Section 26-5.3-105 - Eligibility requirements - period of eligibility - services available(1) Families with children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement shall be eligible for emergency assistance. Assistance shall be available to or on behalf of a needy child under twenty-one years of age and any other member of the household in which the child lives if: (a) Such child is living with any of the relatives described in section 26-2-103(4)(a) in a place of residence maintained by the relative as the relative's own home;(b) Such child is without resources immediately accessible to meet the child's needs; and(c) The emergency assistance is necessary to avoid destitution or to provide living arrangements for the child in a home.(2) Assistance shall be authorized for a family no more than once during a twelve-month period.(3) Emergency assistance provided pursuant to this article shall be used for, but shall not be limited to, the following:(a) Twenty-four-hour emergency shelter facilities or caretakers for children who must be removed from their homes in emergency situations;(b) Counseling, including crisis counseling available by telephone twenty-four hours a day;(c) Information referral;(d) Intensive family preservation services;(e) In-home supportive homemaker services;(f) Services used to develop and implement a discrete case plan, as provided by the federal "Social Security Act";(g) Day treatment services for children.L. 93: Entire article added, p. 2000, § 1, effective June 9. L. 97: (3)(f) amended, p. 1244, § 49, effective July 1.