703.180 TAFDC Teen Parent Eligibility
(A) Requirements
The Department shall only provide TAFDC benefits to a teen parent and his or her dependent child when the teen parent:
(1) has graduated from high school or received a High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) certificate; is enrolled and attending full time a school not beyond high school; is attending a full-time HiSET program or participating in an approved training or employment-related activity for a total of 20 hours per week, if living in a teen structured living program is meeting the requirements found in 106 CMR 703.183(A)(3), and 106 CMR 703.181; and
(2) resides in one of the following living arrangements:
(a)residing with one of the following responsible adults:#
(a) residing with one of the following responsible adults:
1. his or her parents;
2. an adult age 20 or older who meets the relationship requirement (see 106 CMR 703.310) for the teen parent;
3. an adult age 20 or older who meets the relationship requirement (see 106 CMR 703.310) for the dependent child, except that in the case of an unmarried teen
parent, the other parent of the dependent child will not meet the requirements of this section;
4. an approved foster parent; or
5. a legal guardian who is not the other parent of the dependent child;
(b)in a teen structured living program (see 106 CMR…#
(b) in a teen structured living program (see 106 CMR 703.183); or