§ 239B.3 — Cash assistance

Iowa § 239B.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 239B: FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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1. a. Within available funding, the department shall provide an ongoing cash assistance
grant under the family investment program to a family eligible under section 239B.2.
b. For an eligibility decision involving an applicant family with a specified relative, within
thirty days of the date of an application, the department shall authorize issuance of notice of
the department’s decision to the specified relative.
2. For an applicant or participant family, the department shall calculate and pay the cash
assistance grant on a monthly basis, taking into consideration all of the following:
a. The income and resources of the family.
b. Whether the family has entered into a limited benefit plan.
c. The size of the family.
d. Available funding.
3. The department may pay cash assistance and other cash benefits paid under this
chapter by warrant, through a direct deposit to a financial institution of a participant, or
through an electronic benefits transfer.
4. The department may pay, from funds appropriated for this purpose, a maximum of
four hundred dollars toward funeral expenses on the death of a child who is a participant or
has been authorized to participate in the family investment program, provided both of the
following conditions apply:
a. The decedent does not leave an estate which may be probated with sufficient proceeds
to allow for payment of the funeral expenses.
b. Payments which are due the decedent’s estate or beneficiary by reason of the liability
of a life insurance, death or funeral benefit company, association, or society, or in the form of
United States social security, railroad retirement, or veterans’ benefits upon the death of the
decedent, are deducted from the department’s payment under this section.