Florida Statutes Title XXX Chapter 414 - Family Self-sufficiency

• 414.025 - Legislative Intent.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that families in this state be strong and economically self-sufficient so as to require minimal involvement by an...
• 414.0252 - Definitions.
  As used in ss. 414.025-414.55, the term:(1) “Alternative payee” means an individual who receives temporary assistance payments on behalf of a minor.(2) “Applicant” means an individual who...
• 414.035 - Authorized Expenditures.
  Any expenditures from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant, or from other state funds that the secretary or his or her designee determines...
• 414.045 - Cash Assistance Program.
  Cash assistance families include any families receiving cash assistance payments from the state program for temporary assistance for needy families as defined in federal law,...
• 414.065 - Noncompliance With Work Requirements.
  (1) PENALTIES FOR NONPARTICIPATION IN WORK REQUIREMENTS AND FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENT PLANS.—The department shall establish procedures for administering penalties for nonparticipation in work...
• 414.0652 - Drug Screening For Applicants For Temporary Assistance For Needy Families.
  (1) The department shall require a drug test consistent with s. 112.0455 to screen each individual who applies for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The...
• 414.0655 - Medical Incapacity Due To Substance Abuse Or Mental Health Impairment.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 414.065 to the contrary, any participant who requires out-of-home residential treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, or a mental...
• 414.075 - Resource Eligibility Standards.
  For purposes of program simplification and effective program management, certain resource definitions, as outlined in the food assistance regulations at 7 C.F.R. s. 273.8, shall...
• 414.085 - Income Eligibility Standards.
  (1) For purposes of program simplification and effective program management, certain income definitions, as outlined in the food assistance regulations at 7 C.F.R. s. 273.9, shall...
• 414.095 - Determining Eligibility For Temporary Cash Assistance.
  (1) ELIGIBILITY.—An applicant must meet eligibility requirements of this section before receiving services or temporary cash assistance under this chapter, except that an applicant shall be...
• 414.105 - Time Limitations Of Temporary Cash Assistance.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant or current participant shall receive temporary cash assistance for no more than a lifetime cumulative total...
• 414.106 - Exemption From Public Meetings Law.
  That portion of a meeting held by the department, CareerSource Florida, Inc., or a regional workforce board or local committee created pursuant to s. 445.007...
• 414.115 - Limited Temporary Cash Assistance For Children Born To Families Receiving Temporary Cash Assistance.
  (1) The department shall provide limited additional temporary cash assistance to:(a) An existing temporary-cash-assistance case due to the birth of a child when the birth occurs more...
• 414.122 - Withholding Of Payments Based On Evidence Of Fraud.
  The department shall withhold payment from a recipient of temporary cash assistance when, after redetermination of eligibility or at any other time, the department obtains...
• 414.1251 - Learnfare Program.
  (1) The department shall reduce the temporary cash assistance for a participant’s eligible dependent child or for an eligible teenage participant who has not been exempted...
• 414.13 - Immunizations.
  Each applicant who has a preschool child must begin and complete appropriate childhood immunizations for the child as a condition of eligibility. At the time...
• 414.14 - Public Assistance Policy Simplification.
  To the extent possible, the department shall align the requirements for eligibility under this chapter with the food assistance program and medical assistance eligibility policies...
• 414.157 - Diversion Program For Victims Of Domestic Violence.
  (1) The diversion program for victims of domestic violence is intended to provide services and one-time payments to assist victims of domestic violence and their children...
• 414.158 - Diversion Program To Prevent Or Reduce Child Abuse And Neglect.
  (1) The diversion program to prevent or reduce child abuse and neglect is intended to provide services and one-time payments to assist families in avoiding welfare...
• 414.1585 - Diversion Program For Families At Risk Of Welfare Dependency Due To Substance Abuse Or Mental Illness.
  (1) The diversion program for families at risk of welfare dependency due to substance abuse or mental illness is intended to provide services and one-time payments...
• 414.1599 - Diversion Programs; Determination Of Need.
  If federal regulations require a determination of needy families or needy parents to be based on financial criteria, such as income or resources, for individuals...
• 414.161 - Homelessness Prevention Grants.
  (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—There is created a grant program to provide emergency financial assistance to families facing the loss of their current home due to a...
• 414.17 - Audits.
  The Temporary Cash Assistance Program is subject to the audit requirements of 31 U.S.C. ss. 5701 et seq.History.—s. 21, ch. 96-175; s. 22, ch. 2010-209.
