Chapter 27, Article 2D NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Education Works Act”. History: Laws 2003, ch. 317, § 1; 2009, ch. 186, § 4. ANNOTATIONS The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, changed the reference to the act to the chapter and article of NMSA 1978. Applicability. — Laws 2009, ch. 186, § […]
As used in the Education Works Act: A. “applicant” means a person applying for cash assistance on behalf of a benefit group; B. “benefit group” means a pregnant woman or a group of people that includes a dependent child, all of that dependent child’s full, half, step- or adopted siblings living with the dependent child’s […]
A. Application for cash assistance or services shall be made to the department. The application shall be in writing or reduced to writing in the manner and on the form prescribed by the department. The application shall be made under oath by an applicant with whom a dependent child resides and shall contain a statement […]
A. A person is eligible to receive education works services or cash assistance if the person demonstrates that: (1) the person has been accepted or has been determined to be eligible to enroll in a two- or four-year post-secondary or graduate or post-graduate degree program; and (2) the degree the person will receive will increase […]
A. The secretary shall adopt a financial standard of need based upon the availability of state funds. B. The following income sources are exempt from the gross income test, the net income test and the cash payment calculation: (1) medicaid; (2) food stamps; (3) government-subsidized foster care payments if the child for whom the payment […]
A. Liquid and nonliquid resources owned by the benefit group shall be counted in the eligibility determination. B. A benefit group may at a maximum own the following resources: (1) two thousand dollars ($2,000) in nonliquid resources; (2) one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in liquid resources, excluding funds deposited in an individual development account […]
A. The following are ineligible to be members of a benefit group: (1) an inmate or patient of a nonmedical institution; (2) a person who, in the two years preceding application, assigned or transferred real property unless he: (a) received or receives a reasonable return; (b) attempted to or attempts to receive a reasonable return; […]
A. A recipient may request a hearing if: (1) an application is not acted on within a reasonable time after the filing of the application; (2) an application is denied in whole or in part; or (3) the cash assistance or services are modified, terminated or not provided. B. The department shall notify the recipient […]
A. To maintain satisfactory participation in the education works program, a recipient shall be a full-time student as defined by the school that the recipient attends. B. A recipient may demonstrate good cause for failure to maintain satisfactory participation in the education works program, and must work with the department to address the barrier, in […]
