To be eligible for emergency assistance, all of the following conditions shall be met:

1. (1) Income. The gross income of the emergency assistance group may not exceed 115% of the poverty line. The agency shall determine the amount of income available to the group in accordance with s. DCF 101.09 (4) except any of the following grants received in the month of the emergency is not counted:

   1. (a) Kinship care payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n), Stats.
   2. (b) Foster care payments under s. 48.62, Stats., if the payment is on behalf of a child who is a relative.

2. (2) Assets. The assets of the emergency assistance group may not exceed $2,500 in combined equity value. In determining the combined equity value of assets under this subsection, the agency shall exclude all of the following:

   1. (a) The equity value of vehicles up to a total equity value of $10,000. In this paragraph, “equity value of vehicles” means the trade-in value of the vehicles as given in a standard guide on motor vehicle values or as estimated by a sales representative at a local car dealership, minus any debts secured by the vehicles.
   2. (b) One home that serves as the homestead for the emergency assistance group.

History

History: Cr. Register, October, 1999, No. 526, eff. 11-1-99; corrections in (3) (intro.) and (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 09-059: r. and recr. Register December 2009 No. 648, eff. 1-1-10; CR 21-090: am. (1), renum. (2) to (2) (intro.) and am., cr. (2) (a), (b) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22.