Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 142G · 59 active provisions
Subdivision 1. Implementation of Minnesota family investment program (MFIP). This chapter and chapter 256K may be cited as the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP). MFIP is the statewide implementation of components of the Minnesota family investment plan (MFIP) authorized and formerly codified in section 256.031…
Subdivision 1. Scope of definitions. The terms used in this chapter have the following meanings unless otherwise provided for by text. Subd. 2. Absent parent. "Absent parent" means a minor child's parent who does not live in the same home as the child. Subd. 3. Agency. "Agency" has the meaning given in section 256P.01,…
Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority to administer block grant funds. The commissioner of children, youth, and families is authorized to receive, administer, and expend funds available under the TANF block grant authorized under title I of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcil…
(a) Families receiving assistance under this section shall comply with all applicable requirements in this chapter. (b) The commissioner must treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child under section 142G.03, subdivision 2, clause (1), who is part of a two-parent household, as expenditures under a s…
Subdivision 1. Where to apply. To apply for assistance a person must submit a signed application to the county agency in the county where that person lives. Subd. 2. County agency responsibility to provide information. When a person inquires about assistance, a county agency must: (1) explain the eligibility requiremen…
Subdivision 1. MFIP eligibility requirements. To be eligible for MFIP, applicants must meet the general eligibility requirements in sections 142G.11 to 142G.15, the property limitations in section 256P.02, and the income limitations in sections 142G.16 and 256P.06. Subd. 2. Verification of information. An agency must a…
Subdivision 1. General citizenship requirements. (a) To be eligible for MFIP, a member of the assistance unit must be a citizen of the United States, a qualified noncitizen as defined in section 142G.02, or a noncitizen who is otherwise residing lawfully in the United States. (b) A qualified noncitizen who entered the…
Subdivision 1. Simple residency. To be eligible for MFIP, an assistance unit must have established residency in this state which means the assistance unit is present in the state and intends to remain here. A person who lives in this state and who entered this state with a job commitment or to seek employment in this s…
Subdivision 1. Minor child or pregnant woman. The assistance unit must include at least one minor child or a pregnant woman. If a minor child is a recipient of Supplemental Security Income or Minnesota supplemental aid, the assistance unit is eligible for MFIP, but the needs of the minor child receiving Supplemental Se…
(a) The definitions in this paragraph only apply to this section. (1) "Household of a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative" means the place of residence of: (i) a natural or adoptive parent; (ii) a legal guardian according to appointment or acceptance under sections 260C.325 or 524.5-201 to 524.5-317, and re…
Subdivision 1. Eligibility when there is court-ordered custody. The language of a court order that specifies joint legal or physical custody does not preclude a determination that a parent is absent. Absence must be determined based on the actual facts of the absence according to paragraphs (a) to (c). (a) When a minor…
Subdivision 1. Initial income test. (a) The agency shall determine initial eligibility by considering all earned and unearned income as defined in section 256P.06. To be eligible for MFIP, the assistance unit's countable income minus the earned income disregards in paragraph (a) and section 256P.03 must be below the fa…
Subdivision 1. MFIP assistance unit. An MFIP assistance unit is either a group of individuals with at least one minor child who live together whose needs, assets, and income are considered together and who receive MFIP assistance, or a pregnant woman and her spouse who receive MFIP assistance. Individuals identified in…
Subdivision 1. Person convicted of drug offenses. (a) An individual who has been convicted of a felony level drug offense during the previous ten years from the date of application or recertification is subject to the following: (1) Benefits for the entire assistance unit must be paid in vendor form for shelter and uti…
Subdivision 1. Expedited issuance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. For any month an individual receives expedited SNAP benefits, the individual is not eligible for the MFIP food portion of assistance. Subd. 2. SNAP benefits for household members not in assistance unit. (a) For household…
Subdivision 1. Applicant reporting requirements. An applicant must provide information on an application form and supplemental forms about the applicant's circumstances according to section 256P.07. Subd. 2. Requirement to apply for other benefits. An applicant or participant must apply for, accept if eligible, and fol…
Subdivision 1. Right to information. An applicant or participant has the right to obtain from the county agency information about the benefits, requirements, restrictions, and appeal provisions of public assistance programs. Subd. 2. Right to authorized representative. An applicant or participant has the right to desig…
Subdivision 1. Determination of eligibility. (a) A county agency must determine MFIP eligibility prospectively based on assessing income and the county agency's best estimate of the circumstances that will exist in the payment month. (b) A county agency must calculate the amount of the assistance payment using prospect…
The commissioner of children, youth, and families, in cooperation with the commissioner of employment and economic development, shall develop reporting requirements for county agencies and employment and training service providers according to section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (p). Reporting requirements must, t…
Subdivision 1. Social services. The county agency shall refer a participant for social services that are offered in the county of financial responsibility according to the criteria established by that county agency. A payment issued from federal funds under title XX of the Social Security Act, state funds under the Vul…
Subdivision 1. County agency to provide orientation. A county agency must provide an orientation to each MFIP caregiver unless the caregiver is: (1) a single parent, or one parent in a two-parent family, employed at least 35 hours per week; or (2) a second parent in a two-parent family who is employed for 20 or more ho…
Subdivision 1. Deemed income from ineligible assistance unit members. The income of ineligible assistance unit members, except individuals identified in section 142G.17, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), must be deemed after allowing the following disregards: (1) an earned income disregard as determined under s…
Subdivision 1. Amount of assistance payment. Except as provided in paragraphs (a) to (e), the amount of an assistance payment is equal to the difference between the MFIP standard of need or the Minnesota family wage level in section 142G.17 and countable income. (a) MFIP assistance units are eligible for an MFIP housin…
Except as prohibited in paragraphs (a) and (b), an allocation of income is allowed from the caregiver's income to meet the unmet need of an ineligible spouse or an ineligible child under the age of 21 for whom the caregiver is financially responsible who also lives with the caregiver. That allocation is allowed in an a…
Subdivision 1. General provisions. A minor caregiver and the minor's dependent child living outside of the home of the adult parent must meet the criteria in section 142G.14, to be eligible for assistance in the MFIP program. A parent who lives outside the home of a minor child who is an unemancipated minor caregiver o…