Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 659 - GENERAL ASSISTANCE (GA)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-659-3 - Eligibility conditions
Current through February, 2024
(a) Applicants and recipients of the general assistance program must be categorically ineligible for AFDC. For purposes of this chapter, an applicant or recipient who has exhausted the sixty month time limit specified in § 17-656.1-3 but meets all other requirements of the AFDC program is not considered categorically ineligible for AFDC.
(b) An individual who is unable to engage in any substantially gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical impairment, mental impairment, or a combination of a physical and a mental impairment which may be expected to result in death or which has lasted or may be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, or an individual who is sixty-five years of age or older, shall apply for the federal supplemental security income program (SSI) administered by the Social Security Administration.
(c) An individual shall meet the applicable conditions and requirements of the department's financial assistance programs, including but not limited to, residency, citizenship, income, and assets requirements.
(d) The director shall determine the allowance for general assistance based upon the total amount appropriated for general assistance and the costs for administering the general assistance program.
(e) An individual shall meet the applicable provisions of this chapter.