239B.10 - MINOR AND YOUNG PARENTS -- OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
239B.10 MINOR AND YOUNG PARENTS -- OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.
1. Living arrangement. Unless any of the following
conditions apply, a minor parent shall be required to live with the
minor's parent or legal guardian:
a. The parent or guardian of the minor parent is deceased,
missing, or living in another state.
b. The minor parent's health or safety would be jeopardized
if the minor parent is required to live with the parent or guardian.
c. The minor parent is in foster care.
d. The minor parent is participating in the job corps solo
parent program or independent living program.
e. Other good cause exists, which is identified in rules
adopted by the department for this purpose, for the minor parent to
participate in the family investment program while living apart from
the minor parent's parent or guardian.
2. Family development. A minor parent who is a participant
and is not required to live with the minor parent's parent or
guardian pursuant to subsection 1 shall be required to participate in
a family development program identified in rules adopted by the
department.
3. Parenting classes. Participant parents who are nineteen
years of age or younger shall be required to attend parenting
classes.
4. Education. The department shall require, subject to the
availability of child care for a minor parent's children, that a
minor parent must either have graduated from high school or have
received a high school equivalency diploma, or be engaged full-time
in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements.
5. Earnings disregard. In determining family investment
program eligibility and calculating the amount of assistance, the
department shall disregard earnings of an applicant or a participant
who is nineteen years of age or younger who is engaged full-time in
completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements.
6. Family planning. The department shall do all of the
following with newly eligible and existing participant parents:
a. Discuss orally and in writing the financial implications
of newly born children on the participant's family.
b. Discuss orally and in writing the available family
planning resources.
c. Include family planning counseling as an optional
component of the JOBS program.
d. Include the participant's family planning objectives in
the family investment agreement. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 41, §11, 34; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33