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IN Code § 12-20-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 6. Application for Township Assistance|12-20-6-7. Action on Application

Sec. 7. (a) In a case of emergency, a trustee shall accept and promptly act upon a completed application from an individual requesting assistance. In a nonemergency request for township assistance, the trustee shall act on the completed application not later than seventy-two (72) hours after receiving the application, excluding weekends and legal holidays listed in IC 1-1-9. The trustee's office shall retain a copy of each application and affidavit whether or not relief is granted.(b) The actions that a trustee may take on a completed application for township assistance, except in a case of emergency, are the following:(1) Grant assistance.(2) Deny assistance, including a partial denial of assistance requested.(3) Leave the decision pending.(c) A decision pending determination under subsection (b)(3):(1) may not remain pending for more than seventy-two (72) hours after the expiration of the period described in subsection (a); and(2) must include a statement listing the specific reasons that assistance is not granted or denied within the period required under subsection (a).[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-6.2(a).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.27; P.L.259-2001, SEC.3; P.L.73-2005, SEC.35.
IN Code § 12-20-6-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 6. Application for Township Assistance|12-20-6-8. Notice of Action Taken; Appeals

Sec. 8. (a) A township trustee shall promptly notify in writing each applicant for township assistance of action taken upon a completed application for township assistance. The trustee shall do the following:(1) Mail notice or provide personal notice not later than seventy-two (72) hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays listed in IC 1-1-9, after the completed application is received, advising the applicant of the right to appeal an adverse decision of the trustee to the board of commissioners.(2) Include in the notice required under subdivision (1) the following:(A) The type and amount of assistance granted.(B) The type and amount of assistance denied or partially granted.(C) Specific reasons for denying all or part of the assistance requested.(D) Information advising the applicant of the procedures for appeal to the board of commissioners.(b) A copy of the notice described in subsection (a) shall be filed with the recipient's application and affidavit in the trustee's office.(c) An application for township assistance is not considered complete until all adult members of the requesting household have signed:(1) the township assistance application; and(2) any other form, instrument, or document:(A) required by law; or(B) determined necessary for investigative purposes by the trustee, as contained in the township's township assistance guidelines.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-6.2(b).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.28; P.L.259-2001, SEC.4; P.L.73-2005, SEC.36.
IN Code § 12-20-6-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 6. Application for Township Assistance|12-20-6-9. Investigation; Relatives

Sec. 9. If an application for township assistance is made to the township trustee as administrator of township assistance, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall carefully investigate the circumstances of the applicant and each member of the applicant's household to ascertain the following:(1) Legal residence.(2) Names and ages.(3) Physical condition relating to sickness or health.(4) Present and previous occupation.(5) Ability and capacity to perform labor.(6) The cause of the applicant's or household member's condition if the applicant or household member is found to be in need and the cause can be ascertained.(7) Whether the applicant or a member of the applicant's household is entitled to income in the immediate future from any source, including the following:(A) Past or present employment.(B) A pending claim or cause of action that may result in a monetary award being received by any member of the applicant's household claiming to be in need.(C) A pending determination for assistance from any other federal or state governmental entity.(8) The family relationships of the township assistance applicant.(9) Whether the township assistance applicant or members of the applicant's household have relatives able and willing to assist the applicant or a member of the applicant's household.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-7.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.29; P.L.73-2005, SEC.37.
IN Code § 12-20-6-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 6. Application for Township Assistance|12-20-6-10. Support by Relatives

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "relative" includes only the parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, sibling, stepsibling, grandparent, stepgrandparent, grandchild, or stepgrandchild of a township assistance applicant.(b) If an applicant who applies for township assistance or a member of the applicant's household has a relative living in the township who is able to assist the applicant or member of the applicant's household, the township trustee shall, as administrator of township assistance and before granting aid a second time, ask the relative to help the applicant or member of the applicant's household, either with material relief or by furnishing employment.(c) A township trustee may not use township assistance funds to pay the cost of an applicant's shelter with a relative who is the applicant's landlord if the applicant lives in:(1) the same household as the relative; or(2) housing separate from the relative and either:(A) the housing is unencumbered by mortgage; or(B) the housing has not been previously rented by the relative to a different tenant at reasonable market rates for at least six (6) months.(d) If shelter payments are made to a relative of a township assistance applicant on behalf of the applicant or a member of the applicant's household, the trustee may file a lien against the relative's real property for the amount of township shelter assistance granted.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-11.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.30; P.L.73-2005, SEC.38.
IN Code § 12-20-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-1. Consent; Form; Filing

