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whether known to the agency or not to determine their needs. The designee must contact the prisoner's dependents.

a. The prisoner's dependents may include:

1) Spouse,

2) Dependent children,

3) Parents of the prisoner,

4) Parents of the prisoner's spouse,

5) Other relatives for whom the prisoner has assumed responsibility in the past.

b. Report to prison officials any legal dependents not previously acknowledged. Do not consider as dependents:

1) Remarried spouses, or

2) The parent of the dependent children if the parents were never married.

c. Determine the dependent's need for work release funds. Disregard any other income or resources available to the dependents.

To determine the needs:

1) Use the amount for monthly needs specified below for the number of dependents, and

2) Add to this number for the dependents monthly payments on health and life insurance, medical expenses not covered by Medicaid, school lunches, expenses for college, vocational or technical courses not being met by loans, scholarships, grants, etc.