Chapter 68, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
369 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-152 Employable recipients; programs authorized.
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A county may develop, establish, and implement vocational, rehabilitation, job training, and community service programs for employable recipients.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1520 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that: (1) Supporting the efforts of families and caregivers to care for individuals at home is efficient, cost effective, and humane. Families receiving occasional respite services are less likely to request admission of an individual to a nursing home, fost…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1521 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 68-1520 to 68-1528: (1) Caregiver means an individual providing ongoing care for an individual unable to care for himself or herself; (2) Community lifespan respite services program means a noncategorical respite services program that: (a) Is operated by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1522 Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program; established.
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The department shall establish the Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program to develop and encourage statewide coordination of respite services and to work with community-based private nonprofit or for-profit agencies, public agencies, and interested citizen groups in the estab…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1523 Program; administration.
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(1) The department, through the Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program, shall coordinate the establishment of community lifespan respite services programs. The program shall accept proposals submitted in the form and manner required by the program from community-based private…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1524 Program; requirements.
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Each community lifespan respite services program established pursuant to section 68-1523 shall: (1) Involve key local individuals and agencies in the community lifespan respite services program planning process; and (2) Create an advisory committee to advise the community lifespa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1525 Services; requirements.
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Respite services made available through the Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program shall: (1) Include a flexible array of respite care options responsive to family and caregiver needs and available before families and caregivers are in a crisis; (2) Be sensitive to the unique…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1526 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation and administration of the Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program, including, but not limited to: (1) Criteria, procedures, and timelines for designation of the community-based private nonprofit …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1527 Department; duties.
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The department shall establish at least six community lifespan respite services programs in Nebraska on or before July 1, 2000.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1528 Use of funds.
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The Nebraska Lifespan Respite Services Program may use the funds appropriated to the program for the following purposes: (1) The purposes established in sections 68-1522 and 68-1523; (2) Costs related to developing provider recruitment and training, information and referral, outr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1529 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The family is vital to the fundamental development of each person in the State of Nebraska; (2) A growing number of families are searching for ways to provide supports for disabled family members in the home rather than placing them in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-153 Employable recipients; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 68-151 to 68-155: (1) Community service shall mean labor performed for a governmental agency, nonprofit corporation, or health care corporation; (2) Employable recipient shall mean any individual who is eighteen years of age or older, who is receiving cou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1530 Family support program; Department of Health and Human Services; Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities; duties; funding; legislative intent; family support program; services and support; rules and regulations; report.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for a three-year medicaid waiver under section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act to administer a family support program which is a home and community-based services program as provided in this section. (2)(a) Th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1531 Services and support; eligibility.
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In order to be eligible for services and support under section 68-1530: (1) The child shall reside in the State of Nebraska; (2) The income and assets of the child shall not exceed the maximum established under subsection (4) of section 68-1530; (3) The child shall have a medical…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1532 Family support program; services and support; priorities.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall allocate medicaid waiver benefits under section 68-1530 based on appropriations by the Legislature for such waiver and give priority status in the following order: (1) First, to disabled children and family units in crisis situati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1533 Family support program; implementation; conditions.
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If the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services denies the 1915(c) waiver required to be submitted in section 68-1530, the family support program outlined in sections 68-1530 to 68-1532 shall not be implemented until such waiver or other mechanism authorizing the progra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1534 Family support program; evaluation.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall collaborate with a private, nonprofit organization with expertise in developmental disabilities for an independent evaluation of the family support program set forth in section 68-1530 if private funding is made available for such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-154 Employable recipients; rules and regulations.
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Any county which establishes a vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service program shall adopt and promulgate written rules and regulations to ensure fair and equitable treatment of employable recipients of general assistance.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-154.01 Employable recipient; community service required; exception.
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(1) Any individual applying for general assistance who has completed a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, or job training program within two years prior to the date of such application or who refuses or fails to participate in such a program may be required to participat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-154.02 Employable recipient; community service; costs; paid by county.
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The cost of transportation of participants to community service projects, supervision, and necessary equipment shall be paid by the county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-154.03 Employable recipient; community service; participation; how construed.
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Participation in a county-approved community service program shall not be construed as employment for purposes of Chapter 48. No employable recipient participating in such a community service program shall be deemed an employee of the county for purposes of the County Employees R…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-155 Employable recipients; ineligible; when; notice; appeal.
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Any employable recipient who fails or refuses to participate in a county-approved vocational, rehabilitation, job training, or community service program shall be ineligible for continued general assistance for a period of three calendar months, except that any employable recipien…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-158 Program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas; Department of Health and Human Services; duties.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a program to provide amino acid-based elemental formulas for the diagnosis and treatment of Immunoglobulin E and non-Immunoglobulin E mediated allergies to multiple food proteins, food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1601 Act, how cited.
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Sections 68-1601 to 68-1608 shall be known and may be cited as the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1602 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund Act to provide funds aimed at meeting the needs of homeless individuals and other individuals with locally identified and documented special housing needs. It is further the intent of the act that homeless individuals…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1603 Department, defined.