Sec. 1. (a) Each applicant and each adult member of the applicant's household seeking township assistance must consent to a disclosure and release of information about the applicant and the applicant's household before township assistance may be provided by the township trustee. The consent must be made by signing a form prescribed by the state board of accounts. The form must include the following:(1) The applicant's name, case number, and address.(2) The types of information being solicited, including the following:(A) Countable income.(B) Countable assets.(C) Wasted resources.(D) Relatives capable of providing assistance.(E) Past or present employment.(F) Pending claims or causes of action.(G) A medical condition if relevant to work or workfare requirements.(H) Any other information required by law.(3) The names of individuals, agencies, and township trustee offices that will receive the information.(4) The expiration date of the permission to disclose information.(b) Information that is declared to be confidential by state or federal statute may not be obtained under the consent form prescribed by this section.(c) The township trustee shall keep on file and shall make available to the division of family resources and office of Medicaid policy and planning upon request a copy of the signed consent form described in subsection (a).(d) The township trustee shall send to the county office a copy of the signed consent form described in subsection (a).(e) The division of family resources, county offices, and the office of Medicaid policy and planning shall make available to the township trustee upon request a copy of signed consent to disclosure and release of information forms in each entity's files.(f) If an individual who is required to sign a form under this section is unable to sign the form in the township trustee's office due to a physical or mental disability or illness, the township trustee shall make alternate arrangements to obtain the individual's signature.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-1.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.193; P.L.5-1993, SEC.206; P.L.46-1995, SEC.57; P.L.51-1996, SEC.31; P.L.259-2001, SEC.5; P.L.73-2005, SEC.39; P.L.145-2006, SEC.115.
IN Code § 12-20-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-2. Information to Township Trustee

Sec. 2. (a) The county office shall provide the following information to each township trustee located in the county:(1) Information that will identify the types of public assistance that are being provided to the individual who signed the consent form and the individual's household.(2) Information that will identify the amount of public assistance that is being received by the individual who signed the consent form and the individual's household.(3) Information that will identify the number of individuals in the household of the individual who signed the consent form who are receiving public assistance.(4) Information regarding the income, resources, or assets of members of the individual's household receiving public assistance.(b) The county office must provide the information required under subsection (a) not later than fourteen (14) calendar days after obtaining the information.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-2.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.194; P.L.5-1993, SEC.207; P.L.46-1995, SEC.58; P.L.51-1996, SEC.32.
IN Code § 12-20-7-2.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-2.5. Information Provided to Township Trustee by Department of Employment and Training

Sec. 2.5. Upon request of the township trustee, the department of employment and training services shall provide without charge information regarding:(1) income, resources, and assets of; and(2) benefits received by;members of an applicant's household.As added by P.L.51-1996, SEC.33.
IN Code § 12-20-7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-3. Salary and Wage Information

Sec. 3. Upon request of the township trustee, the employer of a township assistance applicant or a member of the applicant's household shall provide the township trustee with information concerning salary or wages earned by the applicant or household member for purposes of determining the financial eligibility of the household to receive township assistance.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-3.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.34; P.L.73-2005, SEC.40.
IN Code § 12-20-7-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-3.5. Provision of Information to Determine Eligibility

Sec. 3.5. Upon request of the township trustee, a person holding assets or title to assets of a township assistance applicant or a member of the applicant's household shall provide the township trustee with information concerning the nature and value of those assets for purposes of determining the household's financial eligibility to receive township assistance.As added by P.L.51-1996, SEC.35. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.41.
IN Code § 12-20-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-4. Use of Consent Forms

Sec. 4. The division of family resources and county offices shall use the consent forms received under this chapter to do the following:(1) Assist in making eligibility determinations for public assistance programs administered by the division of family resources and county offices.(2) Assist in reducing fraud and abuse in public assistance programs administered by the division of family resources and county offices.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-4.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.195; P.L.5-1993, SEC.208; P.L.145-2006, SEC.116.
IN Code § 12-20-7-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-4.5. Authorized Use of Information

Sec. 4.5. The township trustee shall use the information received under section 2 of this chapter to assist in reducing fraud and abuse in aid programs administered by the township trustee.As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.59.
IN Code § 12-20-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-5. Use of Information Not a Public Record

Sec. 5. Information that is received through the use of a consent form described in section 1 of this chapter and that is not a public record open to inspection and copying under any statute may be used only in connection with the following:(1) The administration of the township trustee's township assistance program.(2) The administration of public assistance programs that are administered by the division of family resources and county offices.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-5.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.196; P.L.5-1993, SEC.209; P.L.73-2005, SEC.42; P.L.145-2006, SEC.117.
IN Code § 12-20-7-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 7. Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information|12-20-7-6. Unauthorized Use or Disclosure of Information

Sec. 6. A township trustee, an assistant of a township trustee, or an employee or a director of the division of family resources, the office of Medicaid policy and planning, and county offices who knowingly discloses or uses information that is obtained through the use of a consent form described in section 1 of this chapter, except as authorized by this chapter, commits a Class A misdemeanor.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-13-6.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.197; P.L.5-1993, SEC.210; P.L.145-2006, SEC.118.
IN Code § 12-20-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-1. "Resident" Defined

