Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

142G.05 APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Where to apply. To apply for assistance a person must submit a signed application to the county agency in the county where that person lives. § Subd. 2.County agency responsibility to provide information. When a person inquires abo…

142G.10 MFIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.MFIP eligibility requirements. To be eligible for MFIP, applicants must meet the general eligibility requirements in sections 142G.11 to 142G.15, the property limitations in section 256P.02, and the income limitations in sect…

142G.11 ELIGIBILITY; CITIZENSHIP. § Subdivision 1.General citizenship requirements. (a) To be eligible for MFIP, a member of the assistance unit must be a citizen of the United States, a qualified noncitizen as defined in section 142G.02, or a noncitizen who is otherwise residing…

142G.12 ELIGIBILITY; MINNESOTA RESIDENCE. § Subdivision 1.Simple residency. To be eligible for MFIP, an assistance unit must have established residency in this state which means the assistance unit is present in the state and intends to remain here. A person who lives in this sta…

142G.13 ELIGIBILITY; MINOR CHILD IN ASSISTANCE UNIT; PHYSICAL PRESENCE. § Subdivision 1.Minor child or pregnant woman. The assistance unit must include at least one minor child or a pregnant woman. If a minor child is a recipient of Supplemental Security Income or Minnesota suppl…

142G.14 ELIGIBILITY; PARENTING OR PREGNANT MINORS. (a) The definitions in this paragraph only apply to this section. (1) "Household of a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative" means the place of residence of: (i) a natural or adoptive parent; (ii) a legal guardian accor…

142G.15 OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility when there is court-ordered custody. The language of a court order that specifies joint legal or physical custody does not preclude a determination that a parent is absent. Absence must be determined based on the a…

142G.16 INCOME LIMITATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Initial income test. (a) The agency shall determine initial eligibility by considering all earned and unearned income as defined in section 256P.06. To be eligible for MFIP, the assistance unit's countable income minus the earned income…

142G.17 FAMILY COMPOSITION; ASSISTANCE STANDARDS; EXIT LEVEL. § Subdivision 1.MFIP assistance unit. An MFIP assistance unit is either a group of individuals with at least one minor child who live together whose needs, assets, and income are considered together and who receive MFI…

142G.18 PERSONS INELIGIBLE; VENDOR PAYMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Person convicted of drug offenses. (a) An individual who has been convicted of a felony level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification is subject to the following: (1) B…

142G.19 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Expedited issuance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. For any month an individual receives expedited SNAP benefits, the individual is not eligible for the MFIP food portion of assist…

142G.20 APPLICANT AND PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Applicant reporting requirements. An applicant must provide information on an application form and supplemental forms about the applicant's circumstances according to section 256P.07. § Subd. 2.R…

142G.21 APPLICANT AND PARTICIPANT RIGHTS; COUNTY AGENCY DUTY. § Subdivision 1.Right to information. An applicant or participant has the right to obtain from the county agency information about the benefits, requirements, restrictions, and appeal provisions of public assistance pr…

142G.22 PROSPECTIVE MFIP ELIGIBILITY. § Subdivision 1.Determination of eligibility. (a) A county agency must determine MFIP eligibility prospectively based on assessing income and the county agency's best estimate of the circumstances that will exist in the payment month. (b) A c…

142G.25 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The commissioner of children, youth, and families, in cooperation with the commissioner of employment and economic development, shall develop reporting requirements for county agencies and employment and training service providers according to sect…

142G.26 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Social services. The county agency shall refer a participant for social services that are offered in the county of financial responsibility according to the criteria established by that county agency. A payment issued from f…

142G.27 ORIENTATION. § Subdivision 1.County agency to provide orientation. A county agency must provide an orientation to each MFIP caregiver unless the caregiver is: (1) a single parent, or one parent in a two-parent family, employed at least 35 hours per week; or (2) a second p…

142G.31 TREATMENT OF INCOME. § Subdivision 1.Deemed income from ineligible assistance unit members. The income of ineligible assistance unit members, except individuals identified in section 142G.17, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), must be deemed after allowing the foll…

142G.32 AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PAYMENT. § Subdivision 1.Amount of assistance payment. Except as provided in paragraphs (a) to (e), the amount of an assistance payment is equal to the difference between the MFIP standard of need or the Minnesota family wage level in section 142G.17 …

142G.33 ALLOCATION FOR UNMET NEED OF OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. Except as prohibited in paragraphs (a) and (b), an allocation of income is allowed from the caregiver's income to meet the unmet need of an ineligible spouse or an ineligible child under the age of 21 for whom the care…

142G.34 SUPPORT FROM PARENTS OF MINOR CAREGIVERS LIVING APART. § Subdivision 1.General provisions. A minor caregiver and the minor's dependent child living outside of the home of the adult parent must meet the criteria in section 142G.14, to be eligible for assistance in the MFIP…

142G.35 PAYMENT PROVISIONS; VENDOR PAYMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Payment policy. The following policies apply to monthly assistance payments and corrective payments: (1) grant payments may be issued in the form of warrants immediately redeemable in cash, electronic benefits transfer,…

142G.36 VENDOR PAYMENT OF SHELTER COSTS AND UTILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Vendor payment. (a) When a county is required to provide assistance to a participant in vendor form for shelter costs and utilities under this chapter or chapter 256D, the cost of utilities for a given family …

