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FEDERAL AND STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS TO ASSIST IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS To assist counties in the evaluation process, we have listed most of the federal and State legislative provisions that will continue to govern both the Standard and Electing Programs. Remember, these are programmatic provisions regarding eligibility criteria. The State and counties are still required to comply with other federal laws such as meeting participation rates and reporting requirements. Federal requirements are generally from P.L. 104-193. In addition to the following list of requirements, County Departments of Social Services will continue to be required to administer the entitlement programs, Medicaid and Food Stamps, according to federal and state law and regulation. Decisions made regarding changes to eligibility criteria in Electing Counties could potentially require that the eligibility determinations for Medicaid and Food Stamps be separated from the Work First eligibility determination. · Assistance can only be provided for families where a minor child lives with an adult caretaker relative. [federal - See. 406 (a) (1)] · Sanction must be applied for non-cooperation with child support. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (2)] · Adults must assign rights to child support to the State (currently, NC law already assumes the assignment is made when the Work First application is signed). [federal - See. 406 (a) (3)] · Teen parents must attend school and live with parents or in other adnlt-supervised setting. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (4) and (5)] · Lifetime time limit on assistance cannot exceed 5 years, with possible hardship extensions. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (7)1 · Individual is ineligible for assistance for 10 years if he is found to have fraudulently misrepresented his residence in order to get assistance in 2 or more states. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (8)] · Individuals who are fugitive felons and probation and parole violators are not eligible for assistance; certain information must be shared upon request from,law enforcement officials. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (9)] · Children who are absent from the home for not less than 30 nor more than 180 days (# days optional) are not eligible for assistance unless they have good cause for being absent. A caretaker relative who fails to notify the agency of the child's absence within 5 days is not eligible for assistance. [federal - Sec. 406 (a) (10)] · All family members must have a social security number or apply for one. [federal - 42 U.S.C. 1320 (a)(1)] .,.. Class H or I drag felons are eligible for assistance, others are not. [State - 108A-25.2.] All adults must register for employment with the Employment Security Commission. [State - 108A-29.] Individuals found to be addicted to alcohol or drugs and to be in need of professional substance abuse treatment services are required to do so as a condition of eligibility. [State - 108A-29.1 ] Comply with significant data collection reporting, including gathering and reporting disaggrcgated household information. [federal - Sec. 41 I]