GENERAL ASSISTANCE

See also MEDICAL CARE

Administration

Employment and Economic Development Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 116J.401

Human services boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03, 2022 256D.17, 2022 256D.19

Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.17, 2022 256D.19, 2022 393.07

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03

Supervision, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.04

Amount

Emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06, 2022 256D.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Appeals

Denial of other maintenance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045, 2022 256.0451

Overpayments and underpayments, corrective payments, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.08

Appeals

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Drug dependent persons, representative payee assignments, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Applicants

Appeals, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045, 2022 256.0451

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.01

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03

Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.029

Immigration status, verification and reporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Interim assistance authorization agreements, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Notice received, weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 270B.14

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02, 2022 256D.024, 2022 256D.05, 2022 256G.03

Statements, verification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 270B.14

Applicants

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

SSI applicants, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Applications

Concurrent with MFIP applications, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.09

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07

Income reporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.07

Pending, residency requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Applications

Assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Consent, contact with third parties, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Assistance payments, see Benefits under this topic

Assistance unit

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219, 9500.1221, 9500.1223

Assistance units, see Recipients under this topic

Authorized representative

County agency, providing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Designation, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Benefits

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 16D.16

Denial of other maintenance benefits, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Electronic (EBT) transfer

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.77

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.9862

Prohibited purchases, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.987, 2022 256.9871

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.09

Terminals in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.9831

Exemption from creditors' remedies, Minn. Statutes 2022 571.925

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Warrants for payment, restrictive endorsements, cashing in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.9831

Benefits

Budgets, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Drug dependent persons, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1237

Issuance, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Pending hearing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Budgets, payment amounts, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Cash assistance benefits, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Centralized disbursement system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Chemically dependent persons, see CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS

Children, eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Claims

Children, transfer of custody, Minn. Statutes 2022 260B.331, 2022 260C.331

Claims against estates, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.16, 2022 519.05

Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.017, 2022 256.935, 2022 256J.01

County of financial responsibility, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1248

County of financial responsibility, see under COUNTIES

Data processing procedures, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.17

Definitions

Employment and economic development law, Minn. Statutes 2022 116L.19

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 290A.03

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Disregards

Displaced homemakers, stipends, Minn. Statutes 2022 116L.96

Earned income disregard, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.01, 2022 256P.03, 2022 256P.06

Single adults living with parent, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Earned income

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225

Electronic benefits transfer, see Benefits under this topic

Eligibility

Children, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.01

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.98, 2022 256.987, 2022 256D.05

Documentation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.04

Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.029

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01, 2022 256D.045 to 2022 256D.06

Exclusion from resources, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024, 2022 256D.425, 2022 609B.425

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05, 2022 256D.08

Income, see same under this topic

Ineligibility, personal statement in lieu of documentation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Personal property limitation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.02

Public assistance reporting information system, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Recertification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.04

Residence, see Applicants under this topic

Residents, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Severability of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05, 2022 256D.09

Supplemental nutrition assistance program households, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.62

Uniform public assistance eligibility and verification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.08, 2022 256P.001 to 2022 256P.08

Verification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.04

Eligibility

Assistance unit, see same under this topic

Changes, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Income, see same under this topic

Payment eligibility test, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Property limitations, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Prospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Retrospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Verification, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Emergency general assistance

Application, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07, 2022 256J.09

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01, 2022 256D.045 to 2022 256D.06, 2022 256D.08

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02, 2022 256D.09

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Reduction, termination, or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06, 2022 256D.08

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.09

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261, 9500.1272

Emergency, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Employment and training services, Employment and Economic Development Department, Minn. Statutes 2022 116J.401, 2022 116L.86

Employment

Grants to recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1237

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 270B.14

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045, 2022 256.0451

Family assistance unit, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Family general assistance

Applicants, see same under this topic

Recipients, see same under this topic

Federal aid

Disbursement, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.04

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 245.97

Federal disability benefits, advocacy, support services, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Filing unit

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223

Exclusion from assistance unit, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Form of payment

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.09

Representative payees, benefits defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Funding

Counties, total government fund expenditures, reduction, Minn. Statutes 2022 275.065

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2022 245.97, 2022 256D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 261.063

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03, 2022 256D.04

General Assistance Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01 to 2022 256D.21

General assistance medical care, see GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE

Hearings

Administrative fraud disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.046

Applicants or recipients, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045, 2022 256.0451

Disqualification, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.98

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.10

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045

Hearings

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Hospitals, inpatient payment system, Minn. Rules 9500.1090 to 9500.1140

Household report forms, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Human services aids, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.04

Income maintenance and support services, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2022 116L.19

Income

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 550.143, 2022 550.37, 2022 570.025, 2022 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 551.05

