sign the request.
(3) Requests for a hardship exemption shall not be accepted prior to the first day of the family's fifty-ninth month of assistance. The date of the request shall be the date an identifiable Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S) is received in any department of human services or PROMISE JOBS office. An identifiable form is one that contains a legible name and address and that has been signed.
(4) To receive more than 60 months of FIP assistance, families must be eligible for a hardship exemption and meet all other FIP eligibility requirements.
(5) When an adult as defined in subrule 41.30(1) who has received assistance for 60 months joins a recipient family that has not received 60 months of assistance, eligibility shall continue only if the recipient family submits Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S) and is approved for a hardship exemption as described in subrule 41.30(3) and meets all other FIP eligibility requirements.
(6) When an adult as defined in subrule 41.30(1) joins a recipient family that is in an exemption period, the current exemption period shall continue, if the recipient family continues to meet all other eligibility requirements, regardless of whether the joining adult has received FIP for 60 months.
(7) When two parents who are in a hardship exemption period separate, the remainder of the exemption period, if there is a need, shall follow the parent who retains the current FIP case.
f. Determination of hardship exemption.
(1) A determination on the request shall be made as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days following the date an identifiable Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S) is received in any department of human services or PROMISE JOBS office. A written notice of decision shall be issued to the family the next working day following a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for a hardship exemption. The 30-day time standard shall apply except in unusual circumstances, such as when the department and the family have made every reasonable effort to secure necessary information which has not been supplied by the date the time limit expired; or because of emergency situations, such as fire, flood or other conditions beyond the administrative control of the department.
(2) When a Financial Support Application is required to regain FIP eligibility, the 30-day time frame in rule 441-40.25 (239B) shall apply.
(3) Income maintenance shall determine eligibility for a hardship exemption.
(4) The family shall provide supporting evidence of the hardship barrier and the impact of the barrier upon the family's ability to leave FIP. The department shall advise the applicant or recipient about how to obtain necessary documents. Upon request, the department shall provide reasonable assistance in obtaining supporting documents when the family is not reasonably able to obtain the documents. The type of supporting evidence is dependent upon the circumstance that creates the hardship barrier.
(5) Examples of types of supporting evidence may include:
1. Court, medical, criminal, child protective services, social services, psychological, or law enforcement records.
2. Statements from professionals or other individuals with knowledge of the hardship barrier.
3. Statements from vocational rehabilitation or other job training professionals.
4. Statements from individuals other than the applicant or recipient with knowledge of the hardship circumstances. Written statements from friends and relatives alone may not be sufficient to grant hardship status, but may be used to support other evidence.
5. Court, criminal, police records or statements from domestic violence counselors may be used to substantiate hardship. Living in a domestic violence shelter shall not automatically qualify an individual for a hardship exemption, but would be considered strong evidence.
6. Actively pursuing verification of a disability through the Social Security Administration may not be sufficient to grant hardship status, but may be used to support other evidence.
(6) The department shall notify the family in writing of additional information or verification that is required to verify the barrier and its impact upon the family's ability to leave FIP. The family shall be allowed ten days to supply the required information or verification. The ten-day period may be extended under the circumstances described in 441-subrule 40.24(1) or 441-paragraph 40.27(4)"c." Failure to supply the required information or verification, or refusal by the family to authorize the department to secure the information or verification from other sources, shall result in denial of the family's request for a hardship exemption.
(7) and (8) Reserved.
(9) Recipients whose FIP assistance is canceled at the end of the sixtieth month shall be eligible for reinstatement as described at 441-subrule 40.22(5) when Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S) is received before the effective date of cancellation even if eligibility for a hardship exemption is not determined until on or after the effective date of cancellation.
(10) When Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S) is not received before the effective date of the FIP cancellation and a Financial Support Application is required for the family to regain FIP eligibility, the effective date of assistance shall be no earlier than seven days from the date of application as described at rule 441-40.26 (239B).
(11) Eligibility for a hardship exemption shall last for six consecutive calendar months. Exception: The six-month hardship exemption ends when FIP for the family is canceled for any reason and a Financial Support Application is required for the family to regain FIP eligibility. In addition, when FIP eligibility depends on receiving a hardship exemption, the family shall submit a new Form 470-3826 or Form 470-3826(S). A new hardship exemption determination shall be required prior to FIP approval.
(12) FIP received for a partial month of the six-month hardship exemption period shall count as a full month.
(13) There is no limit on the number of hardship exemptions a family may receive over time.
g. Six-month family investment agreement (FIA). Families who request a hardship exemption shall develop and sign a six-month family investment agreement (FIA) as defined at rule 441-93.4 (239B) to address the circumstances that are creating the barrier. All adults as defined in subrule 41.30(1) shall sign the six-month FIA unless the adult is a stepparent and is not requesting assistance or is exempt as specified at subrule 41.24(2).
(1) The six-month FIA shall contain specific steps to enable the family to make incremental progress toward overcoming the barrier. Each subsequent hardship exemption shall require a new six-month FIA. Failure to develop or sign a six-month FIA shall result in denial of the family's hardship exemption request.
(2) Families that request a hardship exemption shall be notified verbally and shall be hand-issued the notice of a scheduled appointment for orientation and FIA development. If the notice of appointment cannot be hand-issued, at least five working days shall be allowed from the date the notice is mailed for a participant to appear for the scheduled appointment for orientation and FIA development unless the participant agrees to an appointment that is scheduled to take place in less than five working days.
(3) Failure to attend a scheduled interview when required, except for reasons beyond the adult's control, shall result in a denial of the family's hardship exemption request. In two-parent families, both parents shall be required to participate in any scheduled interview. When the adult is incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly on the adult's behalf may participate in the interview.
(4) PROMISE JOBS staff shall provide necessary supportive services as described in 441-Chapter 93 and shall monitor the six-month FIA. Periodic contacts shall be made with the family to monitor progress. These contacts need not be in person. Time and attendance reports shall be required as specified at 441-subrule 93.10(2).
(5) The six-month FIA shall be renegotiated and amended under the circumstances described at 441-subrule 93.4(8).
(6) Any family that is not exempt from referral as defined in subrule 41.24(2), that has been granted a hardship exemption, and that does not follow the terms of the family's six-month FIA will have chosen a limited benefit plan in accordance with 441-Chapters 41 and 93.
h. Any family that is denied a hardship exemption may appeal the decision as described in 441-Chapter 7.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 239B.