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GA Code § 49-4-185 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-185. Sanctions Against Recipient for Failure to Comply

  As used in this Code section, the term "sanction" means a 25 percent reduction of any cash assistance provided to a family for a time period established by the board for the first material violation and termination of any cash assistance provided to the family for any subsequent material violation within a time period established by the board; provided, however, that the department determine that there is good cause not to apply such a sanction in specific circumstances.   A recipient shall be subject to sanction for failing to comply with the state plan if the recipient:   Fails to report that a child is absent from home for a period of 45 consecutive days or, in the case of a child who is a recipient, being absent from home for a period of 45 consecutive days; provided, however, that a child who is a recipient shall not be sanctioned if the department determines there is good cause not to sanction the child under such circumstances;   Violates any personal responsibility or work participation requirement; provided, however, that a single custodial parent with a child under 12 months of age may be exempt from any work participation requirement until adequate child care is available; or   Except for violations of subsection (a) of Code Section 49-4-184 which result in the recipient no longer being eligible for assistance, violates any other term or condition specified in the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the state plan, or the rules and regulations of the board.       (Code 1981, §49-4-185, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1137, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, § 79 et seq.
GA Code § 49-4-186 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-186. Schedule of Assistance to Eliminate Increment in Benefits Under Tanf Program as Result of Child Birth During Eligibility Period

 The schedule of assistance to be paid to a recipient family under this article shall eliminate the increment in benefits under the Georgia TANF Program as a result of the birth of a child during the period in which the family is eligible for TANF assistance or during a temporary period in which the family or recipient is ineligible for TANF assistance pursuant to a sanction imposed for failure to comply with eligibility requirements, subsequent to which the family or recipient is again eligible for assistance. The recipient family in which the recipient parent gives birth to an additional child during the recipient's period of eligibility for TANF assistance, or during a temporary period of ineligibility for assistance, may not receive additional assistance, except in the case of a general increase in the amount of TANF assistance which is provided to all program recipients. This provision shall only apply to recipient families who have been in receipt of cash assistance under this article for a total of ten months after May 1, 1997. Nothing in this Code section shall be considered to disqualify a recipient family from an incremental increase in assistance in cases in which the birth of a child is the result of a verifiable rape or incest.    (Code 1981, §49-4-186, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6.)
GA Code § 49-4-187 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-187. Assistance for Applicants Moving Into State After Receiving Assistance From Another State

 An applicant who moves into this state after receiving assistance from another state under Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, if otherwise eligible to receive assistance under the Georgia TANF Program, shall receive the same level of assistance for the same period of time under the same requirements and restrictions as a resident of this state; provided, however, that for a period not to exceed 12 months, such applicant shall receive the same amount of cash assistance as that applicant received in his or her previous state of residence, if such amount is lower than the amount of cash assistance paid to a comparable family unit in this state; provided, further, that an applicant who moves into this state shall be eligible to receive cash assistance for the same time period for which he or she would have been eligible in his or her previous state of residence, if such time period is shorter than the maximum time period permitted for receipt of assistance in this state.    (Code 1981, §49-4-187, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6.)
GA Code § 49-4-188 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-188. Assistance for Qualified Aliens

  As used in this Code section, the term "qualified alien" means a qualified alien as defined in Section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended, Public Law 104-193.   Qualified aliens will be eligible for assistance under the Georgia TANF Program upon meeting the same qualifications and conditions as other applicants.     (Code 1981, §49-4-188, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6; Ga. L. 1998, p. 850, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 845, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 790, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For review of 1998 legislation relating to social services, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 232 (1998).
GA Code § 49-4-190 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-190. Construction of Article

 It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article be construed consistently with Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and so as to authorize the Department of Human Services, within the appropriations provided to it, to administer the state plan in a manner so as to receive the maximum amount of the federal block grant available for expenditures made under the state plan. Nothing in this article shall be construed to impose requirements which conflict with such federal law or regulations promulgated thereunder so as to result in a loss of federal funding to this state under that law.    (Code 1981, §49-4-190, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, §§ 8, 10.
GA Code § 49-4-191 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-191. Establishment and Enforcement of Standards and Procedures by Department

 The department shall establish and enforce standards and procedures to:    Screen and identify recipients of TANF assistance with a history of being victims of domestic violence, while protecting the confidentiality of any such recipients;   Refer any such recipients to counseling and supportive services; and   Waive, pursuant to a determination of good cause, other program requirements for any such recipients of TANF assistance, such as time limits, for so long as necessary, residency requirements, child support cooperation requirements, and family cap provisions, in cases where compliance with such requirements would make it more difficult for individuals receiving TANF assistance to escape domestic violence or unfairly penalize such recipients who are or have been victimized by such violence, or individuals who are at risk of further domestic violence.     (Code 1981, §49-4-191, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 6.)
GA Code § 49-4-192 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 4 - Public Assistance|Article 9 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families|§ 49-4-192. Establishment of Pilot Learnfare Program

