GENERAL ASSISTANCE

Administration

Employment and Economic Development Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 116J.401

Human services boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.17, 256D.19

Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.17, 256D.19, 393.07

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Supervision, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.04

Amount

Emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06, 256D.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Appeals

Denial of other maintenance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045, 256.0451

Applicants

Appeals, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045, 256.0451

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.01

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Immigration status, verification and reporting, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.01

Interim assistance authorization agreements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Notice received, Weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 270B.14

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02, 256D.024, 256D.05, 256G.03

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 270B.14

Application of law

Unitary Residence and Financial Responsibility Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 256G.01

Applications

Concurrent with MFIP applications, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.09

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07

Pending, residency requirements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Assistance units

Children, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Generally, see Recipients under this topic

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Benefits

Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2004 16D.16

Denial of other maintenance benefits, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Electronic (EBS) transfer

Accessed, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.77

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.77

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.9862

Overpayments, ATM errors, recovery of funds, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Terminals in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.9831

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Warrants for payment, restrictive endorsements, cashing or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.9831

Centralized disbursement system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Chemical dependency treatment services

Eligibility, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 254B.04

Generally, see Treatment under CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS

Medical expenses, spend down, Minn. Statutes 2004 254B.04

Claims

Assignment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Children, transfer of custody, Minn. Statutes 2004 260B.331, 260C.331

Claims against estate, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.16

Third party health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Compliance system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Cost-sharing, cost-effective, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

County of financial responsibility, see under COUNTIES

Data processing procedures, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.17

Definitions

Employment and economic development law, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.19

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Group Residential Housing Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 256I.03

Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 290A.03

Disregards

Displaced homemakers, stipends, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.96

Earned income disregard, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Earned income savings accounts, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Single adults living with parent, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Electronic benefits transfer, see Benefits under this topic

Eligibility

Chemically dependent persons, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

Children, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.98, 256D.05

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06

Exclusion from resources, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06, 256D.08

Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Federal funds, use, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Federal regulations, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Income, see same under this topic

Interpretation of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Legal noncitizens, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Non-English-speaking high school students, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Residence, see Applicants under this topic

Residents, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Severability of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Transfers of property, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Vocational assessment requirements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Emergency general assistance

Application, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07, 256J.09

Chemically dependent persons, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06, 256D.08

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02, 256D.09

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Reduction, termination, or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.10

Employment and training services

Employment and Economic Development Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 116J.401, 116L.86

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 270B.14

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045, 256.0451

Family general assistance

Applicants, see same under this topic

Recipients, see same under this topic

Federal aid

Disbursement, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.77

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.77, 245.97

Form of payment

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Representative payees, benefits defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Funding

Counties, total government fund expenditures, reduction, Minn. Statutes 2004 275.065

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.77, 245.97, 256D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2004 261.063

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.04

General Assistance Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01 to 256D.21

General assistance medical care, see GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE

Grant diversion program, local service providers, certification and decertification, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.871

Group residential housing, see GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

Hearings

Administrative fraud disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.046

Applicants or recipients, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045, 256.0451

Disqualification, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.98

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045

Human services aids, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.04

Income

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 551.05

Calculation, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2004 16D.16

Garnishment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.143, 550.37, 571.72, 571.912, 571.931, 571.932

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Nonrecurring lump-sum income, budgeting, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.0513

Income maintenance and support services

General assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.19

Integrated state-operated managed care systems for disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2004 256B.693

Interagency agreements, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.86

Interpretation of law

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Funding, counties, Minn. Statutes 2004 261.063

Lawsuits, applicant, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07

Liability, vendors

Allowing access to medical records, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Local social services agencies

Administration, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Payments by, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.04

Responsibility to provide, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Local social services agency expenditures, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Mentally ill persons

Benefits assistance, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.4712

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Orders, judicial review, rights, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.10

Payments

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 551.05

Compelling, writ of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.13

Defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2004 290A.03

Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07, 256D.09

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02, 256D.09

Garnishment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.143, 550.37, 571.72, 571.912, 571.931, 571.932

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Offsets, over- and underpayments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2004 16D.13, 256D.06, 256D.09

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Personal property taxes, delinquent taxes, liens or levies, Minn. Statutes 2004 277.20, 277.21

Reduction, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09, 256D.10

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.04

Termination or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.10

Time, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07

Weekly payments and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Payments to vendors

Alcoholic persons, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

Chemically dependent persons, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Rental unit damage deposits, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Temporary county assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.23

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Public assistance, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.19

Quality control/quality assurance

Compliance system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.017

Recipients

Agreements by, grant levels, voluntary reductions for overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Alcoholic persons, vendor payments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045, 256.0451, 256D.06

Area learning centers, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 123A.06

Chemically dependent persons

Chemical dependency treatment, see Treatment under CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS

Chemical health assessments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Vendor payments, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05, 256D.09

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.01

Converting to supplemental security income (SSI), Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Death, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.16

Employment, grant diversion program, Minn. Statutes 2004 116L.871

Food stamp employment and training programs, participation, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.051

General assistance medical care, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Graduation incentives program, see under SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Group residential housing, see GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2004 62A.045, 62A.046

Ill or incapacitated recipients, see GROUP RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

Immunization reminders, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.01

Income, see same under this topic

Interim assistance, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Legal noncitizens, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Legal settlement, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.97

Medical assistance benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Medicare, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Notice received

Combined hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.046

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.051

Overpayment, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.10

Vocational assessment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Parents of MFIP minor caregivers, financial responsibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.396

Payments by, overpayments, return, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Personal data, Minn. Statutes 2004 13.46

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 270B.14

Random drug testing, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02, 256I.03

Residence, verification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.05

Screening, federal benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Social Security numbers, supplying to county agency, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.045

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 270B.14

Telephone assistance, see TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PLAN

Recovery of money

Apportionment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.019

County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.01

Overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2004 16D.13, 256D.06, 256D.09

Relative's responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.15

Reports about

Battered women's shelters, residents, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.04

Residence requirements, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02, 256I.03

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2004 256G.03, 256G.07

Rulemaking about

Administration, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03

Applicants, statements, verification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.07

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.08

Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06, 256D.08

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2004 245.77, 245.97

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.04

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.045

Interim assistance, reimbursement to county agency, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.06

Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Payments to vendors, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

Sanctions, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.98

Severability of law, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.01

State aid, payment to local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.03, 256D.04

Supplemental aid, see SUPPLEMENTAL AID

Temporary county assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.23

Violations and penalties

Applicants, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024, 256D.07

Drug offenses, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Fleeing felons, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Probation, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Recipients, confession of judgment, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.09

Supervised release, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.024

Waivers

Applicants, residence requirements, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2004 256.98

Residence requirements, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.02

Writs of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2004 256D.13