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For purposes of the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund Act, department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1604 Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund is hereby created. The fund shall include the proceeds raised from the documentary stamp tax and remitted for such fund pursuant to section 76-903 and transfers authorized by the Legislature. Money remitted to such fund shall be used by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1605 Department; grants; requirements; application; considerations.
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(1) The department shall use the funds in the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund to finance grants for projects or programs that provide for persons or families with special housing needs. (2) Projects and programs to which funds shall be provided include eligible community, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1606 Grant money; use.
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Grant money may be used by eligible recipients in meeting the special housing needs of individuals including meals, transportation, counseling, housekeeping, care management, and personal emergency response needs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1607 Recipients; requirements.
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Recipients of grant money shall, upon request, submit to the department records for verification of the information included on applications submitted for grants from the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1608 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1708 Act, how cited.
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Sections 68-1708 to 68-1735.03 shall be known and may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1709 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that the primary purpose of the welfare programs in this state is to provide temporary, transitional support for Nebraska families so that economic self-sufficiency is attained in as expeditious a manner as possible. The Legislature further find…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1710 Legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that, with the passage of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, the Department of Health and Human Services implement the Welfare Reform Act in a manner consistent with federal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1711 Assessment tool; state agencies; utilize.
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State agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor, which assess training options, job readiness, adult basic skills, aptitudes, interests, workplace maturity, and career development of applicants for services shall utilize a common,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1713 Department of Health and Human Services; implementation of policies; transitional health care benefits.
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(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall implement the following policies: (a) Permit Work Experience in Private for-Profit Enterprises; (b) Permit Job Search; (c) Permit Employment to be Considered a Program Component; (d) Make Sanctions More Stringent to Emphasize …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1715 Rules and regulations.
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The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Welfare Reform Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1718 Financial assistance; comprehensive assets assessment required; contents; periodic assessments.
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(1) At the time an individual or a family applies for financial assistance pursuant to section 43-512, an assessment shall be conducted. Eligibility determination shall begin with a comprehensive assets assessment, in which the applicant and case manager collaborate to identify t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1719 Self-sufficiency contract; purpose.
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Based on the results of the comprehensive assets assessment under section 68-1718, the applicant and the case manager shall develop a self-sufficiency contract. The contract shall be built upon the premise of urgent action. To ensure that the applicant can make constant, measurab…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1720 Self-sufficiency contract; contents.
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The responsibilities, roles, and expectations of the applicant family, the case manager, and all other service providers shall be detailed in the self-sufficiency contract developed under section 68-1719. The contract shall be signed by the applicant and by the case manager repre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1721 Principal wage earner and other nonexempt members of applicant family; duties.
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(1) Under the self-sufficiency contract developed under section 68-1719, the principal wage earner and other nonexempt members of the applicant family shall be required to participate in one or more of the following approved activities, including, but not limited to, education, j…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1722 Legislative findings; case management practices and supportive services; department; powers and duties; extension of time limit on cash assistance; when.
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The Legislature finds that the state has responsibilities to help ensure the success of the self-sufficiency contract for each recipient. The Department of Health and Human Services shall employ case management practices and supportive services to the extent necessary to facilita…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1723 Cash assistance; requirements; extension of time limit; when; hearing; review.
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(1) Cash assistance shall be provided only while recipients are actively engaged in the specific activities outlined in the self-sufficiency contract developed under section 68-1719. If the recipients are not actively engaged in these activities, no cash assistance shall be paid.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1724 Cash assistance; duration; reimbursement of expenses; when; conditions; extension of time limit; funding.
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(1) Cash assistance shall be provided for a period or periods of time not to exceed a total of sixty months for recipient families with children subject to the following: (a) If the state fails to meet the specific terms of the self-sufficiency contract developed under section 68…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1725 Alternative payment systems authorized.
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The Department of Health and Human Services may either develop an electronic benefit system for purposes of eliminating as much paper and coupon conveyance of public assistance as is practical or provide cash in lieu of coupons.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1726 Assistance under act; eligibility factors.
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Based on the comprehensive assets assessment, each individual and family receiving assistance under the Welfare Reform Act shall reach for his or her highest level of economic self-sufficiency or the family's highest level of economic self-sufficiency. The following eligibility f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1727 Family resource centers; legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that family resource centers be considered a priority in the utilization of the federal funding allocated to Nebraska through Family Preservation and Support Services, as provided by Public Law 103-66, 1993.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1728 Services for families and children; legislative findings and declarations.
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(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The family is the cornerstone of society; (b) families have the primary responsibility for supporting their children; and (c) families require the support of their community and the state to fulfill their duties. (2) The Leg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1731 Family services; legislative intent.
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The Legislature recognizes that parents should continue to have the primary responsibility for meeting the needs of their children but that if a family requires services it should be able to receive services which are available, accessible, and equitable. It is the intent of the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1732 Integrated programs and policies; legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Department of Education, the Department of Labor, the Office of Probation Administration, the Department of Correctional Services, and the Department of Economic Development will have …