§ 12-20-6-3 — Eligibility for other public assistance

Each township trustee shall obtain information
about public assistance programs and services administered by the
division of family resources and county offices under this article, the
Social Security Administration, the federal Food Stamp program (7
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), or by another federal or state governmental entity.
If a trustee believes a township assistance applicant or a member of the
applicant's household may be eligible for a public assistance program,
the trustee may not extend aid to the applicant or the applicant's
household unless the applicant verifies that:
(1) the applicant has filed, within the one hundred eighty (180)
days preceding the application for township assistance, an
application for assistance under a federal or state public
assistance program administered by the division of family
resources and county offices or by another federal or state
governmental entity;
(2) the applicant or a member of the applicant's household is
receiving assistance under a public assistance program
administered by the division of family resources and county
offices or another federal or state governmental entity; or
(3) the applicant or a member of the applicant's household has an
emergency need that the trustee determines must be met
immediately.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-6.1(c) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.191; P.L.5-1993, SEC.204; P.L.51-1996, SEC.22; P.L.73-2005, SEC.30; P.L.145-2006, SEC.112.