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21 The same eligibility criteria are applied to this population that was in effect at that time. Federal requirements state that an emergency must exist within the family in order for the child to be considered eligible for assistance. For EA Program purposes, a family is defined as head of household and anyone living with the head of household. An emergency is defined as “…a child who is at risk of abuse, neglect, abandonment or exploitation.” The following federal eligibility criteria must be met before a family can be determined eligible for assistance: • The child is (or, within six months prior to the month in which assistance is requested, has been) living with any of the specified relatives: their father, mother, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, adoptive parent, or any such person of a preceding generation denoted by the prefixes grand, great, or great- great. This can include the spouse of any person named above, even after the marriage has been terminated by death or dissolution. • The family has not been authorized for EA during the previous 12 months in California. If the family had received EA during the previous 12 months, the next eligibility period begins 12 months after the beginning date of the previous period. • When determining a child’s income eligibility only the child’s income is considered. The child’s income cannot exceed 200 percent of California’s Median Family Income, as certified by the applicant. For more information on the median income, you may wish to visit the HUD website at: http://www.huduser.org/search/search.asp. • The emergency did not arise because an adult family member refused without good cause to accept employment or training. The EA-Child Welfare Services component provides a continuum of services which fall under Emergency Assistance and are at least partially funded by TANF. These services, which were previously funded through Title IV-A, include: • Payment for emergency shelter care; • Case management; • Counseling; • Information and referral; and • Transportation related to the above. The above assistance is limited within any twelve (12) month period to a single episode per family with a maximum duration of twelve months or less as necessary to resolve the emergency situation. This assistance must be authorized within a single 30 day period beginning no less than twelve months after the start of the family’s last Emergency Assistance authorization period and must be in response to a new emergency.