Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter 2 - EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM
Section 17-656.2-8 - General eligibility requirements

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-656.2-8

Current through November, 2024

(a) The household shall meet the categorical eligibility requirements specified in subchapter 1.

(b) The household shall be determined to be a work eligible household as defined in section 17-656.2-2.

(c) The household shall have exhausted the sixty-month time limit specified in section 17-656.1-3. In addition, a minimum of twelve of the sixty months shall have been received from the state of Hawaii.

(d) The household's countable income and resources shall be in accordance with chapters 17-675 and 17-676.

(e) The household's personal reserve shall not exceed $5,000 as specified in section 17-675-5.

(f) The household's total monthly gross income shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-five per cent of the household's standard of need as specified in section 17-680-8.

(g) Effective with the sixty-first month, at least one adult in the household shall be employed a minimum of:

(1) Nineteen hours per week or eighty-two hours per month for the first twelve consecutive employment subsidy months;

(2) Twenty hours per week or eighty-six hours per month for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth consecutive employment subsidy month; and

(3) Thirty hours per week or one hundred twenty-nine hours a month from the twenty-fifth month through the sixtieth consecutive employment subsidy month.

(h) Eligibility shall be limited to a one time only period of sixty consecutive employment subsidy months beginning the month following the sixtieth time eligible month.

(i) The sixty month employment subsidy period shall be assigned to the primary adult in the household.

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