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MN Stat § 256I.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256I — Housing Support|Section 256I.01 — Citation.

256I.01 CITATION. Sections 256I.01 to 256I.09 shall be cited as the "Housing Support Act." History:  1989 c 282 art 5 s 115; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 33; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 8 s 7; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 39; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 77
MN Stat § 256I.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256I — Housing Support|Section 256I.02 — Purpose.

256I.02 PURPOSE. The Housing Support Act establishes a comprehensive system of rates and payments for persons who reside in the community and who meet the eligibility criteria under section 256I.04, subdivision 1. History:  1989 c 282 art 5 s 116; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 34; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 8 s 8; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 2 s 42; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 256I.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256I — Housing Support|Section 256I.08 — County Share For Certain Nursing Facility Stays.

256I.08 COUNTY SHARE FOR CERTAIN NURSING FACILITY STAYS. Beginning July 1, 2004, if housing support is used to pay for a nursing facility placement due to the facility's status as an Institution for Mental Diseases, the county is liable for 20 percent of the nonfederal share of costs for persons under the age of 65 that have exceeded 90 days. History:  1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 52; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 256I.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256I — Housing Support|Section 256I.09 — Community Living Infrastructure.

256I.09 COMMUNITY LIVING INFRASTRUCTURE. The commissioner shall award grants to agencies through an annual competitive process. Grants awarded under this section may be used for: (1) outreach to locate and engage people who are homeless or residing in segregated settings to screen for basic needs and assist with referral to community living resources; (2) building capacity to provide technical assistance and consultation on housing and related support service resources for persons with both disabilities and low income; or (3) streamlining the administration and monitoring activities related to housing support funds. Agencies may collaborate and submit a joint application for funding under this section. History:   1Sp2017 c 6 art 2 s 37
MN Stat § 256J.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.021 — Separate State Program For Use Of State Money.

256J.021 SEPARATE STATE PROGRAM FOR USE OF STATE MONEY. (a) Families receiving assistance under this section shall comply with all applicable requirements in this chapter. (b) Beginning October 1, 2006, the commissioner of human services must treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child under section 256J.02, subdivision 2, clause (1), who is part of a two-parent household, as expenditures under a separately funded state program. These expenditures shall not count toward the state's maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements under the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. (c) Beginning February 1, 2008, the commissioner of human services shall treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child who is part of a household that meets criteria in section 256J.575, subdivision 3, as expenditures under a separately funded state program under section 256J.575, subdivision 8. History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 5; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 10; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 1; 2007 c 147 art 2 s 25
MN Stat § 256J.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.06 — Community Involvement.

256J.06 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. The MFIP program must be administered in a way that, in addition to the county agency, other sectors in the community such as employers from the public and private sectors, not-for-profit organizations, educational and social service agencies, program participants, labor unions, and neighborhood associations are involved. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66
MN Stat § 256J.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.10 — Mfip Eligibility Requirements.

256J.10 MFIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. To be eligible for MFIP, applicants must meet the general eligibility requirements in sections 256J.11 to 256J.15, the property limitations in section 256P.02, and the income limitations in sections 256J.21 and 256P.06. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66; 2014 c 312 art 28 s 18; 1Sp2021 c 7 art 7 s 10
MN Stat § 256J.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.15 — Other Eligibility Conditions.

