Subpart
1.
Amount of assistance payment.
The county agency must issue an assistance payment to an
assistance unit in an amount equal to the difference between the standard of
assistance determined in part
9500.1231 and the assistance
unit's countable income as determined in parts
9500.1223 to
9500.1226, for a whole month
without separate standards for shelter, utilities, or other needs, except as
provided under subparts
2 to
6.
Subp. 2.
Prorate the month of
application.
When program eligibility exists for the month of application,
the amount of the assistance payment for the month of application must be
prorated from the date of application or the date all eligibility factors are
met for that applicant, whichever is later. This provision must apply when an
applicant loses at least one day of program eligibility.
Subp. 3. [Repealed, 32 SR 1437]
Subp. 4.
Persons without a verified
residence address.
A county agency may make payments to eligible persons without
a verified address as specified in items A to G.
A. A county agency which chooses to make
payments under this subpart must notify the department of its intention to do
so 30 days before implementation.
B. A county agency must apply this subpart
equally to all applicants or recipients who are without a verified residence,
except that this subpart must not be applied to persons who are certified as
having mental illness, developmental disability, or a family assistance unit
unless requested in writing by the family assistance unit.
C. A county agency may divide the monthly
assistance grant into four payments to be issued weekly for four weeks each
month.
D. A county agency may
determine eligibility and provide assistance on a weekly basis as specified in
subitems (1) to (5).
(1) The amount of
assistance issued under this item may be determined either by prorating the
monthly assistance standard which applies to the individual at the time of
application and at the time of weekly redetermination, or as specified in part
9500.1261.
(2) Forms required for weekly redetermination
of eligibility must be approved by the department. The form must contain a
statement of need by the recipient.
(3) Notwithstanding part
9500.1259, subpart
4, the county agency must
notify the recipient each time weekly assistance is issued under this item that
subsequent weekly assistance will not be issued unless the recipient claims
need.
(4) Weekly determination of
eligibility under this item must not continue beyond the first full calendar
month subsequent to the month of application. Beginning with the second full
calendar month, assistance may be issued as specified in item C to a recipient
who has not verified a residence address but who is a resident of the state as
determined by part
9500.1219, subpart
3.
(5) The provisions of this item must not be
applied to any assistance unit which receives, or is expected to receive
countable income within the month of application or the following
month.
E. Assistance
provided under items C and D may be in the form of cash or separate vouchers or
vendor payments for food, shelter, or other needs.
F. Except for weekly redetermination for
assistance under item D, notices must be provided to recipients under this
subpart as specified by part
9500.1259, subpart
4.
G. Assistance must not continue under this
subpart when the recipient has verified a residence address as specified in
part
9500.1219, subpart
3, item C.
Subp. 5. [Repealed, 32 SR
1437]
Subp. 6.
Assistance
payment when need will not exceed 30 days.
The county agency shall issue a grant determined by
subtracting any countable income that the applicant has received since the
first of the calendar month of application and any countable income the
applicant is expected to receive before the date on which the county agency has
anticipated that the applicant will lose eligibility for general assistance,
from his or her prorated standard of assistance. The prorated standard of
assistance must be determined by comparing the number of days between the date
of application or the date all eligibility factors have been met, whichever is
later, and the date which the county agency has anticipated that the applicant
will lose eligibility for general assistance, with a 30-day month.
Subp. 7. [Repealed, 32 SR
1437]
Subp. 8. [Repealed, 32 SR
1437]
Subp. 9. [Repealed, 32 SR
1437]
