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Combined Manual

Combined Manual


GA BASIS - PEOPLE UNDER AGE 18

ISSUE DATE: 10/2012

MFIP, WB, DWP, SNAP, MSA, GRH:
No provisions.


GA:
People under the age of 18 who are not members of a family have a GA basis of eligibility if they meet 1 of the following conditions:

They are legally emancipated. Consider a minor who has been married, or is on active duty in the uniformed services of the United States, or has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be legally emancipated.

 

OR

They are at least age 16 and the director of the county agency or the director's representative approves GA as part of a social service case plan.

 

OR

They live with an adult with the consent of an agency acting as legal custodian.

 

OR

They live with an adult with the consent of a legal custodian and the county agency.


Refer all other minor applicants who are not members of a family to social services for assessment. See FAMILY in 0002.23 (Glossary: Fair Hearing...). If social services develops a case plan for a minor, open GA for the minor with a Minor Standard and continue GA payment as long as the minor is in compliance with the provisions of the plan.

If a minor applicant fails or refuses to cooperate with the social services agency in developing a case plan, deny the application.
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