Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Emancipated minor. If a minor is emancipated and meets the
eligibility requirements for GA he may receive GA subject to the conditions and
limitations in Chapter 141 (relating to general eligibility provisions) and
other provisions of this title.
(b)
Unemancipated minor. GA age requirements for unemancipated
minors will be as follows:
(1)
Eligible for assistance. A minor unemancipated child may
receive GA subject to the conditions and limitations in Chapter 141, provided
the following conditions are met:
(i) The
child does not qualify for AFDC or AFDC-F. The child's potential eligibility
for AFDC-F will be explored only when the child is in a foster home placement
under the auspices of the County Child Welfare Agency.
(ii) The person with whom the child is living
shall exercise responsibility for the care and control of the child.
(iii) The person with whom the child is
living must comply with the child support requirements. If the person with whom
the child is living fails to comply with the child support requirements, the
child may receive GA only by protective payment provisions.
(2)
Ineligible for
assistance. A minor unemancipated child will not be eligible for GA if
the following circumstances exist:
(i) The
child is removed from his home and placed in the custody of the County
Authority by court order. The child may qualify for AFDC-F as provided in this
part.
(ii) The child is also
ineligible for AFDC because the person with whom the child is living fails to
furnish a Social Security number for the child.
(c)
Attending school or
training. The following will constitute GA age requirements for youths
attending school or training:
(1) A youth
under 21 years of age will be considered to have met the requirements of
attending secondary school or an equivalent course of vocational training full
time, if he is enrolled in a program of supervised education or vocational
training approved by the authorities of the school district or by the
Department of Education of the Commonwealth. The program may be part of the
regular school program, or one especially arranged for the individual youth's
educational or vocational needs and approved by the school authorities. A
vocational training course may be a course established under section
2508.3 of the Public School Code
of 1949 (24 P. S. §
25-2508.3), a
program under the Economic Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§
2991-2996l), or an organized training
program under recognized sponsorship with a specified vocational training
objective, for example, apprenticeships or training arrangements sponsored by
business or industrial firms.
(2)
Full-time attendance will not be deemed interrupted when the youth is
temporarily absent for reasons accepted under the laws of the State on
compulsory school attendance, or for reasons accepted under the regulations of
the secondary school or vocational training program in which he is
enrolled.
(3) GA payment will be
made for the following:
(i) The months in
which the youth is not in secondary school or training because of official
vacations, provided that the youth will again attend full-time secondary
school, or an equivalent vocational or technical school, when the official
vacation is over.
(ii) The month
the youth completes or discontinues secondary school or equivalent vocational
or technical school before age 21. The date the secondary school or equivalent
vocational or technical school records show the youth ended his full-time
status as a student or trainee will be the date of his completion or
discontinuance of secondary school or an equivalent vocational or technical
school.
The provisions of this §145.63 amended under sections
201(2) and 403 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201(2) and
403).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
141.21 (relating to policy); and
55 Pa. Code §
291.23 (relating to
requirements).
