Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2510.15 Deprivation of Parental Support or Care - Absence of the Parent

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 1-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-7 2510.15 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Categorical Eligibility Requirements POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Deprivation of Parental Support or Care AFDC _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Absence of the Parent ______________________________________________________________________________

2510.15 A. Deprivation due to the absence of the parent from the home exists when:

1. the parent is not living with the child; and

2. the absence significantly interrupts or terminates the parent's day-to-day functioning as a provider of financial support or physical care and guidance of the child; and

3. the duration of the absence makes it impossible to count on the parent to plan for the present support or care of the child; or

4. the parent is living with the child, but has been convicted of an offense and is serving a court-imposed sentence which permits the parent to live at home while serving the sentence by:

a. performing unpaid public work during the day; or

b. performing unpaid community service.

B. Deprivation due to the absence of the parent from the home does not exist when:

1. both parents are living with the child; or

2. the parent is living separately from the child but the parent's absence from the home does not significantly interrupt the performance of the parent as a provider of day-to-day maintenance, physical care and guidance of the child; or

3. the parent is absent solely due to active duty with the uniform service of the United States.

C. If deprivation is determined to exist, it is considered to exist from the date the parent's absence began.