UPM 2520.05 - Pregnancy Requirements

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-97 Transmittal: UP-97-19 2520.05 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Categorical Eligibility Requirements POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Pregnancy AFDC _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Pregnancy Requirements ______________________________________________________________________________

2520.05 A. In order to qualify for AFDC, a woman with no other children receiving AFDC must:

1. be pregnant; and

2. meet the eligibility factors for AFDC which would be required if her child were already born and were living with her, including, but not limited to, deprivation of parental support or care (Cross Reference: 2510).

B. Deprivation as it relates to a pregnant woman exists as follows:

1. One Parent Household

In one parent households, deprivation exists when:

a. one of the parents is deceased or continually absent from the home; or

b. the alleged father resides in the home. The alleged father is not considered the legal parent until the child is born, and:

(1) he has acknowledged paternity; or

(2) he has been adjudged the father; or

(3) he has signed a statement recognizing that he is the natural father of the child; or

(4) he is listed as the father on the child's Connecticut birth certificate.