Effective Date - January 1, 2009

715                 POWER Exempt Individuals

POWER - P.L. 104-193, as amended; W.S. 42-2-103

A.    Exempt POWER applicants or recipients who meet the following criteria from the work program performance requirements (see Sections 717 and 718).

1.    A child, excluding a minor parent, who is attending school full-time or who is preschool age.

a.    If a child below the age of 16 is not attending school full-time, the DFS field office will work with the parent or caretaker relative to resolve the problem; and

b.    The child will remain exempt, but the assistance unit’s POWER payment may not be paid if the parent or caretaker relative does not cooperate in developing and implementing the plan to resolve the problem.

2.    Sixty-five years of age or older.

3. The single custodial parent of a child who is personally providing care for a child under the age of three months.

a.    This exemption does not apply to the minor parent or the teen parent under the age of 20 without a high school diploma or the equivalent;

b.    This exemption is available for 12 months in a lifetime beginning with 1/2/97; and

c.    Can be divided between more than one child.

B.    Update the exemption on WORW immediately whenever the status of an assistance unit member changes.

C.   DO NOT exempt anyone from the child support requirements unless there is no child support issue.

D.   DO NOT exempt anyone from any eligibility factors unless otherwise allowed in policy.