256J.15 OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS. Subdivision 1. Eligibility when there is court-ordered custody. The language of a court order that specifies joint legal or physical custody does not preclude a determination that a parent is absent. Absence must be determined based on the actual facts of the absence according to paragraphs (a) to (c). (a) When a minor child spends time in each of the parents' homes within a payment month, the minor child's home shall be considered the home in which the majority of the minor child's time is spent. When this time is exactly equal within a payment month, or when the parents alternately live in the minor child's home within a payment month, the minor child's home shall be with that parent who is applying for MFIP, unless the minor child's needs for the full payment month have already been met through the provision of assistance to the other parent for that month. (b) When the physical custody of a minor child alternates between parents for periods of at least one payment month, each parent shall be eligible for assistance for any full payment months the minor child's home is with that parent, except under the conditions in paragraph (c). (c) When a minor child's home is with one parent for the majority of time in each month for at least nine consecutive calendar months, and that minor child visits or vacations with the other parent under section 256J.13, the minor child's home remains with the first parent even when the stay with the second parent is for all or the majority of the months in the period of the temporary absence. Subd. 2. Eligibility during labor disputes. To receive assistance when a member of an assistance unit is on strike, or when an individual identified under section 256J.37, subdivisions 1 to 2, whose income and assets must be considered when determining the unit's eligibility is on strike, the assistance unit must have been receiving MFIP or have been eligible for MFIP on the day before the strike. The county agency must count the striker's prestrike earnings as current earnings. A significant change cannot be invoked when a member of an assistance unit, or an individual identified under section 256J.37, subdivisions 1 to 2, is on strike. A member of an assistance unit, or an individual identified under section 256J.37, subdivisions 1 to 2, is not considered a striker when that person is not in the bargaining unit that voted for the strike and does not cross the picket line for fear of personal injury. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 11; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 40; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66
MN Stat § 256J.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.28 — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

256J.28 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Expedited issuance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The following households are entitled to expedited issuance of SNAP benefits assistance: (1) households with less than $150 in monthly gross income provided their liquid assets do not exceed $100; (2) migrant or seasonal farm worker households who are destitute as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter 2, subchapter C, part 273, section 273.10, paragraph (e)(3), provided their liquid assets do not exceed $100; and (3) eligible households whose combined monthly gross income and liquid resources are less than the household's monthly rent or mortgage and utilities. For any month an individual receives expedited SNAP benefits, the individual is not eligible for the MFIP food portion of assistance. Subd. 2. SNAP benefits for household members not in assistance unit. (a) For household members who purchase and prepare food with the MFIP assistance unit but are not part of the assistance unit, the county agency must determine a separate SNAP benefit based on regulations agreed upon with the United States Department of Agriculture. (b) Fair hearing requirements for persons who receive SNAP benefits under this subdivision are governed by section 256.045, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, subtitle B, chapter II, part 273, section 273.15. Subd. 3. Income disregard: food assistance portion of assistance payment. The portion of the MFIP assistance payment that is designated by the commissioner as the food assistance portion of the assistance payment must be disregarded as income in the following programs: (1) housing subsidy programs; (2) low-income home energy assistance program; (3) Supplemental Security Income, when determining interim assistance amount; and (4) other programs that do not count SNAP benefits as income. For the purposes of this subdivision, the food assistance portion of the assistance payment means a predetermined portion of the MFIP assistance payment that may be received in point-of-purchase sites or as SNAP benefits. The predetermined portion of the assistance payment will vary by family profile, which is based on family size. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 6 s 118] Subd. 5. SNAP benefits for persons residing in a battered woman's shelter. Members of an MFIP assistance unit residing in a battered woman's shelter may receive SNAP benefits or the food portion twice in a month if the unit that initially received the SNAP benefits or food portion included the alleged abuser. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 17; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 56-58; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 1 s 42
MN Stat § 256J.315 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.315 — County And Tribal Cooperation.

256J.315 COUNTY AND TRIBAL COOPERATION. The county agency must cooperate with tribal governments in the implementation of MFIP to ensure that the program meets the special needs of persons living on Indian reservations. This cooperation must include, but is not limited to, the sharing of MFIP duties including initial screening, orientation, assessments, and provision of employment and training services. The county agency shall encourage tribal governments to assume duties related to MFIP and shall work cooperatively with tribes that have assumed responsibility for a portion of the MFIP program to expand tribal responsibilities, if that expansion is requested by the tribe. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 20; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66
MN Stat § 256J.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.32 — Documenting, Verifying, And Recertifying Eligibility.

256J.32 DOCUMENTING, VERIFYING, AND RECERTIFYING ELIGIBILITY. Subdivision 1. Verification of information. An agency must apply section 256P.04 when documenting, verifying, and recertifying MFIP eligibility. An agency must only require verification of information necessary to determine MFIP eligibility and the amount of the assistance payment. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1998 c 407 art 6 s 118] Subd. 5a.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 7a.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2014 c 312 art 28 s 37] History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 21; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 64-66; 1999 c 245 art 6 s 36,37; 2000 c 488 art 10 s 9; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 19,20,66; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 41-44; 2004 c 288 art 4 s 35,36; 2007 c 13 art 1 s 25; 2007 c 147 art 2 s 29; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 41; 2012 c 216 art 8 s 3; 2014 c 291 art 11 s 15,16; 2014 c 312 art 28 s 23
MN Stat § 256J.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.35 — Amount Of Assistance Payment.

