Regulation .02 Cash Emergency Assistance to Families with Children.

The local department may give Cash Emergency Assistance to Families with Children when:

(1)

Assistance is needed to avoid the destitution of a child younger than 21 years old;

(2)

There are no resources available to meet the emergency; and

(3)

The emergency is not the result of quitting a job without good cause.

Good cause includes, but is not limited to:

(1)

Discrimination based on:

(a)

Race;

(b)

National origin;

(c)

Ethnicity;

(d)

Age;

(e)

Sex;

(f)

Disability;

(g)

Religion; or

(h)

Sexual orientation;

(2)

Breakdown in child care or transportation;

(3)

Domestic violence;

(4)

Hazardous working conditions;

(5)

Documented illness or incapacitation;

(6)

Incarceration;

(7)

Resignation at employer's request; or

(8)

Other circumstances determined to be good cause by the local department.