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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 58 - Emergency Assistance › Rule 441-58.30 - Payment for Services

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(1) The
				department will negotiate payment with the contracted entity when the contract
				is established. Payment will be based on the contracted entity's actual direct
				and indirect costs.
(2) The
				department will accept the contracted entity's federally approved indirect cost
				rates as required by the federal Office of Management and Budget
				(OMB).
(3) The local administrative
				entity may draw down grant funding to pay valid claims on at least a weekly
				basis.
(4) Exhaustion of funds. The
				program shall be discontinued when the funds available for the program have
				been exhausted. The department will notify the contracted entity of the total
				available funds for the IDCM program once funds have been approved by the
				executive council. To ensure equitable treatment, assistance shall be approved
				on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds have been
				exhausted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 58 - Emergency Assistance › Rule 441-58.31 - Contested Cases

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(1)
Reconsideration.
a. The
				household may request reconsideration of decisions regarding
				eligibility.
b. To request
				reconsideration, the household shall submit a written request to the DHS
				Division of Field Operations-Emergency Assistance, 1305 East Walnut Street, Des
				Moines, Iowa 50319-0114, within 30 days of the date of the letter notifying the
				household of the contracted entity's decision.
c. The department shall review any additional
				evidence or documentation submitted and issue a reconsideration decision within
				30 days of receipt of the request.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.1 - Alienage Requirements

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(1)
Immigration status.
A refugee is a person whose immigration
				status is one of the following statuses as issued by the United States
				Immigration and Naturalization Service:
a.
				Granted asylum under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality
				Act.
b. Admitted as a refugee under
				Section 207 of the Act.
c. Paroled
				as a refugee or asylee under Section 212(d)(5) of the Act.
d. Cuban and Haitian entrants in accordance
				with requirements in 45 CFR Part 401 , as amended to March 22, 2000.
e. Certain Amerasians from Vietnam who are
				admitted to the U.S. as immigrants pursuant to Section 584 of the Foreign
				Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts, 1988,
				as contained in Section
				101(e) of Public Law 100-202 and amended by
				the 9th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in Title II of the
				Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts,
				1989 ( Public Law 100-461).
f.
				Admitted for permanent residence, provided the individual previously held one
				of the statuses identified above.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.2 - Application Procedures

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Application policies are defined in rules
				  441-40.23
				  (239B),
				  441-40.24
				  (239B), and
				  441-40.24
				  (239B).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.4 - Accepting Other Assistance

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(1)
Family investment program.
A refugee applicant or recipient
				shall accept a family investment program (FIP) grant if eligible under
				441-Chapters 40 and 41.
(2)
Supplemental security income (SSI).
Refugees who are 65 or
				older, blind, or disabled shall apply for and, if eligible, accept supplemental
				security income.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.5 - Eligibility Factors

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(1)
Age.
a. An unmarried refugee
				is considered an adult at age 18, except as defined in 441-subrule 41.21(1),
				and is eligible to receive refugee cash assistance if otherwise
				eligible.
b. Married refugees with
				or without children, as defined in 441-subrule 41.21(1), are eligible
				regardless of age if other eligibility factors are met.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.6 - Students in Institutions of Higher Education

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A refugee who is a full-time student in an institution of
				  higher education (other than a correspondence school) is ineligible for
				  assistance with two exceptions:
1. The
				refugee is in a program approved as part of an individual employability plan,
				as defined in subrule 60.9(3).
2.
				The refugee is in a program solely in English as a second language.
(1)
Institution of higher
				education.
An institution of higher education is defined as an
				educational institution which provides an education program as specified below:
a. A public or private nonprofit institution
				of higher education is an educational institution which provides an educational
				program for which it awards an associate, baccalaureate, graduate, or
				professional degree; or at least a two-year program which is acceptable for
				full credit toward a baccalaureate degree; or at least a one-year training
				program which leads to a certificate or degree and prepares students for
				gainful employment in a recognized occupation.
b. A proprietary institution of higher
				education is an educational institution which provides at least a six-month
				program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
				occupation.
c. A postsecondary
				vocational institution is a public or private nonprofit educational institution
				which provides at least a six-month program of training to prepare students for
				gainful employment in a recognized occupation.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.7 - Time Limit for Eligibility

