Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

142F.13 MINNESOTA FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Program established. The Minnesota food assistance program is established to provide food assistance to legal noncitizens residing in this state who are ineligible to participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assi…

142F.14 FOOD SHELF. § Subdivision 1.Distribution of appropriation. The commissioner must distribute funds appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of this section to The Food Group, a statewide association of food shelves organized as a nonprofit corporation as defined under…

142F.15 AMERICAN INDIAN FOOD SOVEREIGNTY FUNDING PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The American Indian food sovereignty funding program is established to improve access and equity to food security programs within Tribal and American Indian communities. The program shall ass…

142F.20 FAMILY ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Minnesota family assets for independence initiative is established to provide incentives for low-income families to accrue assets for education, housing, vehicles, emergencies, and economic development pur…

142F.30 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES. § Subdivision. 1.Definition. For the purposes of sections 142F.30 to 142F.302, "poverty level population" means the number of people whose household income is at or below the poverty line established by the United States…

142F.301 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.In general. A community action agency is a political subdivision of the state, a combination of political subdivisions, a public agency, or a private nonprofit agency which has the authority under its applicable charter or laws …

142F.302 COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.In general. A community action program is a community based and operated program which: (1) includes or is designed to include a sufficient number of projects or components to provide, in sum, a range of services and activities …

142G.01 ESTABLISHING MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Implementation of Minnesota family investment program (MFIP). This chapter and chapter 256K may be cited as the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP). MFIP is the statewide implementation of components…

142G.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope of definitions. The terms used in this chapter have the following meanings unless otherwise provided for by text. § Subd. 2.Absent parent. "Absent parent" means a minor child's parent who does not live in the same home as the child. § Su…

142G.03 FEDERAL TANF BLOCK GRANT. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's authority to administer block grant funds. The commissioner of children, youth, and families is authorized to receive, administer, and expend funds available under the TANF block grant authorized under title I of Pu…

142G.04 SEPARATE STATE PROGRAM FOR USE OF STATE MONEY. (a) Families receiving assistance under this section shall comply with all applicable requirements in this chapter. (b) The commissioner must treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child under section 142G.…

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…