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available to pay for what is needed to alleviate the emergency.

2. An individual who is an illegal alien is not eligible for AFDC-Emergency Assistance.

D. The kinds of emergency situations which are covered by this program and the kinds of assistance and services provided to meet the emergency situations are detailed below:

A. Kinds of emergencies covered:

1. A crisis resulting from a catastrophic illness 2. Substantial loss of shelter, food, clothing, or household furnishings due to fire, flood, or similar natural or man-made disaster, or a crime of violence 3. Emergency over which there was no control, and which left the family homeless or in immediate danger of eviction or foreclosure 4. A situation in which Emergency Assistance is necessary to avoid destitution of the needy child or to provide shelter for the child 5. Emergency which could lead to destitution and the destitution or need for a living arrangement did not arise because the child or a specified relative refused, without good cause, to accept employment or training for employment 6. Mass emergencies 7. Loss of a relative who has been responsible for support and/or care of one of his family members 8. Abuse, neglect, or dependency of children 9. Situation in which a child is at risk of removal from the home 10. Situation in which return to the home of a child who is currently separated from his family may create an emergency.

B. A heating or cooling-related emergency shall not be covered.

C. Kinds of assistance provided to meet emergency situations:

1. Cash assistance up to a maximum of $300 to alleviate the emergency by meeting basic needs for families whose total net income is at or below 110% of the current poverty level and total countable