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(1)
Assistance.
A refugee may receive assistance, if otherwise
				eligible:
a. For refugees who entered the
				country prior to October 1, 2021, during the first eight months the refugee is
				in the United States, beginning the month the refugee enters the
				country.
b. For refugees who
				entered the country on or after October 1, 2021, during the first 12 months the
				refugee is in the United States, beginning the month the refugee enters the
				country.
EXCEPTION: For asylees, the date of entry is the date asylum
				  is granted. The 8-month or 12-month period of eligibility begins the month
				  asylum is granted. A nonrefugee child in the home with a refugee parent (or
				  refugee parents, if both are in the home) is eligible for assistance until the
				  parent(s) has been in the United States for 8 or 12 months, or until the child
				  reaches 8 or 12 months of age, whichever occurs first. For Afghan special
				  immigrant (SI) parolees and Afghan SI conditional permanent residents (CPRs),
				  the date is the date of "entry into the community," which is the date the
				  individual departed a safe haven. For Afghan humanitarian parolees, the date is
				  the latter of October 1, 2021, or the date of entry into the community, which
				  is the date the individual departed a safe haven. "Safe haven" is the term the
				  U.S. government and other relevant stakeholders have used for U.S. military
				  bases in the continental United States that housed Afghans evacuated under
				  Operation Allies Refuge/Operation Allies Welcome (OAR/OAW) as Afghans awaited
				  resettlement to their ultimate state of residence.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.8 - Criteria for Exemption From Registration for Employment Services, Registration, and Refusal to Register

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Each refugee applying for or receiving cash assistance shall
				  register for employment unless the department determines the refugee is exempt
				  because of reasons listed in subrule 60.8(1). Inability to communicate in
				  English does not exempt a refugee from registration for employment services,
				  participation in employability service programs and acceptance of appropriate
				  offers of employment.
(1)
Exemptions.
The following refugees are exempt from
				registration:
a. A refugee who is under the
				age of 16; or who is aged 16 but under the age of 18 and attending elementary,
				secondary, or vocational or technical school full-time; or a refugee who is
				enrolled full-time in training approved by the local office as part of an
				approved employability plan; or a refugee 18 years of age who is a full-time
				student in a secondary school, or in the equivalent level of vocational or
				technical training, and reasonably expected to complete the program before
				reaching the age of 19.
(1) A refugee shall
				be considered as attending school full time when enrolled or accepted full time
				(as certified by the school or institute attended) in a school or training
				leading to a certificate or diploma. Correspondence school is not an allowable
				program of study.
(2) The refugee
				also shall be considered in regular attendance in months when the refugee is
				not attending because of an official school or training program, vacation,
				illness, convalescence, or family emergency. A refugee meets the definition of
				regular school attendance until the refugee has been officially dropped from
				the school rolls.
(3) When the
				refugee's education is temporarily interrupted pending adjustment of the
				education or training program, assistance shall be continued for a reasonable
				period of time to complete the adjustment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.10 - Uncategorized Factors of Eligibility

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(1)
Duplication of
				assistance.
A refugee whose needs are included in a refugee cash
				assistance grant shall not concurrently receive a grant under any other public
				assistance program administered by the department. Neither shall a recipient
				concurrently receive a grant from a public assistance program in another
				state.
(2)
Contracts for
				support. A
person entitled to total support under the terms of an
				enforceable contract is not eligible to receive refugee cash assistance when
				the other party, obligated to provide the support, is able to fulfill that part
				of the contract.
(3)
Participation in a strike.
a. The spouse and children shall be
				ineligible for assistance for any month in which the other spouse or parent is
				participating in a strike on the last day of the month.
b. Any person shall be ineligible for
				assistance for any month in which the person is participating in a strike on
				the last day of that month.
c.
				Definitions of a strike and participating in a strike are defined in
				441-subrule 41.25(5), paragraph
"c."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.13 - Continuing Eligibility

