MAC Pt. 28, R. 5.8
Employee Familial and/or Personal Interest Applicants
Cite as Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 28, R. 5.8
Employee Familial and/or Personal Interest Applicants
Any employee, relative, or personal interest cases of employees or board members may apply for
and receive assistance; however, there are policies and procedures for taking and processing
these applications. No preferential treatment shall be granted to these applicants.
A. An employee of a Subgrantee cannot complete the intake or be involved in the approval
process of a relative. In this case, the caseworker should immediately recuse oneself from
any involvement with the case.
B. The Program Director/Supervisor is responsible for delegating the processing of
applications for employees, relatives of employees, or personal interest cases and for
submitting the case to the Executive Director for review and authorization of the approval
or denial. The Executive Director is responsible for delegating the processing of Program
Directors/Supervisors, Board Members, and/or their relatives requesting assistance. The
Executive Director is responsible for approving the application of the Program
Directors/Supervisors, Board Members, and their relatives.
C. The relatives for whom the special procedures must be used include: employee’s spouse,
ex-spouse, parent(s), stepparent(s), grandparent(s), great and great-great grandparent(s),
brother(s) and sister(s), stepbrother(s) and stepsister(s), half-brother(s) and half-sister(s),
children, stepchildren, grandchildren, great and great-great grandchildren, aunt(s),
uncles(s), nieces(s), nephew(s), first and second cousin(s), or these relatives of an
employee’s spouse who are related to this degree of marriage.