§ 42-2-104 — Personal opportunities with employment responsibilities; provision; eligibility; unemployed parent program

Wyoming § 42-2-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 42: Welfare
• Ch. 2: PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) The department may through the personal opportunities
with employment responsibilities (POWER) program provide
financial assistance for a dependent child and an eligible
caretaker. Financial assistance under this program shall be in
the form of a performance payment or protective payment payable
to or on behalf of an eligible recipient. Any individual not a
relative of the dependent child but interested in or concerned
with the welfare of the child and his eligible caretaker may
subject to qualifications prescribed by rule and regulation of
the department, receive a protective payment on behalf of the
dependent child which shall not count toward the caretaker's
five (5) year limit for benefits under W.S. 42-2-103(e)(i)
unless the nonrelative caretaker is included in the calculation
of the performance payment of the dependent child.
(b) In addition to any other state or federal regulation
and subject to W.S. 42-2-103(e), an assistance unit qualifying
under W.S. 42-2-103(a) with a dependent child is eligible for
financial assistance under the personal opportunities with
employment responsibilities (POWER) program. For purposes of
this subsection, a dependent child includes any child who is
under eighteen (18) years of age and living with a relative in a
residence maintained by the relative as determined by rule and
regulation of the department, regularly attending school or its
equivalent as determined by the department, or is expected to
graduate from high school before the age of nineteen (19) years.
For purposes of this subsection, a dependent child does not
include a minor parent.
(i) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, § 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, § 2.
(c) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 196, § 2.
(d) Subject to the availability of funds, the department
may by rule and regulation create a program to provide financial
assistance to assistance units in which there is a dependent
child and both of the parents are unemployed.