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LINKING FACTORS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY Regulations DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE 41-401

CHAPTER 41-400 DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE

41-400 DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE 41-400

Deprivation of parental support or care is a separate and specific eligibility factor for CalWORKs. A child's deprivation is based on the status of his/her natural or adoptive parent or parents. (For AFDC-FC see Division 45.)

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 10063 (Ch. 270, Stats. 1997), Welfare and Institutions Code.

41-401 BASIS OF DEPRIVATION

41-401

.1 A child is considered deprived of parental support or care if:

.11 Either parent is deceased (see Section 41-420);

.12 Either parent is physically or mentally incapacitated (see Section 41-430);

.13 The principal earner is unemployed (see Section 41-440);

.14 Either parent is continually absent from the home in which the child is living (see Section 41- 450).

.2 The recipient family of a child considered to be deprived of parental support or care due to the unemployment of the principal earner may continue to receive assistance, regardless of the number of hours the principal earner parent works, provided the AU meets all other eligibility requirements.

.3 When the child is deprived of parental support or care for more than one reason, eligibility may be established on any basis of deprivation that appears in Section 41-401.1.

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Interpretation - Regardless of the basis of deprivation upon which the child is determined to be eligible for CalWORKs, the requirements for securing absent parent support remain unmodified.

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NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 10063 and 11201 (Ch. 270, Stats. 1997), Welfare and Institutions Code.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-99-06 Effective 6/14/99

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