256J.35 AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PAYMENT. Except as provided in paragraphs (a) to (d), the amount of an assistance payment is equal to the difference between the MFIP standard of need or the Minnesota family wage level in section 256J.24 and countable income. (a) Beginning July 1, 2015, MFIP assistance units are eligible for an MFIP housing assistance grant of $110 per month, unless: (1) the housing assistance unit is currently receiving public and assisted rental subsidies provided through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is subject to section 256J.37, subdivision 3a; or (2) the assistance unit is a child-only case under section 256J.88. (b) When MFIP eligibility exists for the month of application, the amount of the assistance payment for the month of application must be prorated from the date of application or the date all other eligibility factors are met for that applicant, whichever is later. This provision applies when an applicant loses at least one day of MFIP eligibility. (c) MFIP overpayments to an assistance unit must be recouped according to section 256P.08, subdivision 6. (d) An initial assistance payment must not be made to an applicant who is not eligible on the date payment is made. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 24; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 69; 1999 c 245 art 6 s 42; 2013 c 108 art 3 s 29; 2015 c 71 art 5 s 19,35
MN Stat § 256J.351 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.351 — Housing Assistance Grants; Forecasted Program.

256J.351 HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS; FORECASTED PROGRAM. Beginning July 1, 2015, housing assistance grants under section 256J.35, paragraph (a), must be a forecasted program and the commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of management and budget, may transfer unencumbered appropriation balances within fiscal years of each biennium with other forecasted programs of the Department of Human Services. The commissioner shall inform the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate Health and Human Services Finance Division and the house of representatives Health and Human Services Finance Committee quarterly about transfers made under this provision. History:   2013 c 108 art 3 s 46
MN Stat § 256J.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.36 — Allocation For Unmet Need Of Other Household Members.

256J.36 ALLOCATION FOR UNMET NEED OF OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. Except as prohibited in paragraphs (a) and (b), an allocation of income is allowed from the caregiver's income to meet the unmet need of an ineligible spouse or an ineligible child under the age of 21 for whom the caregiver is financially responsible who also lives with the caregiver. That allocation is allowed in an amount up to the difference between the MFIP standard of need for the assistance unit when that ineligible person is included in the assistance unit and the MFIP standard of need for the assistance unit when the ineligible person is not included in the assistance unit. These allocations must be deducted from the caregiver's counted earnings and from unearned income subject to paragraphs (a) and (b). (a) Income of a minor child in the assistance unit must not be allocated to meet the need of an ineligible person, including the child's parent, even when that parent is the payee of the child's income. (b) Income of a caregiver must not be allocated to meet the needs of a disqualified person. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 25; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 70; 1999 c 245 art 6 s 43
MN Stat § 256J.395 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.395 — Vendor Payment Of Shelter Costs And Utilities.

