Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 239B · 25 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Applicant” means a person who files an application for participation in the family investment program under this chapter. 2. “Assistance” means a family investment program payment. 3. “Child” means an unmarried person who is less than eighteen years of…
Within available funding, the department shall make assistance available to eligible families under the family investment program. At a minimum, a family shall meet all of the following conditions of eligibility: 1Application. An application for the program is made to the department. The application shall be in writing…
A person who meets the conditions of eligibility under section 239B.2 and who meets either of the following requirements shall be eligible for participation in the family investment program: 1. The person is a conditional resident alien who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or whose child was battered or su…
An individual family member who is absent from the home for more than three months because the individual is incarcerated in jail or a correctional facility shall not be included in the family unit for purposes of assistance.
1. a. Within available funding, the department shall provide an ongoing cash assistance grant under the family investment program to a family eligible under section 239B.2. b. For an eligibility decision involving an applicant family with a specified relative, within thirty days of the date of an application, the depar…
1. The department is the state entity designated to administer federal funds received for purposes of the family investment program and the JOBS program under this chapter, including but not limited to the funding received under the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant as authorized under the fed…
1. If, as a condition of receiving federal funds for the family investment program, federal law requires implementation and administration of certain activities during a period when the general assembly is not in session, the department shall proceed to implement and administer those provisions, even if in conflict wit…
1. An assignment of support rights to the department is created by either of the following: a. An applicant and other persons covered by an application are deemed to have assigned to the department at the time of application all rights to periodic support payments that accrue during the period the family receives assis…
In determining a family’s income and resources for purposes of the family’s initial and continuing eligibility for assistance and for determining grant amounts, the provisions of this section shall apply to the family and individual family members. 1Work expense deduction. If an individual’s earned income is considered…
The department shall establish a policy regarding the implementation of family investment agreements which limits the period of eligibility for the family investment program based upon the requirements of a family’s plan for self-sufficiency. The policy shall require a family’s plan to be specified in a family investme…
1General provisions. a. If a participant responsible for signing and fulfilling the terms of a family investment agreement, as defined by the director in accordance with section 239B.8, chooses not to sign or fulfill the terms of the agreement, the participant’s family, or the individual participant shall enter into a…
1Living 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…
A diversion program is created under the family investment program. The program shall provide incentives to divert a family’s participation in or transition of a family from the family investment program by helping a participant obtain or retain employment, by removing barriers to employment, by stabilizing a participa…
1. To the extent feasible, the department shall determine the immunization status of children receiving assistance under this chapter. The status shall be determined in accordance with the immunization recommendations adopted under section 139A.8, including the exemption provisions in section 139A.8, subsection 4. If t…
1. The department may provide for a needy relative to act as a payee when the parent of a participant family is in the home but is unable to act as the payee. 2. The department may order the cash assistance under this chapter to be paid to a protective payee if it has been demonstrated that the specified relative with…
1. a. An individual who obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets an individual to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement or representation, by knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or by impersonation, or any fraudulent device, any assistance or other benefits under this chapter to which the i…
Violations of law relating to the family investment program shall be prosecuted by county attorneys. Area prosecutors of the office of the attorney general shall provide prosecution assistance.
If an applicant’s application is not acted upon within a reasonable time, if it is denied in whole or in part, or if a participant’s assistance or other benefits under this chapter are modified, suspended, or canceled under a provision of this chapter, the applicant or participant may appeal to the department which sha…
1Program established. The promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program is established for applicants and participants of the family investment program. The requirements of the JOBS program shall vary as provided in the family investment agreement applicable t…
Except for participants who are exempt from the requirement to enter into a family investment agreement under section 239B.8, a participant in the family investment program shall participate in JOBS program activities as provided in the participant’s family investment agreement. Except for an individual who is not a Un…
1. Within available funding, the department shall make JOBS program services and benefits available to individuals who are participating in the JOBS program. 2. An individual’s efforts under the JOBS program to attain a certificate of general educational development, high school diploma, or adult basic literacy where t…
The director shall establish and maintain reasonable standards for health, safety, and other conditions under the JOBS program.
A participant, with respect to employment performed under the JOBS program, shall be covered by the workers’ compensation law or shall otherwise be provided with comparable protection.
A participant shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions by reason of participation in the JOBS program. However, this section shall not prevent the participant from having the status of an employee for the purposes of workers’ compensation.
1. The following persons are deemed to be eligible for benefits under the state child care assistance program administered by the department in accordance with section 237A.13, notwithstanding the program’s eligibility requirements or any waiting list: a. A participant who is employed. b. Any other person whose earned…