1. (1) General Assistance provides temporary financial assistance to single persons and married couples who have no dependent children residing with them 50% or more of the time and who have a physical or mental health impairment that prevents the client from working any number of hours at all in any occupation.
2. (2) The impairment must be expected to last at least 60 days after the date of application.
3. (3) Drug addiction or alcoholism alone is insufficient to meet the impairment requirement for GA as defined in 42 U.S.C. 423(d)(2)(C).

4. (4)(a) Married couples meet the impairment criteria and time limits on an individual basis.

   1. (b) If the household includes an ineligible spouse, the income and assets of the ineligible spouse must be counted when determining the eligibility of the household and the ineligible spouse will not be included in the financial payment.
   2. (c) The household may consist of any combination of impaired, non-impaired, short term disabled, or long term disabled as long as at least one spouse meets the eligibility requirements.

5. (5)(a) GA is only available to a client who is at least 18 years old or is legally or factually emancipated.

   1. (b) Factual emancipation means the client has lived independently from their parents or guardians, has been economically self-supporting for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, and the client's parents or guardians have refused financial support.

6. (6)(a) A client claiming factual emancipation must cooperate with the Department in locating their parents or guardians.

   1. (b) The parents will be contacted by the Department.
   2. (c) If the parents continue to refuse to support the client, a referral will be made to ORS to enforce the parents' child support obligations.
7. (7) A person eligible for Bureau of Indian Affairs assistance is not eligible for GA.
8. (8) In addition to the residency requirements in Section R986-100-106, a resident in a group home that is administered under a contract with a governmental unit or administered by a governmental unit are not eligible for GA.

9. (9)(a) An individual receiving SSI is not eligible for GA, including a person whose SSI is suspended, has been terminated, or who is not eligible for SSI due to the imposition of a penalty as defined by 20 CFR 416.1320 through 416.1340.

   1. (b) An individual whose SSI benefits are suspended because they have not attained U.S. citizenship, may be eligible for GA if the individual actively pursues U.S. citizenship to regain SSI eligibility.
   2. (c) If SSI was terminated because the client's disability ended, the client may be eligible for GA if an unrelated physical or mental health condition develops and is verified.

KEY: general assistance (GA), SNAP

Date of Last Change: September 27, 2022

Notice of Continuation: August 14, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-3-401; 35A-3-402