256J.395 VENDOR PAYMENT OF SHELTER COSTS AND UTILITIES. Subdivision 1. Vendor payment. (a) Effective July 1, 1997, when a county is required to provide assistance to a participant in vendor form for shelter costs and utilities under this chapter or chapter 256D, the cost of utilities for a given family may be assumed to be: (1) the average of the actual monthly cost of utilities for that family for the prior 12 months at the family's current residence, if applicable; (2) the monthly plan amount, if any, set by the local utilities for that family at the family's current residence; or (3) the estimated monthly utility costs for the dwelling in which the family currently resides. (b) For purposes of this section, "utility" means any of the following: municipal water and sewer service; electric, gas, or heating fuel service; or wood, if that is the heating source. (c) In any instance where a vendor payment for rent is directed to a landlord not legally entitled to the payment, the county social services agency shall immediately institute proceedings to collect the amount of the vendored rent payment, which shall be considered a debt under section 270A.03, subdivision 5. Subd. 2. Vendor payment notification. (a) When a county agency is required to provide assistance to a participant in vendor payment form for shelter costs or utilities under subdivision 1, and the participant does not give the agency the information needed to pay the vendor, the county agency shall notify the participant of the intent to terminate assistance by mail at least ten days before the effective date of the adverse action. (b) The notice of action shall include a request for information about: (1) the amount of the participant's shelter costs or utilities; (2) the due date of the shelter costs or utilities; and (3) the name and address of the landlord, contract for deed holder, mortgage company, and utility vendor. (c) If the participant fails to provide the requested information by the effective date of the adverse action, the county must terminate the MFIP grant. If the applicant or participant verifies they do not have shelter costs or utility obligations, the county shall not terminate assistance if the assistance unit is otherwise eligible. Subd. 3. Discontinuing vendor payments due to dispute with landlord. The county agency shall discontinue vendor payments for shelter costs imposed under this chapter when the vendor payment interferes with the participant's right to withhold rent due to a dispute with the participant's landlord in accordance with federal, state, or local housing laws. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 29; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 78; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66; 2013 c 107 art 4 s 16
MN Stat § 256J.415 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.415 — Notice Of 12 Months Of Tanf Assistance Remaining.

256J.415 NOTICE OF 12 MONTHS OF TANF ASSISTANCE REMAINING. (a) The county agency shall mail a notice to each assistance unit when the assistance unit has 12 months of TANF assistance remaining and each month thereafter until the 60-month limit has expired. The notice must be developed by the commissioner of human services and must contain information about the 60-month limit, the number of months the participant has remaining, the hardship extension policy, and any other information that the commissioner deems pertinent to an assistance unit nearing the 60-month limit. (b) For applicants who have less than 12 months remaining in the 60-month time limit because the unit previously received TANF assistance in Minnesota or another state, the county agency shall notify the applicant of the number of months of TANF remaining when the application is approved and begin the process required in paragraph (a). History:  1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 23; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2004 c 288 art 4 s 38
MN Stat § 256J.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities|Chapter 256J — Minnesota Family Investment Program|Section 256J.51 — Employment And Training Service Provider Appeal.

256J.51 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDER APPEAL. Subdivision 1. Provider application. An employment and training service provider that is not included in a county's service agreement under section 256J.626, subdivision 4, because the county has demonstrated financial hardship under section 256J.50, subdivision 9, may appeal its exclusion to the commissioner of employment and economic development under this section. Subd. 2. Appeal; alternate approval. An employment and training service provider that is not included by a county agency in the service agreement under section 256J.626, subdivision 4, and that meets the criteria in paragraph (b), may appeal its exclusion to the commissioner of employment and economic development, and may request alternative approval by the commissioner of employment and economic development to provide services in the county. Subd. 3. Commissioner's review. (a) The commissioner must act on a request for alternative approval under this section within 30 days of the receipt of the request. If after reviewing the provider's request, and the county's service agreement submitted under section 256J.626, subdivision 4, the commissioner determines that the provider meets the criteria under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and that approval of the provider would not cause financial hardship to the county, the county must submit a revised service agreement under subdivision 4 that includes the approved provider. (b) If the commissioner determines that the approval of the provider would cause financial hardship to the county, the commissioner must notify the provider and the county of this determination. The alternate approval process under this section shall be closed to other requests for alternate approval to provide employment and training services in the county for up to 12 months from the date that the commissioner makes a determination under this paragraph. Subd. 4. Revised service agreement required. The commissioner of employment and economic development must notify the county agency when the commissioner grants an alternative approval to an employment and training service provider under subdivision 2. Upon receipt of the notice, the county agency must submit a revised service agreement under section 256J.626, subdivision 4, that includes the approved provider. The county has 90 days from the receipt of the commissioner's notice to submit the revised service agreement. Subd. 5. Review not required. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, once a county meets the requirements of section 256J.50, subdivision 8, the commissioner may, but is not required to, act on a request by an employment and training services provider for alternative approval in that county. History:  1997 c 85 art 1 s 41; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 1 s 74-77; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2014 c 271 art 2 s 8