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Title 67 - Department of Social ServicesArticle 67:12 - Assistance payments
Chapter 67:12:18 - Unemployed parent program
Section 67:12:18:06 - Initial eligibility

S.D. Admin. R. 67:12:18:06

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Current through Register Vol. 51, page 56, November 4, 2024
Section 67:12:18:06 - Initial eligibility

For initial eligibility for UPP, the unit must meet the other AFDC requirements in this article except for the deprivation factor and the PWE must meet the following criteria:

(1) The PWE must have been unemployed for at least 30 days preceding receipt of UPP benefits. The first day of the 30-day period begins with the first day of the calendar month in which the PWE was employed less than 100 hours;
(2) The PWE has not, without good cause, refused an offer of employment within the 30 days preceding receipt of UPP benefits;
(3) The PWE applied for and has accepted UI benefits;
(4) The PWE received or was qualified to receive UI benefits in the year preceding application for UPP, or the PWE has 6 or more quarters of work in a period of 13 calendar quarters which ended in the year preceding application; and
(5) The PWE is available for employment.

Unemployment benefit determinations are made by the Department of Labor under the provisions of article 47:06 and SDCL chapters 61-6 and 61-7.

For purposes of this rule, a calendar quarter of work is a period of three consecutive calendar months in which an individual either received earned income of not less than $50 or participated in JOBS. The calendar quarters are January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through December 31.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:12:18:06

17 SDR 53, effective 10/16/1990; 17 SDR 153, effective 4/16/1991.

General Authority: SDCL 28-7-1.1, 28-7-2.

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-7-1.1, 28-7-2.

Deprivation of parental support or care by reason of continued absence from the home, § 67:12:01:29. Deprivation of parental support or care by reason of physical or mental incapacity of a parent, § 67:12:01:39. Incapacity based on blindness or visual impairment -- Medical findings required, § 67:12:01:62. Dependent children of unemployed parents, 45 C.F.R. § 233.101. Criteria used to establish unemployment, § 67:12:18:04.