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Continuing eligibility shall be determined as defined in rule
				  441-40.27
				  (239B) except that refugee cash assistance shall be substituted for the family
				  investment program whenever it appears.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.14 - Alternate Payees

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Alternate payees are defined in 441-Chapter 43 except that
				  refugee cash assistance shall be substituted for the family investment program
				  whenever it appears.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.15 - Payment

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Payment shall be issued as defined in 441-Chapter 45 except
				  that refugee cash assistance shall be substituted for the family investment
				  program whenever it appears.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 60 - Refugee Cash Assistance › Rule 441-60.16 - Overpayment Recovery

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Recovery of overpayments shall be determined as defined in
				  441-Chapter 46, Division II, except that refugee cash assistance shall be
				  substituted for the family investment program whenever it
				  appears.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.2 - Authority

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The department has been given authority to administer the
				  refugee program by Executive Order Number 21, signed by the governor December
				  24, 1985. United States Department of State and United States Department of
				  Health and Human Services rules govern various program
				  operations.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.3 - Eligibility for Refugee Services

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Refugees eligible for services under this chapter include
				  people who have one of the following statuses, as issued by the United States
				  Citizenship and Immigration Service:
(1) A person granted asylum under the
				Immigration and Nationality Act, Title II, Chapter 1, Section 208. Asylees are
				people who travel to the United States on their own and apply for and receive a
				grant of asylum.
(2) A person
				admitted to the United States as a refugee under the Immigration and
				Nationality Act, Title II, Chapter 1, Section 207.
(3) A person granted humanitarian parole as a
				refugee or asylee under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Title II, Chapter
				2, Section 212. The United States Attorney General may, in the Attorney
				General's discretion, parole into the United States temporarily, under such
				conditions as the Attorney General may prescribe on a case-by-case basis, for
				urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, any alien applying
				for admission to the United States.
(4) A Cuban or Haitian entrant in accordance
				with requirements in 45 CFR Part 401 , as amended to June 7, 2022. Cuban and
				Haitian entrants include:
a. Any person
				granted parole status as a "Cuban/Haitian Entrant (Status Pending)" or granted
				any other special status subsequently established under the immigration laws
				for nationals of Cuba or Haiti, regardless of the person's status at the time
				assistance or services are provided; and
b. Any other national of Cuba or Haiti who
				meets both of the following conditions:
(1)
				The person either:
1. Was paroled into the
				United States and has not acquired any other status under the Immigration and
				Nationality Act; or
2. Is the
				subject of exclusion or deportation proceedings under the Immigration and
				Nationality Act; or
3. Has an
				application for asylum pending with the United States Citizenship and
				Immigration Service.
(2)
				A final, nonappealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation or
				exclusion has not been entered with respect to the person.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.4 - Planning and Coordinating the Placement of Refugees in Advance of Their Arrival

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The director, or the director's designee, shall ensure that
				  meetings are convened, no less often than quarterly, whereby representatives of
				  local affiliates of voluntary resettlement agencies, local community service
				  agencies, and other agencies that serve refugees meet with representatives of
				  state and local governments to plan and coordinate the appropriate placement of
				  refugees in advance of the refugees' arrival.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.6 - Provision of Services

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(1)
Priority of services.
Services are provided to refugees in the
				following order of priority, except in certain individual extreme
				circumstances:
a. Refugees who are receiving
				cash assistance.
b. Unemployed
				refugees who are not receiving cash assistance.
c. Employed refugees in need of services to
				retain employment or to attain economic independence.
d. All newly arriving refugees in the United
				States who apply for services during the five-year period from their date of
				arrival.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.7 - Application for Services

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services. Any person wishing to do so shall have an
				  opportunity to apply for services by contacting the bureau or any of its
				  affiliated offices either in person, by telephone, by fax, in writing, or by
				  contacting any of the bureau staff members. The bureau shall determine the
				  eligibility of each person for services. Applicants for refugee cash assistance
				  shall automatically be considered as applicants for services. The bureau shall
				  ensure that refugee women have the same opportunities as refugee men to
				  participate in all services, including job placement
				  services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.8 - Adverse Service Actions