• 414.175 - Review Of Existing Waivers.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families shall review existing waivers granted to the department by the Federal Government and determine if such waivers continue to...
• 414.24 - Integrated Welfare Reform And Child Welfare Services.
  The department shall develop integrated service delivery strategies to better meet the needs of families subject to work activity requirements who are involved in the...
• 414.26 - Court-appointed Guardian Unnecessary.
  It is unnecessary for any incompetent person entitled to public assistance payments, as provided by this chapter, to have a court-appointed guardian in order to...
• 414.27 - Temporary Cash Assistance; Payment On Death.
  (1) Upon the death of any person receiving temporary cash assistance through the Department of Children and Families, all temporary cash accrued to such person from...
• 414.28 - Public Assistance Payments To Constitute Debt Of Recipient.
  (1) CLAIMS.—The acceptance of public assistance creates a debt of the person accepting assistance, which debt is enforceable only after the death of the recipient. The...
• 414.295 - Temporary Cash Assistance Programs; Public Records Exemption.
  (1) Personal identifying information of a temporary cash assistance program participant, a participant’s family, or a participant’s family or household member, except for information identifying a...
• 414.31 - State Agency For Administering Federal Food Assistance Program.
  (1) The department shall place into operation in each of the several counties of the state a food assistance program as authorized by the Congress of...
• 414.32 - Prohibitions And Restrictions With Respect To Food Assistance Program.
  (1) COOPERATION WITH CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—(a) A parent or caretaker relative who receives temporary cash assistance or food assistance on behalf of a child under 18...
• 414.33 - Violations Of Food Assistance Program.
  (1) In accordance with federal law and regulations, the department shall establish procedures for notifying the appropriate federal and state agencies of any violation of federal...
• 414.34 - Annual Report Concerning Administrative Complaints And Disciplinary Actions Involving Food Assistance Program Violations.
  The department shall prepare and submit a report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairs of the...
• 414.35 - Emergency Relief.
  In administering emergency food assistance and other emergency assistance programs, the department shall cooperate fully with the United States Government and with other departments, instrumentalities,...
• 414.36 - Public Assistance Overpayment Recovery Program; Contracts.
  (1) For purposes of privatization of public assistance overpayment recovery, the department shall enter into contracts consistent with federal law with for-profit corporations, not-for-profit corporations, or...
• 414.37 - Public Assistance Overpayment Recovery Privatization; Reemployment Of Laid-off Career Service Employees.
  Should career service employees of the Department of Children and Families be subject to layoff after July 1, 1995, due to the privatization of public...
• 414.39 - Fraud.
  (1) Any person who knowingly:(a) Fails, by false statement, misrepresentation, impersonation, or other fraudulent means, to disclose a material fact used in making a determination as to...
• 414.391 - Automated Fingerprint Imaging.
  (1) The Department of Children and Families shall develop and implement, as part of the electronic benefits transfer program, a statewide program to prevent public assistance...
• 414.392 - Applicant Screening.
  At the time of application or reapplication, each adult or teen parent applying for public assistance benefits under this chapter must provide the state with...
• 414.40 - Stop Inmate Fraud Program Established; Guidelines.
  (1) There is created within the Department of Financial Services a Stop Inmate Fraud Program.(2) The Department of Financial Services is directed to implement the Stop Inmate...
• 414.41 - Recovery Of Payments Made Due To Mistake Or Fraud.
  (1) Whenever it becomes apparent that any person or provider has received any public assistance under this chapter to which she or he is not entitled,...
• 414.411 - Public Assistance Fraud.
  (1) The Department of Financial Services shall investigate all public assistance provided to residents of the state or provided to others by the state. In the...
• 414.42 - Cause For Employee Dismissal.
  It is cause for dismissal of an employee of the Department of Children and Families if the employee knowingly and willfully allows an ineligible person...
• 414.45 - Rulemaking.
  The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The rules must...
• 414.455 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Legislative Authorization.
  Notwithstanding s. 414.45, and unless expressly required by federal law, the department shall obtain specific authorization from the Legislature before seeking, applying for, accepting, or...
• 414.55 - Implementation Of Community Work Program.
  The Governor shall minimize the liability of the state by opting out of the special provision related to community work, as described in s. 402(a)(1)(B)(iv)...

Last modified: September 23, 2016