44-301 MONEY PAYMENT PRINCIPLE

Each individual or family has the right to manage his/her own affairs; to decide what use of his/her money, including the aid payment, will best serve his/her interests; and to make his/her purchases through the normal channels of exchange, to enjoy the same rights and to discharge his/her responsibilities in the same manner as other members of the community.

Aid payments shall be made in conformity with the money payment principle except when a problem in money management exists (see Section 44-307); when authorized sanctions are applied when a person fails without good cause to cooperate in the WIN Demo or GAIN Programs (see Section 42-691 or 42-786); when protective payments are made in noncooperation child support cases (see Sections 43-106 and 43-107.1); when money management is required under GAIN (see Section 42-785); or when directed by the Services System to make payments to a protective payee or to a vendor or vendors (see Section 44-307).

Aid payments are for the benefit of the recipient only and do not constitute income to any other person.