225C.37 - PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS RULES.
225C.37 PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS RULES.
1. A parent or legal guardian of a family member may apply to the
local office of the department for the family support subsidy
program. The application shall include:
a. A statement that the family resides in a county of this
state.
b. Verification that the family member meets the definitional
requirements of section 225C.35, subsection 3. Along with the
verification, the application shall identify an age when the family
member's eligibility for the family support subsidy under such
definitional requirements will end. The age identified is subject to
approval by the department.
c. A statement that the family member resides, or is expected
to reside, with the parent or legal guardian of the family member or,
on a temporary basis, with another relative of the family member.
d. A statement that if the child receives medical assistance,
then the family support subsidy shall only be used for the cost of a
service which is not covered by medical assistance. The family may
receive welfare assistance for which the family is eligible.
e. Verification that the net taxable income for the family
for the calendar year immediately preceding the date of application
did not exceed forty thousand dollars unless it can be verified that
the estimated net taxable income for the family for the year in which
the application is made will be less than forty thousand dollars.
2. Within the limits set by the appropriation for this purpose,
the department shall approve or disapprove the application based on
the family support services plan which identifies the needs of the
child and the family and the eligibility criteria required to be
included in the application under subsection 1, paragraphs "a"
through "e", and shall notify the parent or legal guardian of the
decision. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1122, §4; 90 Acts, ch 1039, § 13; 90 Acts, ch 1114, §
3; 2006 Acts, ch 1159, §11; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Referred to in § 225C.36, 225C.40