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MISSISSIPPI 3. Continued Absence; and 4. Unemployed Parent. Each of these deprivation reasons is discussed in detail in the following pages. DEATH A child will be considered deprived because of death of his parent when he has lost one or both of his legal parents by death. To establish death, the worker will ask the parent or relative with whom the child(ren) lives to state the date and place of the death of the parent and other pertinent information. The worker will then establish the fact of the death with documentation such as:

Death certificate

Physician's records

Hospital, mortuary, cemetery, or insurance records

Newspaper article or obituary recording facts and date of death

Family Bible Diaries or letters S t a t e m e n t s o r r e f e r e n c e s I N C A P A C I T Y A c h i l d o t h e r w i s e e l i g i b l e l i v i n g i n t h e h o m e w i t h b o t h l e g a l p a r e n t s w i l l b e c o n s i d e r e d d e p r i v e d

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