If an applicant is a parent caretaker relative, is assigned to the 1115 waiver group, and terminates employment without good cause within the sixty days preceding the date of application, the assistance unit is ineligible for aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) cash payments. The period of ineligibility is limited to a maximum of ninety days from the date the employment was terminated.

If a recipient is a parent caretaker relative, is assigned to the 1115 waiver group, and terminates employment without good cause, the assistance unit is ineligible for AFDC cash payments. The period of ineligibility is limited to three payment months. The first month of ineligibility is the first month after the notice requirements of chapter 67:12:02 are met.

The length of the penalty expires if the parent caretaker relative secures employment with comparable hours and earnings or is no longer living in the home.

A member of the assistance unit must make a new application for AFDC cash benefits when the penalty period expires, the parent caretaker relative secures employment with comparable earnings, or the parent caretaker relative is no longer living in the home.

Source: 20 SDR 196, effective May 23, 1994 ; 52 SDR 55, effective December 2, 2025 .

General Authority: SDCL 28- 6-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 28- 6-1 .

Prior versions effective: 1994-05-23.