An assistance unit which includes an adult who has received assistance for sixty months is ineligible for assistance under this article. The sixty months do not have to be consecutive and do not begin to count until December 1996.

1. (1) Any months during which the individual was a minor child and not the head of a household or married to the head of the household; and

2. (2) Any months during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation or in an Alaskan native village if, during the month, at least one thousand individuals were living on the reservation or in the village and at least fifty percent of the adults living on the reservation or in the village were unemployed.

   Cross-References:

   No assistance for more than five years, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.104-193, § 408(a)(7) 110 Stat. 2137 (1996).

   Disregard of months of assistance received by adult while living on an Indian reservation or in an Alaskan native village with fifty percent unemployment, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, § 408(a)(7)(D) 110 Stat. 2138 (1996).

In determining the number of months the adult received assistance, the department shall disregard:

Source: 23 SDR 152, effective March 14, 1997 ; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 28- 6-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 28- 6 -1 .

Prior versions effective: 1997-03-14.