Effective 5/9/2017 35A-3-301. Purpose — Legislative findings. (1) The Legislature finds that: (a) employment improves the quality of life for parents, children, and individuals by increasing family income, developing job skills, and improving self-esteem; and (b) the purpose of the cash assistance provided under this part is to assist a parent recipient to obtain employment […]
Effective 5/10/2016 35A-3-302. Eligibility requirements. (1) There is created the “Family Employment Program” to provide cash assistance under this part. (2) (a) The department shall submit a state plan to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to obtain funding under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant. […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-303. Diversion. (1) (a) When an applicant applies for cash assistance under this part, the department shall assess whether the applicant should be helped by: (i) diversion to avoid extended cash assistance; or (ii) normal cash assistance under this part. (b) In completing the assessment under this section, the department may consider the […]
Effective 3/22/2018 35A-3-304. Assessment — Participation requirements and limitations — Employment plan — Mentors. (1) (a) Within 30 business days of the date of enrollment, the department shall provide that a parent recipient: (i) is assigned an employment counselor; and (ii) completes an assessment provided by the department regarding the parent recipient’s: (A) prior work […]
Effective 5/10/2016 35A-3-304.5. Drug testing requirements. (1) (a) If the results of the written questionnaire described in Subsection 35A-3-304(2) indicate a reasonable likelihood that a parent recipient may have a substance use disorder involving the misuse of a controlled substance, the department shall require the parent recipient to meet with a licensed clinical therapist and […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-306. Limits on eligibility — Transitional cash assistance. (1) As used in this section, “battered or subjected to extreme cruelty” has the same meaning as defined in The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 608(a)(7)(C)(iii). (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), the department may not provide […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-307. Cash assistance to a single minor parent. (1) The department may provide cash assistance to a single minor parent in accordance with this section. (2) A single minor parent who receives cash assistance under this part shall: (a) except as provided under Subsection (3), reside in a place of residence maintained by […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-308. Adoption services — Printed information — Supports provided. (1) The department may provide assistance under this section to an applicant who is pregnant and is not receiving cash assistance at the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy. (2) For a pregnant applicant, the department shall: (a) refer the applicant for appropriate […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-309. Information regarding home ownership. (1) The department shall provide information and service coordination to assist an applicant in obtaining affordable housing. (2) The information and services may include: (a) information from the Utah Housing Corporation and the Housing and Community Development Division regarding special housing programs, including programs for first-time home buyers […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-310. Child care services — Rules. (1) An applicant may receive assistance for child care under this part for a minor child in the care and custody of the parent recipient, unless the other parent in a two-parent family: (a) is capable of caring for the family’s child; (b) is not employed; and […]
Effective 7/1/2016 35A-3-310.5. Child care providers — Criminal background checks — Payment of costs — Prohibitions — Department rules. (1) This section applies to a child care provider who: (a) (i) is selected by a recipient of a child care assistance payment; or (ii) is a recipient of a child care assistance payment; (b) is […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-311. Cash assistance to noncitizen legal residents and drug dependent persons. (1) If barred from using federal funds under federal law, the department may provide cash assistance to a legal resident who is not a citizen of the United States using funds appropriated from the General Fund. (2) (a) The State exercises the […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-312. Individual development accounts. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Individual development account” means a trust account funded through periodic contributions by a recipient and matched by or through a not-for-profit organization organized under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code. (b) “Qualified acquisition costs” means the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a […]
Effective 5/12/2015 35A-3-313. Performance goals. (1) The department shall establish a performance monitoring system for cash assistance provided under this part. (2) The department shall establish the performance indicators and performance goals that will be used in the performance monitoring system for cash assistance under this part. (3) (a) The department shall include in the […]