142G.37 WORK PARTICIPATION CASH BENEFITS. § Subdivision 1.Program characteristics. (a) Within 30 days of exiting the Minnesota family investment program with earnings, the county must assess eligibility for work participation cash benefits of $25 per month to assist in meeting th…

142G.38 AGING OF CASH BENEFITS. Cash benefits under chapters 142F, 142G, and 256K, except Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits under chapter 142F, by warrants or electronic benefit transfer that have not been accessed within 90 days of issuance shall be cance…

142G.40 60-MONTH TIME LIMIT; EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Time limit. (a) Except as otherwise provided for in this section, an assistance unit in which any adult caregiver has received 60 months of cash assistance funded in whole or in part by the TANF block grant in this or any o…

142G.41 NOTICE OF 12 MONTHS OF TANF ASSISTANCE REMAINING. (a) The county agency shall mail a notice to each assistance unit when the assistance unit has 12 months of TANF assistance remaining and each month thereafter until the 60-month limit has expired. The notice must be devel…

142G.42 60-MONTH TIME LIMIT; HARDSHIP EXTENSIONS. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility. (a) To be eligible for a hardship extension, a participant in an assistance unit subject to the time limit under section 142G.40, subdivision 1, must develop and comply with either an employment plan o…

142G.45 FAIR HEARINGS. Caregivers receiving a notice of intent to sanction or a notice of adverse action that includes a sanction, reduction in benefits, suspension of benefits, denial of benefits, or termination of benefits may request a fair hearing. A request for a fair hearin…

142G.50 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 142G.25, 142G.27, 142G.37, 142G.42, 142G.50 to 142G.65, 142G.70, 142G.71, and 142G.75 to 142G.77 have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Employment and trainin…

142G.51 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING; PARTICIPANT. § Subdivision 1.Participation requirements. (a) All caregivers must participate in employment services under sections 142G.51 to 142G.53, 142G.55 to 142G.59, and 142G.71 concurrent with receipt of MFIP assistance. (b) Participants und…

142G.52 UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Participation requirements. (a) All MFIP caregivers, except caregivers who meet the criteria in subdivision 2, must develop an individualized employment plan that identifies the activities the participant is required to pa…

142G.53 FAMILY VIOLENCE WAIVER CRITERIA. (a) In order to qualify for a family violence waiver, an individual must provide documentation of past or current family violence which may prevent the individual from participating in certain employment activities. (b) The following items…

142G.54 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING; COUNTY DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Employment and training services component of MFIP. (a) Each county must develop and provide an employment and training services component which is designed to put participants on the most direct path to unsubsidized…

142G.55 OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES. During the first meeting with participants, job counselors must ensure that an overview of employment and training services is provided that: (1) stresses the necessity and opportunity of immediate employment; (2) outlines the…

142G.56 ASSESSMENT; EMPLOYMENT PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Assessments. (a) For purposes of MFIP employment services, assessment is a continuing process of gathering information related to employability for the purpose of identifying both participant's strengths and strategies for cop…

142G.57 MINOR PARENTS; EMPLOYMENT PLAN. § Subdivision 1.Assessment of educational progress and needs. (a) The county agency must document the educational level of each MFIP caregiver who is under the age of 20 and determine if the caregiver has obtained a high school diploma or i…

142G.58 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AS APPROVED WORK ACTIVITY. § Subdivision 1.Length of program. (a) In order for a postsecondary education or training program to be an approved work activity as defined in section 142G.50, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clause (6), it must be a prog…

142G.59 BASIC EDUCATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. § Subdivision 1.Approval of adult basic education. A participant who lacks a high school diploma, commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency certification, or an adult high school diploma must be allowed to pu…

142G.60 ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. § Subdivision 1.Establishing the on-the-job training program. (a) County agencies may develop on-the-job training programs for MFIP caregivers who are participating in employment and training services. A county agency that chooses to provide on-the-jo…

142G.61 COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE. § Subdivision 1.Establishing the community work experience program. To the extent of available resources, each county agency may establish and operate a community work experience component for MFIP caregivers who are participating in employment …

142G.62 INJURY PROTECTION FOR WORK EXPERIENCE PARTICIPANTS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) This section must be used to determine payment of any claims resulting from an alleged injury or death of a person participating in a county or a tribal uncompensated work experience pr…

142G.63 NONDISPLACEMENT IN WORK ACTIVITIES. § Subdivision 1.Nondisplacement protection. For job assignments under jobs programs established under this chapter or chapter 256 or 256D, the county agency must provide written notification to and obtain the written concurrence of the …

142G.64 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING; GRANT DIVERSION. § Subdivision 1.Establishing the grant diversion program. (a) County agencies may develop grant diversion programs for MFIP participants participating in employment and training services. A county agency that chooses to provide gr…

142G.65 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDER APPEAL. § Subdivision 1.Provider application. An employment and training service provider that is not included in a county's service agreement under section 142G.76, subdivision 4, because the county has demonstrated financial hard…

142G.70 SANCTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Participants not complying with program requirements. (a) A participant who fails without good cause under section 142G.71 to comply with the requirements for orientation under section 142G.27, or employment and training services under sections …