# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 03 — Family Investment Administration

### Chapter 08 — Emergency Assistance to Families with Children (EAFC)

#### Regulation .02 Cash Emergency Assistance to Families with Children.

*COMAR 07.03.08.02*

A. 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.

B. 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.