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Program" means the LEARNFARE program established in this Code section.   "Teen-ager" means a person at least 13 years of age but not more than 16 years of age who is included in a grant of TANF assistance, who is residing with a parent or guardian, and who has not graduated from high school or received a certificate of high school equivalency (GED).     The purpose of this Code section is to establish a pilot LEARNFARE program that requires school attendance of all teen-agers.   The department shall establish in not less than ten counties in this state a pilot LEARNFARE program. Such program shall require school attendance of all teen-agers.   A teen-ager who is required to attend school to meet LEARNFARE participation requirements under this Code section shall comply except when there is good cause shown, as defined by the department.   Upon determination that a teen-ager has failed without good cause to attend school as required, the teen-ager will be removed from the TANF grant for the next possible payment month.   A sanction applied under this program shall be effective for one month for each month that the teen-ager failed to meet the monthly attendance requirement, as established by the department. In the case of a teen-ager who drops out of school, the sanction shall remain in force until the teen-ager provides written proof from the school system that the teen-ager has re-enrolled and has met the monthly attendance requirement for one calendar month.   The department shall adopt not later than July 1, 1997, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this program. The department shall establish by appropriate rules and regulations the eligibility and participation guidelines for such program.   The department shall further provide, no later than January 1, 1999, a written report to the General Assembly which shall describe all actions taken to implement this program and the results and findings derived therefrom.     (Code 1981, §49-4-192, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1021, § 7.1.)
GA Code § 49-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-1. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Children and Youth Act."   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 49/HB 79.)    The 2013 amendment,  effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "This article shall be known and may be cited as" for "The short title of this article shall be" at the beginning of this Code section.   Cross references.   - Probation officers, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 2.4.   Administrative Rules and Regulations.   - Recovery and administration of child support, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Support Recovery, Chapter 290-7-1.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Custody and control exclusively in department.    - Ga. L. 1963, p. 81 et seq. and Ga. L. 1971, p. 709 et seq. (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 11, T. 15 and Ch. 5, T. 49) when construed in pari materia, evidence a legislative intent that, once the juvenile court judge in the exercise of judicial discretion commits a juvenile to the Division for Children and Youth (now Department of Children and Youth Services) custody and control of the juvenile is thereby and thereafter exclusively in the division (now department). In re R.D., 141 Ga. App. 843, 234 S.E.2d 680 (1977); In re R.L.M., 171 Ga. App. 940, 321 S.E.2d 435 (1984).    Cited in Brown v. Holloway, 112 Ga. App. 539, 145 S.E.2d 600 (1965); Carrindine v. Ricketts, 236 Ga. 283, 223 S.E.2d 627 (1976); In re A.S., 140 Ga. App. 865, 232 S.E.2d 145 (1977); Ellis v. State, 289 Ga. App. 452, 657 S.E.2d 562 (2008).
GA Code § 49-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-2. Purpose of Article

 The purpose of this article is to promote, safeguard, and protect the well-being and general welfare of children and youth of this state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of public child welfare and youth services, providing for:    Social services and facilities for children and youths who require care, control, protection, treatment, or rehabilitation and for the parents of such children;   Setting of standards for social services and facilities for children and youths;   Cooperation with public and voluntary agencies, organizations, and citizen groups in the development and coordination of programs and activities in behalf of children and youth; and   Promotion of community conditions and resources that help parents to discharge their responsibilities for the care, development, and well-being of their children.  It is the further purpose of this article to provide for a qualified group of citizens and leading professionals who will identify and study the problems of youth, recommend and effect possible solutions, and work actively for state and local action to prevent children and youths from becoming inmates of our prisons, patients in our mental hospitals, and persons dependent upon public assistance programs.     (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fire safety standards for day care centers.   - Board of Human Resources had lawful authority to adopt the 1973 Life Safety Code (National Fire Protection Association standard 101), a comprehensive set of standards that deals with preventing and controlling losses from fire, as part of the rules and regulations for day care centers, and the Department of Human Resources has lawful authority to enforce compliance with code standards. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U76-6.   Contracting with private institution for provision of day care.   - Department may contract with a private institution for the purpose of providing day care and other specialized services for mentally retarded children, assign responsibility for the supervision of this contract to the Division for Children and Youth (now Department of Children and Youth Services) and use funds allocated from the Governor's Emergency Fund for these purposes, provided that the contracts do not create a continuing obligation for the state. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-96.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Parent's obligation to support unmarried minor child who refuses to live with parent, 98 A.L.R.3d 334.
GA Code § 49-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-4. Other State Departments, Agencies, Officers, and Employees to Assist Department