Sec. 1. For purposes of this chapter, an individual is a "resident" of a township or county if the individual:(1) has located in the township or county; and(2) intends to make the township or county the individual's sole place of residence.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(b) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
IN Code § 12-20-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-2. Relief for Residents

Sec. 2. If an individual is a resident of a township or county, the township or county shall relieve and support the individual if the individual is poor and in need of relief.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(a).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
IN Code § 12-20-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-3. Intent to Become Resident; Determination

Sec. 3. (a) The township trustee may deny township assistance to an individual if the township trustee determines that the individual does not intend to make the township or county the individual's sole place of residence.(b) The township trustee may consider all relevant information that supports or refutes the individual's intent to make the township or county the individual's sole place of residence, except the length of time the individual has been located in the township or county.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(b) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.43.
IN Code § 12-20-8-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-4. Continuance of Legal Residence

Sec. 4. A residence legally acquired continues until the legal residence is lost or defeated by acquiring a new legal residence or by willful and uninterrupted absence from the township in which legal residence has been gained.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(c).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
IN Code § 12-20-8-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-5. Determination of Legal Residence; Factors Discounted

Sec. 5. Time spent in a penal institution, public or private charitable or benevolent institution, hospital, fraternal home, or in any place while serving in the armed forces of the United States may not be counted in determining legal residence in Indiana.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(d).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
IN Code § 12-20-8-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-6. Loss of Legal Residence Due to State or Federal Service

Sec. 6. An individual may not be considered to have lost a legal residence in Indiana because of an absence that is due to business of the state or of the United States.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-5(e).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14.
IN Code § 12-20-8-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 8. Legal Residence as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-8-7. Assistance Notwithstanding Inability to Establish Place of Legal Settlement

Sec. 7. If the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, is unable to ascertain and establish the place of legal residence of a poor individual within the township, the township trustee shall proceed to provide assistance to the individual in the same manner as other poor individuals are provided assistance.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-19.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.44.
IN Code § 12-20-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance|12-20-9-2. Temporary Aid Pending Return to Legal Residence

Sec. 2. If an individual is:(1) a child;(2) the parent of a child requiring the parent's care; or(3) sick, aged, injured, crippled, or physically or mentally unable to work or travel;the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, of the township in which the individual is found shall furnish township assistance to the individual until the individual can be returned to the place of the individual's legal residence if that place can be determined.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.45.
IN Code § 12-20-9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance|12-20-9-3. Return to Legal Residence

Sec. 3. An individual:(1) who:(A) applies to the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, for assistance or is in need of assistance; or(B) obtains free medical aid, hospitalization, public institutional care, or assistance in any part at public expense; and(2) who does not have legal residence in the township;may be returned by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, to the individual's place of legal residence if that place can be determined.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.46.
IN Code § 12-20-9-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance|12-20-9-4. Payment for Services Provided

Sec. 4. The record of and bill for services provided under this chapter shall be filed and paid in the manner provided for the filing and payment of other kinds of relief provided by the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance. The township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall pay bills from any available fund for providing township assistance.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(a) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2005, SEC.47.
IN Code § 12-20-9-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance|12-20-9-5. Temporary Commitment in County Home

Sec. 5. If an individual or a member of an individual's household who is determined to be eligible for township assistance and entitled to temporary relief is in a township in which the individual or household member does not have legal residence, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, may, if the trustee considers advisable, place the individual or household member temporarily in a county home as provided in IC 12-20-17-4.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-21.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.36; P.L.73-2005, SEC.48.
IN Code § 12-20-9-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 9. Eligibility of Nonresidents for Township Assistance|12-20-9-6. Violations; Denial of Aid

Sec. 6. An individual may be denied township assistance for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days whenever the individual or a member of the individual's household:(1) has been:(A) sent by a township where the individual does not reside to a location outside the township at the individual's request or by court order; and(B) transported to a location outside the township at public expense; and(2) knowingly reapplies for assistance in the township from which the individual or member of the individual's household was sent.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-14(b).]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.37; P.L.73-2005, SEC.49.
IN Code § 12-20-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 12. Human Services|Article 20. Township Assistance|Chapter 10. Employment as Condition for Receipt of Township Assistance|12-20-10-1. Able-Bodied Assistance Applicants to Seek Employment

Sec. 1. If a township assistance applicant is in good health or if any members of the applicant's household are in good health, the township trustee, as administrator of township assistance, shall require the individuals who are able to work to seek employment. The township trustee shall refuse to furnish any township assistance until the township trustee is satisfied that the township assistance applicant or members of the applicant's household are endeavoring to find work.[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-1-10(a) part.]As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.51-1996, SEC.38; P.L.73-2005, SEC.50.