Minnesota Administrative Rules

9500.1239 PAYMENT PROVISIONS.

Subpart 1.

Grant issuance.

Grants of general assistance shall be issued to the recipient according to subparts 2 and 3.

Subp. 2.

Time period for issuance of assistance.

The state or county agency shall mail assistance payments to the address where the assistance unit lives, or an alternate address when approved by the county agency, within time to allow postal service delivery to occur no later than the first day of each month unless:

A.

the county agency has exercised its option to issue assistance weekly under part 9500.1237, subpart 4, item C or D, in which case the county agency must provide the recipient with a schedule by which the recipient is to visit the agency to pick up the payments or notices; and

B.

the state or county agency issues payments by means other than checks, in which case the payments must conform to the time limits in this subpart.

Subp. 3.

Special voucher or vendor payment provisions.

Assistance must be paid directly to a recipient, except as provided in items A to F.

A.

When a county agency has determined that a voucher or vendor payment is the most effective way to resolve an emergency situation under part 9500.1261, payment shall be made by voucher or directly to a vendor.

B.

When the county agency has reason to suspect that a client is drug dependent, payment shall be made as provided under part 9500.1272.

C.

When the applicant or recipient has no verified residence address, payment shall be made as provided under part 9500.1237, subpart 4, item C, D, or E.

D.

When the applicant or recipient requests in writing that all or part of the assistance be issued in the form of vendor payments and the county agency approves the request, payment shall be made by vendor payment.

E.

When an assistance unit consists of only minor children due to the disqualification of one or both parents who have not complied with the work readiness program, payment shall be made by vendor or protective payment.

F.

When a county agency has determined that a recipient has exhibited a continuing pattern of money mismanagement, payment shall be made by vendor or protective payment. A continuing pattern of money mismanagement exists when a recipient has received a total of two or more grants of emergency assistance within an 18-month period. For the purposes of this provision, grants of emergency assistance are payments made under part 9500.1261 or 9500.2820 or emergency payments from county funds. In order to be counted for this provision, the emergencies for which grants were issued must have resulted from the recipient's failure to use available resources for the payment of basic need items. The county agency must review the use of protective or vendor payments under this item at each redetermination of eligibility.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.388; 256D.01; 256D.04; 256D.051; 256D.06; 256D.08; 256D.09; 256D.111

History:

15 SR 1842; 32 SR 1437

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2013