 It shall be the duty of all other state departments, agencies, officers, and employees to assure the most effective coordination and use of state resources, personnel, and facilities for the benefit of children and youths and to assist the Department of Human Services in effectuating the purposes of this article by making available to the department, upon request of the board or the commissioner and to the extent permissible by law, the services, resources, personnel, and facilities of their respective departments and agencies.   (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)
GA Code § 49-5-8.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-8.1. Short-Term Babysitting of Child in Foster Care; Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Caregiver" means a foster parent with whom a child in foster care has been placed.   "Occasional" means once per week or less on varying days and not exceeding twice per month.   "Short-term" means no more than 72 consecutive hours.     A caregiver may arrange for occasional short-term babysitting of a child in foster care placed with such caregiver and allow individuals 18 years of age or older to supervise such child for purposes including medical or other health care appointments for the caregiver, grocery or other shopping, personal grooming appointments, special occasions for the caregiver or caregivers, foster parent training classes, school related meetings, business meetings, adult social gatherings, or an occasional evening event out for the caregiver or caregivers.   A caregiver shall use a reasonable and prudent parent standard in selecting and arranging for appropriate babysitters for occasional short-term babysitting pursuant to this Code section.   A caregiver shall make all reasonable efforts to provide the babysitter with the following information before leaving the child with the babysitter for short-term babysitting:   Information about the child's emotional, behavioral, medical, and physical condition, if any, necessary to provide care for such child during the short-term babysitting period;   Any medication that should be administered to such child in foster care during the short-term babysitting period; and   Emergency contact information that is valid for the duration of the short-term babysitting period.       (Code 1981, §49-5-8.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 191, § 5/HB 912; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 49/HB 497.)
GA Code § 49-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-9. Use of Public and Private Institutions and Agencies; Inspections; Examination and Control of Children Not in Department's Facilities

  The department is authorized to make use of law enforcement detention, supervisory, medical, educational, and other public or private facilities, institutions, and agencies within the state for the purposes of this article; provided, however, that this shall not give the department authority to transfer any child or youth under its custody and control to any penal institution in the state without due process of law. When funds are available, the department may enter into agreements with appropriate private or public officials of private or public institutions and agencies for separate care and special treatment of children and youths subject to the control of the department.   The department is given the right and is required to inspect periodically all public and private institutions and agencies whose facilities it is using. Every institution and agency, whether public or private, is required to afford the department reasonable opportunity to examine or consult with children and youths committed to the department who are for the time being in the custody of the institution or agency.   Placement of a child or youth by the department in any institution or agency not operated by the department or the release of such child or youth from such an institution or agency shall not terminate the control of the department over such child or youth. No child or youth placed in such institution or under such an agency may be released by the institution or agency without the approval of the department.    (Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 12.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Payment of travel expenses authorized.    - Inasmuch as the creation of an advisory council was within the scope of Ga. L. 1937, p. 355 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 49-2-1 and49-2-7), it follows that the payment of the out-of-pocket travel expenses to enable the council to function efficiently and thus assist in the accomplishment of the department's express statutory duties as set forth in Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, §§ 1, 9 and 24 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 49-2-6,49-5-7,49-5-9 and49-5-10 [repealed](now see §§ 49-4A-8 and49-5-1), must also be an implied power, such disbursement being incidental to and reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of the department's purpose, duties, and responsibilities. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 320.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 507 et seq.
GA Code § 49-5-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-10. Commitment of Delinquent or Unruly Children to Department; Procedures; Handling and Treatment; Escape and Apprehension; Release; Termination of Control

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 29, effective July 1, 1992.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 13; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1066, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1510, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1046, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 49; Ga. L. 1983, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 539, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 49; Ga. L. 1990, p. 540, § 3; and Ga. L. 1990, p. 1930, § 8.
GA Code § 49-5-10.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-10.1. Temporary Transfer of At-Risk Unruly or Delinquent Children to Department of Corrections; Procedure; Review; Discharge

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1997, p. 559, § 1, effective July 1, 1997.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1997, p. 1453, §§ 1 and 3 purported to make editorial changes to this Code section.    This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 49-5-10.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1930, § 9; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 30.
GA Code § 49-5-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-11. Escape From a Youth Detention Center

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 31, effective July 1, 1992.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1969, p. 996, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1251, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 563, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1455, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.
GA Code § 49-5-12.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-12.2. Immunity From Liability

 Any caregiver or other entity under contract with the department shall be immune from civil liability as a result of a caregiver's approval of the participation of a child, who is in the custody of the department, in an age or developmentally appropriate activity, so long as such caregiver or other entity under contract with the department acts in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent standard. No provision in any agreement between the department and a caregiver or an entity under contract with the department shall diminish the standard of care provided in this Code section.    (Code 1981, §49-5-12.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 7/SB 138.)
GA Code § 49-5-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-13. Private Child Care Learning Centers Not Required to Meet Federal Adult-Child Ratio

 Nothing in this article or any rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall be construed to require that private child care learning centers maintain a ratio of adults to children under care that is commensurate with any federal requirement concerning such adult to child ratio.   (Ga. L. 1970, p. 720, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 135, § 12/HB 354.)    The 2013 amendment,  effective July 1, 2013, substituted "child care learning centers" for "day-care centers" in the middle of this Code section.
GA Code § 49-5-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 49 - Social Services|Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth|Article 1 - Children and Youth Services|§ 49-5-14. Fire Inspections of Day-Care Homes and Centers; Fire Safety Codes

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1642, § 1, effective July 1, 1985.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1984, p. 706, §§ 4, 5, 11; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 49.   Section 3 of the Act which repealed this Code section provided that nothing in the Act would amend or repeal the definitions contained in Chapter 5 of Title 49.