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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)(1) The Transitional Employment Assistance Program is created.
(2) The Transitional Employment Assistance Program shall be administered by the Department of Human Services.
(b) Eligibility for transitional employment assistance is limited to applicants for or recipients of assistance who:
(1) Are income and resource eligible; and
(2) Sign and comply with a personal responsibility agreement.
(c) The department shall promulgate rules to determine resource eligibility and benefit levels for participating families. The rules shall be subject to review and recommendation by the Arkansas Workforce Development Board and shall include, but not be limited to, the following categories of income and resource disregards:
(1) To reward work, earned income from sources other than transitional employment assistance;
(2) A certain percentage of a family's gross monthly income;
(3) The family's homestead;
(4) An operable motor vehicle per family;
(5) Household and personal goods;
(6) Income-producing property;
(7) Moneys deposited into an approved individual development account or approved escrow account for business or career development;
(8) Any other property or resource specified in the transitional employment assistance implementation plan which is determined to be cost efficient to exclude or which must be excluded due to federal or state law; and
(9) Any investment earmarked for retirement or education, such as a retirement plan authorized by section 401(k) or section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it existed on January 1, 2007.
(d) Any person who makes an application for assistance shall have the burden of proving eligibility for the assistance.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-76-401. Eligibility generally--Transitional Employment Assistance Program - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-76-401/
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