Section 12-14-2-1 - Determination of eligibility; amount of assistance and beginning date; exclusions from consideration in determining eligibility(a) After the investigation under IC 12-14-1-6, the county office shall decide the following: (1) Whether the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f) is eligible for assistance under this article.(2) The amount of assistance.(3) The date assistance begins.(b) The county office may not consider:(1) money in an individual development account under IC 4-4-28 that belongs to the child or woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family;(2) the value of the real property that is the child's or woman's primary residence;(3) twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of total equity value (as defined in 470 IAC 10.3-4-2) in motor vehicles that belong to one (1) or more members of the child's or woman's family;(4) a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family; or(5) money earned by the child, woman described in IC 12-14-1-1(f), or a member of the child's or woman's family as a student participating in: (B) a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7); or(C) paid postsecondary work experience that allows the individual to apply for a related apprenticeship (as defined by IC 20-43-8-0.3); when determining whether the individual is eligible for assistance under this article.
Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-1 part.
Amended by P.L. 103-2023,SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 83-2022,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.L. 168-2021,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.L. 14-2020,SEC. 3, eff. 1/1/2021.As added by P.L. 2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L. 4-1993, SEC.66; P.L. 5-1993, SEC.79; P.L. 15-1997, SEC.3; P.L. 126-1998, SEC.1; P.L. 128-1999, SEC.9.