Calculations, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.06

Children, calculations, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 16D.16

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02, 2022 256P.01

Garnishment, exemption

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 550.37

Information about, in forms, Minn. Statutes 2022 571.72, 2022 571.912, 2022 571.932

Reporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.07

Self-employment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.05

Income

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Earned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225

Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223

Unearned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226

Integrated state-operated managed care systems for disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2022 256B.693

Interagency agreements, Minn. Statutes 2022 116L.86

Interim assistance

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Reimbursement, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Lawsuits, applicant, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07

Literacy of recipients, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03, 2022 256D.04

Mental illness, persons with

Benefits assistance, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 245.4712

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

MFIP, see MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MFIP)

Negotiated rates

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Facilities with negotiated rates, payments to, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Notice

Applications, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Excess property, exclusions, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Orders, judicial review, rights, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.10

Overpayments, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Payments to vendors

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05, 2022 256D.09

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Temporary county assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.23

Payments to vendors

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Direct payments, provisions, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Interim assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Payments

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 550.143, 2022 550.37, 2022 570.025, 2022 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 551.05

Compelling, writ of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.13

Defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2022 290A.03

Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07, 2022 256D.09

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02, 2022 256D.09

Garnishment, exemption

Garnishment of earnings, Minn. Statutes 2022 571.925

General provisions, Minn. Statutes 2022 571.72

Levy on funds at financial institution, Minn. Statutes 2022 550.143, 2022 571.912

Prejudgment garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2022 571.931, 2022 571.932

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2022 16D.13, 2022 256P.08

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Personal property taxes, delinquent taxes, liens or levies, Minn. Statutes 2022 277.20, 2022 277.21

Reduction, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.09, 2022 256D.10

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03, 2022 256D.04

Termination or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01, 2022 256D.10

Time, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.07

Underpayments, correction, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.08

Weekly payments and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Payments, see Benefits under this topic

Personal property, eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Public assistance, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2022 116L.19

Purpose of program, Minn. Rules 9500.1202

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 9500.1200

Qualified providers, see Payments to vendors under this topic

Quality control/quality assurance

Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.017, 2022 256.935, 2022 256J.01

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.017

Real property

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Recipients

Alcoholic persons, vendor payments, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05, 2022 256D.09

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.045, 2022 256.0451, 2022 256D.06

Assistance units, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.01

Converting to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03

Death, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.16

Felony drug convictions, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Graduation incentives program, see under SCHOOLS (K-12)

Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2022 62A.045, 2022 62A.046

Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Ill or incapacitated recipients, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Immunization reminders, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Income, see same under this topic

Interim assistance, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Legal noncitizens, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Legal settlement, Minn. Statutes 2022 245.97

Medical assistance benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Medicare, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Notice received

Combined hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.046

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.60

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.10

Vocational assessment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Parents of MFIP minor caregivers, financial responsibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.396

Personal data, Minn. Statutes 2022 13.46

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 270B.14

Random drug screening, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Random drug testing, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Residence, verification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05

Screening, federal benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.06

Social Security numbers, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.045

State-approved alternative programs (K-12), eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 123A.06

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.05, 2022 256D.09

Supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training programs, participation, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.60

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 270B.14

Telephone assistance, see TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PLAN

Recipients

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Records, right to review, applicants and recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Recovery of money

Apportionment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.019

County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2022 16D.13

Referrals

Chemical use assessment, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Other maintenance benefits programs, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Relative's responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.15

Reports about, generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1250

Reports about

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.04

Residence requirements, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2022 256G.03, 2022 256G.07

Residence

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Sanctions, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.98

Self-employment income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256P.01, 2022 256P.05

SSI (supplementary security income) applicants, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.01

Standards, Minn. Rules 9500.1231

State aid, payment to local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.03, 2022 256D.04

State participation

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1232

Substance use disorder treatment services

Eligibility, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 254B.04

Generally, see Treatment under SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, PERSONS WITH

Medical expenses, spend down, Minn. Statutes 2022 254B.04

Supplemental aid, see SUPPLEMENTAL AID

Suspension, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Temporary county assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.23

Termination, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.01

Termination

Appeals, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Noncompliance with referral requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Prospective ineligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Underpayments

Correction, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Unearned income

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226

Unitary Residence and Financial Responsibility Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 256G.01

Vendors, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Violations and penalties

Applicants, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024, 2022 256D.07

Drug offenses, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024

Fleeing felons, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Probation, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024

Recipients, confession of judgment, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.09

Supervised release, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.024

Waivers

Applicants, residence requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2022 256.98

Residence requirements, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.02

Writs of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2022 256D.13