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(1)
Denial.
Services shall be denied when it is determined by the
				department that any of the following reasons apply:
a. The client is not in need of the
				service.
b. The client is not
				legally eligible.
c. The service is
				not covered in the state refugee program plan.
d. There is another community resource
				available to provide the services or a similar service free of charge to the
				client that will meet the client's needs.
e. The service for which the client is
				eligible is currently not available.
f. Funding is not available to provide the
				service.
g. The client refuses to
				allow documentation of eligibility.
h. The services requested are those for which
				other resettlement agencies are contractually responsible.
i. The person requesting service has been in
				the United States more than 60 months and the services requested do not include
				referral, interpretation, citizenship, or naturalization services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.13 - Refugee Resettlement Moneys

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The department receives a certain amount of money from the
				  United States Department of State for each refugee it resettles. A portion of
				  that money is made available to the refugee sponsor for financial assistance in
				  resettling the refugee unit. All of the moneys must be spent in accordance with
				  financial requirements and approved expenditures of the department, United
				  States Department of State, and the state of Iowa comptroller and must go
				  toward the benefit of the refugee unit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.14 - Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program

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The department administers the unaccompanied refugee minors
				  program under rules covered in 441-Chapters 156, 202, 112, 113, 114, 115, and
				  116 and by federal guidelines provided by the United States Department of
				  Health and Human Services. In consultation with other resettlement agencies,
				  the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement determines the number of
				  unaccompanied minors to be resettled in Iowa pursuant to
				  45 CFR
				  400.11(b)(1) as amended to
				  June 7, 2022. Resettlement agencies may not bring unaccompanied minors into
				  Iowa without the authorization of the director.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 61 - Refugee Services Program › Rule 441-61.17 - Targeted Assistance Grants

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"Targeted assistance grants" means United States Department
				  of Health and Human Services formula allocation funding granted to the
				  department for assistance to counties where, because of factors such as
				  unusually large refugee populations (including secondary migration), high
				  refugee concentrations, and high use of public assistance by refugees, there
				  exists and can be demonstrated a specific need for supplementation of available
				  resources for services to refugees.
(1)
Administration of targeted
				assistance grants.
The department shall make 95 percent of the total
				award available to the designated county except when the designated county has
				agreed to let the department administer the targeted assistance grant in its
				stead.
(2)
Eligibility for
				services under targeted assistance grants.
Services funded by targeted
				assistance grants are limited to refugees who reside in the designated
				county.
(3)
Services and
				limitations for services funded by targeted assistance grants.
Rules
				of 441-Chapter 61 are applicable to services funded by targeted assistance
				grants, except for subrules 61.5(5) and 61.6(1).
(4)
Priority of services.
Services funded by targeted assistance grants shall be provided in the
				following order of priority, except in certain individual extreme
				circumstances:
1. Cash assistance recipients,
				particularly long-term recipients.
2. Unemployed refugees who are not receiving
				cash assistance.
3. Employed
				refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain economic
				independence.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.1 - Eligible Claimants

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This rule is effective for rent reimbursement claims received
				  by the Department on or after January 1, 2023.
(1) The rent reimbursement program is
				available to claimants who:
a. Were at least
				23 years of age or a head of household on December 31 of the base
				year,
b. Were not or will not be
				claimed as a dependent on another person's federal or state income tax return
				for the base year in the case of a claimant who is not disabled or at least 65
				years of age,
c. Did not have
				household income in excess of the indexed amount determined pursuant to Iowa
				Code section
				425.23(4)
				 during the base year,
d. Are domiciled in Iowa at the time the
				claim is filed or were at the time of the claimant's death, and occupied and
				rented the property during any part of the base year.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.2 - Dual Claims

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(1) A claimant
				changing homesteads during the base year who will make property tax payments
				during the fiscal year following the base year and who also made rent payments
				during the base year is entitled to receive both a property tax credit and rent
				reimbursement.
(2) Separate claim
				forms for the property tax credit and the rental reimbursement shall be filed
				with the county treasurer and the Iowa department of human services (DHS),
				respectively.
(3) The claims are to
				be based on the actual property tax due and rent constituting property tax
				paid, with a combined maximum of $1,000 upon which the credit and reimbursement
				can be calculated.
Example: $800 property tax due
$400 rent constituting property taxes paid
a. The claim form for calculating the
				property tax credit shall reflect the entire $800 amount.
b. The claim form for calculating the rent
				reimbursement shall reflect only the remaining $200 of the $1,000 maximum
				allowance.
c. DHS will issue refund
				warrants for rent reimbursement claims. The county treasurer shall apply the
				credit.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.24.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.3 - Multipurpose Building

