Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-4-41 - Assistance planning for TANF
(a) For the purposes of
K.A.R.
30-4-50 through
30-4-98,
the following terms and definitions shall apply:
(1) "Family group" means the applicant or
recipient and all individuals living together in which there is a relationship
of legal responsibility or a caretaker relationship. This term shall include a
cohabiting boyfriend or girlfriend living with the person legally responsible
for the child.
(2) "Mandatory
filing unit" means all persons in the family group whose needs or resources are
required to be considered in determining eligibility and amount of payment as
outlined in
K.A.R.
30-4-70(e) for TANF
purposes. If the department is unable to determine who is required to be a
member of the mandatory filing unit as a result of an applicant's or
recipient's failure to cooperate in providing necessary information or in
complying with an eligibility requirement that is within the applicant's or
recipient's control, those persons who would otherwise be required to be in the
mandatory filing unit if the applicant or recipient had cooperated shall be
ineligible for assistance.
(3)
"Caretaker," for TANF assistance purposes, means any of the following persons:
(A) The parent or parents, including the
parent or parents of an unborn child; or
(B) the person who is assigned the primary
responsibility for the care and control of the child as one of the following
representatives:
(i) A guardian, conservator,
or a relative, as defined in
K.A.R.
30-4-70(b); or
(ii) a legal custodian, when based on an
approved social service plan.
Caretaker status shall be extended to the spouse of a non-parental caretaker and a cohabiting boyfriend or girlfriend living with the person legally responsible for the child.
(4) "Eligible caretaker" means a
caretaker who is considered in the assistance plan with the child.
(5) "Legally responsible relative" means the
person who has the legal responsibility to provide support for the person in
the assistance plan.
(b)
The assistance plan shall consist of those members of the mandatory filing unit
and any other persons in the family group for whom assistance is requested and
eligibility is determined. An individual excluded from the assistance plan
shall not be eligible in a separate assistance plan.
Notes
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