Persons Whose Expenses and Income Are Included in Determining Cash Payments

PURPOSE: This rule outlines those persons whose income and expenses must be included in determining the amount of the cash payment. (1) The requirements of the following persons who are members of the household shall be included in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) grant: eligible children under the age of eighteen (18) or age eighteen (18) and in secondary school or the equivalent vocational or technical school if expected to graduate before or in the month the child turns nineteen (19), natural or adoptive parents of one (1) or more of the eligible children and any needy nonparent caretaker relative or related or unrelated guardian. The nonparent caretaker relative or the guardian, if found to be eligible for inclusion, has the option to be excluded from the assistance group. (Original rule filed April 12, 1948, effective April 22, 1948. Amended: Oct. 20, 1967, effective Oct. 30, 1967. Amended: Oct. 17, 1969, effective Oct. 27, 1969. Amended: Feb. 6, 1975, effective Feb. 16, 1975.) (A) When a person in an AFDC household meets eligibility requirements for AFDC and Supplemental Aid to the Blind (SAB) or Blind Pension (BP), the person must receive AFDC and will be ineligible for SAB or BP. 1. No special Aid to the Blind (AB) or BP expenses nor AB or BP income exemptions will be allowed in determining eligibility for AFDC. 2. If the AFDC household is determined to be ineligible, that person may apply as a single SAB or BP applicant and, if eligible, that person may receive SAB or BP only. (2) The requirements of the following members of the household shall be included in the General Relief grant: applicant or recipient and his/her spouse and any children living in the home under age twenty-one (21). If the applicant or recipient is under twenty-one (21), the requirements of his/her parent(s) living in the home also shall be included. (Original rule filed April 12, 1948, effective April 22, 1948. Amended: Feb. 6, 1975, effective Feb. 16, 1975.) (3) The requirements of the AB applicant or recipient only shall be included in the AB grant. (Original rule filed Sept. 26, 1951, effective Oct. 6, 1951. Amended: Oct. 20, 1967, effective Oct. 30, 1967. Amended: March 19, 1969, effective March 29, 1969.) AUTHORITY: section 207.020, RSMo 1986.* Filing dates for original rules are shown in the text of the rule. This version filed March 24, 1976. Emergency amendment filed June 1, 1977, effective July 1, 1977, expired Oct. 31, 1977. Amended: Filed June 29, 1977, effective Oct. 13, 1977. Emergency amendment filed Feb. 20, 1979, effective March 2, 1979, expired June 10, 1979. Amended: Filed March 9, 1979, effective June 11, 1979. Emergency amendment filed Feb. 19, 1982, effective March 1, 1982, expired June 10, 1982. Amended: Filed Feb. 19, 1982, effective June 11, 1982. *Original authority: 207.020, RSMo 1945, amended 1961, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986.