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(1) A multipurpose
				building is a building which is used for other purposes in addition to being
				used for living accommodations. If a portion of a homestead property is
				utilized for business purposes, the property is considered to be a multipurpose
				building.
(2) The portion of the
				property tax due or rent constituting property tax paid attributable to the
				homestead only is to be used in determining the allowable credit or
				reimbursement. This portion is to be calculated by determining the percentage
				of the homestead square footage to the square footage of the entire
				multipurpose structure. This percentage is then to be applied to the property
				tax due in the current fiscal year or rent constituting property tax paid for
				the base year.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(8).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.4 - Income

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(1) Income
				includes the amount of in-kind assistance received by the claimant for housing
				expenses such as federal rent subsidy payments made directly to the landlord on
				behalf of the claimant and energy assistance benefits received by the claimant
				from or through a public utility.
(2) In determining income, net operating
				losses and net capital losses are not to be considered. If the comparison of
				gains and losses results in a net gain, such amount shall be considered income.
				If the comparison results in a net loss, the net loss shall be disregarded.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(7).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.5 - Simultaneous Homesteads

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A person who rents one property and also rents another
				  property for a simultaneous period of time is limited to claiming rent
				  reimbursement on the property which is considered the person's domicile.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.6 - Confidential Information

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Information contained on a rent reimbursement claim form is
				  confidential except that the information may be released to an employee of the
				  department of inspections and appeals to assist in the performance of an audit
				  or investigation. Rule
				  701-6.3 (17A) contains
				  guidelines that govern such audits and investigations.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.28.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.7 - Mobile, Modular, and Manufactured Homes

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Rent paid by an eligible claimant for occupancy of a mobile,
				  modular, or manufactured home subject to the annual tax as provided in Iowa
				  Code chapter 435 is subject to reimbursement regardless of how the home is
				  taxed.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.8 - Totally Disabled

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(1) A person who is
				totally disabled must be unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment
				by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. In
				addition, the impairment must have lasted or must be reasonably expected to
				last for a continuous period of 12 months or must be expected to result in
				death. This disabled condition must be the determining factor in the person's
				inability to engage in gainful employment.
(2) A claimant is considered totally disabled
				only if the physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity
				that the claimant is not only unable to do work previously performed but
				cannot, considering the claimant's age, education, and work experience, engage
				in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national
				economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which
				the claimant lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists, or whether the
				claimant would be hired if the claimant applied for work. 42 U.S.C. § 423
				contains more information about disability insurance benefit
				payments.
(3) Examples of physical
				conditions which could possibly constitute total disability would include, but
				are not limited to:
a. Loss of major function
				of one or both legs or arms;
b.
				Progressive diseases which have resulted in the loss of one or both legs or
				arms or which have caused them to become useless; severe arthritis;
c. Diseases of the heart, lungs, or blood
				vessels which have resulted in serious loss of heart or lung reserve;
d. Diseases of the digestive system which
				have resulted in severe malnutrition, weakness, or anemia prohibiting gainful
				employment;
e. Damage to the brain
				or brain abnormality which has resulted in severe loss of judgment, intellect,
				orientation, or memory; or
f.
				Paralysis or diseases of the nervous system which prohibit coordination or
				major functioning of the body so as to prevent gainful employment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.9 - Nursing Homes

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A claimant whose homestead is a nursing home is eligible to
				  file a reimbursement claim for rent constituting property tax paid unless the
				  person is eligible for a property tax credit on an owned homestead.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.10 - Household

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Household" includes the claimant and the claimant's spouse
				  if living with the claimant at any time during the base year. "Living with"
				  does not include a temporary visit. Only one claimant per household is entitled
				  to a reimbursement.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  425.17(5)
				   and
				  425.22.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.11 - Homestead

