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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 3
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 39 Chapter 3 Eligibility Determination Groups
• Individuals who are recipients of federal, state, or local foster care maintenance or an adoption assistance payment. • The child(ren) of a minor parent (mp) when the minor parent (mp) is a recipient of federal foster care payment. • An unemancipated minor parent (mp). o A currently unemancipated parent (whose youngest child is at least 12 weeks old) who has not completed high school, unless the parent(s) participates in, or in the case of an applicant, agrees to participate in: educational activities directed toward attainment of a high school diploma or equivalent; or, an alternative educational or training program. o A currently unemancipated parent, under age 18, and the child(ren) of such parent, who do not live with at least one parent of the mp. o See Section 3.3 for the definition of emancipation. o When the unemancipated mp demonstrates good cause for not living with a parent, eligibility may be established by living with another adult relative, a legal NOTE: If the household consists of an adult parent, mp and their child(ren), the adult parent does not need to live in a setting supervised by an adult for the adult parent to receive WV WORKS benefits for himself and the child(ren). EXCEPTIONS: For the unemancipated mp • There is no parent whose whereabouts are known. • No parent allows the unemancipated mp to live in his home. • The unemancipated mp lived apart from the parent for at least one year before the birth of the child or before the WV WORKS application. • The unemancipated mp or child’s physical or emotional health would be in jeopardy from residing with a parent. • There is good cause for an unemancipated mp and child(ren) to receive WV WORKS while not living with a parent. Examples include, but are not limited to: • The unemancipated mp’s return to the home of the parent(s) would cause noncompliance with a fixed lease already negotiated by the parent. • Education or training opportunities may be available and appropriate for the unemancipated mp elsewhere.