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A person who owns a homestead but is confined to a care
				  facility shall be considered as occupying the owned homestead provided the
				  person does not lease or otherwise receive profits from others for the use of
				  the homestead. The person shall be eligible for a property tax credit but shall
				  not be eligible for a rent reimbursement.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.12 - Household Income

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Household income
				includes income of the claimant and the claimant's spouse and actual monetary
				payments made to the claimant by any other person living with the claimant.
				Household income does not include social security benefits received by the
				claimant's child and given to the claimant.
(2) Monetary payments do not include goods
				and services provided to the claimant by a person living with the claimant.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  425.17(6)
				   and
				  425.17(7).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.13 - Timely Filing of Claims

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
If a timely mailed rent reimbursement claim is not received
				  by DHS or is received after the June 1 filing deadline, the claim will be
				  considered to have been timely filed if the claimant complies with the
				  provisions of Iowa Code section
				  622.105.
				  The director of DHS or the director's designee may also extend the filing
				  deadline for rent reimbursement claims through December 31 of the following
				  year.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.20.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.14 - Separate Homestead-spousal Rent Reimbursements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
If two spouses are both qualified claimants renting separate
				  and distinct homesteads, and rent is paid by each, each is eligible to file an
				  individual reimbursement claim for rent constituting property tax paid.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.15 - Gross Rent/rent Constituting Property Taxes Paid

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Gross rent" means the total amount of rent paid for use of
				  the homestead by the claimant, and "rent constituting property taxes paid"
				  means 23 percent of the gross rent.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  425.17(3)
				   and
				  425.17(9).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.16 - Leased Land

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
An individual who owns a dwelling located on land owned by
				  another may claim a credit of property taxes due on the dwelling and a
				  reimbursement of rental payments made for the use of the land if the land has
				  been assessed for taxation.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.17 - Property: Taxable Status

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In order for a claimant to be eligible to file a rent
				  reimbursement claim, the property upon which the claimant resided during the
				  base year must have been in a taxable status during the base year. If the
				  property was taxable for only part of the base year, the rent reimbursement
				  must be prorated accordingly (OP.ST. BD. Tax Rev. 187). However, this
				  restriction does not apply to property that became tax exempt on or after July
				  1, 1986, provided the claimant received a reimbursement of rent constituting
				  property taxes paid on the property when it was in a taxable status and
				  continues to reside in the same property.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.18 - Income: Spouse

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The income of a spouse does not have to be reported on the
				  claimant's return unless the spouse lived with the claimant at the property
				  upon which rent reimbursement is claimed. If the spouse lived with the claimant
				  for only a portion of the base year, only that portion of the spouse's income
				  which was received while living with the claimant must be reported as income on
				  the claimant's return. If the spouse is eligible to claim reimbursement, the
				  spouse does not have to include any income that was reported on the other
				  claimant's (spouse's) return.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.17(6).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.19 - Common Law Marriage

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) A common law
				marriage is a social relationship between two persons that meets all the
				necessary requisites of a marriage except that it was not solemnized,
				performed, or witnessed by an official authorized by law to perform
				marriages.
(2) The necessary
				elements of a common law marriage are:
a. A
				present intent of both parties freely given to become married,
b. A public declaration by the parties or a
				holding out to the public that they are spouses,
c. Continuous cohabitation together as
				spouses (this means consummation of the marriage), and
d. Capability of both parties to enter into
				the marriage relationship.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.20 - Deceased Claimant

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A claim for rent reimbursement may be filed on behalf of a
				  deceased person by the person's spouse, attorney, or guardian, or the executor
				  or administrator of the person's estate.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  425.17(2)
				   and
				  425.18.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.21 - Audit of Claim

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Authority.
DHS may investigate the eligibility of a claimant
				for rent reimbursement.
(2)
Recomputed rent reimbursement claim.
If DHS determines a
				computed rent reimbursement is in error, DHS shall collect any overpayment from
				the claimant or reimburse the claimant for any underpayment. If a claimant
				fails to reimburse DHS for an overpayment, the amount of overpayment shall be
				deducted from any future rent reimbursement to which the claimant is entitled.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.27.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.22 - Extension of Time for Filing a Claim

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The granting of an extension of time for filing a claim for
				  reimbursement does not extend the time within which or the dates on or by which
				  eligibility requirements must be satisfied.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.20.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.23 - Annual Adjustment Factor

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The income levels used for determining the allowable percent
				  rent reimbursement shall be adjusted each year to reflect the inflation factor
				  as computed pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  422.4.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  425.23
				  and
				  435.22(2).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.24 - Proration of Claims

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
If the director of DHS or the director's designee determines
				  that the amount of funding provided pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  425.39
				  will be insufficient to pay all rent reimbursement claims filed, the director
				  or the director's designee shall estimate the percentage at which the claims
				  will be paid and shall prorate the payment of each rent reimbursement claim by
				  the same estimated percentage.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  25B.7
				  and
				  425.39.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.25 - Unreasonable Hardship

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In order to avoid any unreasonable hardship to a claimant,
				  the director of DHS or the director's designee may review the facts and
				  circumstances of the claim as set forth by the claimant. The director or the
				  director's designee may investigate all factors related to the specific case as
				  deemed appropriate by the director or the director's designee. If the director
				  or the director's designee is satisfied that the claim qualifies as an undue
				  hardship for the claimant, the claim will be approved by the director or the
				  director's designee.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  425.37.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VI - General Public Assistance Provisions › Chapter 62 - Rent Reimbursement › Rule 441-62.26 - Appeal

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Notice of adverse action taken by DHS shall be issued in
				  accordance with 441-Chapter 16, and the right to appeal shall be given in
				  accordance with 441-Chapter 7.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter
				  17A.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VII - Food Programs › Chapter 65 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administration › Rule 441-65.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  human services.
"Notice of expiration"
means a message
				  printed on Form 470-2881, which is automatically issued to the
				  household.
"Parent"
means natural, legal, or stepmother
				  or stepfather.
"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"
or
"SNAP"
means benefits provided by the federal program
				  administered through 7 CFR Parts 270 through 283 as amended to May 2,
				  2022.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VII - Food Programs › Chapter 65 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administration › Rule 441-65.2 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Application filing.
Persons in need of SNAP benefits may file
				an application in person at any local department office in Iowa or by mail, by
				fax, or online.
a. An application is filed
				the day a local department office receives an application for SNAP benefits
				that contains the applicant's name and address and is signed by either a
				responsible member of the household or the household's authorized
				representative. The application must be filed on Form 470-0462 or 470-0462(S).
				Applying through the self-service portal constitutes submission of this
				application.
b. When an application
				is submitted to a closed office, it will be considered received on the first
				day that is not a weekend or state holiday following the day that the office
				was last open. An electronic application received outside of normal business
				hours is considered received on the first department workday following the date
				the department office received the application.
c. If an incomplete application form is
				submitted, the application cannot be processed until a completed form is
				received.
d. Households receiving
				SNAP benefits in Iowa may apply for continued participation by submitting Form
				470-2881.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VII - Food Programs › Chapter 65 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administration › Rule 441-65.3 - Administration of Program

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
SNAP shall be administered in accordance with the Food and
				  Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq., and in accordance with 7 CFR
				  Parts 270 through 283 as amended to May 2, 2022. A copy of the federal law and
				  regulations may be obtained at no more than the actual cost of reproduction by
				  contacting the Division of Financial, Food, and Work Supports, Department of
				  Human Services, Hoover State Office Building, 1305 East Walnut Street, Des
				  Moines, Iowa 50319-0114.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VII - Food Programs › Chapter 65 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Administration › Rule 441-65.4 - Issuance

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The department shall issue SNAP benefits by electronic
				  benefit transfer (EBT) cards.
(1)
Schedule.
Benefits for ongoing certifications shall be made
				available to households on a staggered basis during the first ten calendar days
				of each month.
(2)
EBT
				cards.
EBT cards shall be mailed to recipients except in the event of
				a disaster. In the event of a disaster, disaster EBT cards will be distributed
				through the local office.