South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 114 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Article 11 - FAMILY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM
Section 114-1100 - General
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. The Family Independence Program is operated by the State in accordance with Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. The Department of Social Services is the designated Single State Agency to operate the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
B. The Department shall specify the groups of individuals, based on reasonable classifications, that will be included in the Program, and all the conditions of eligibility that must be met by the individuals in the groups. The groups selected for inclusion in the State Plan and the eligibility conditions imposed must not exclude individuals or groups on an arbitrary or unreasonable basis, and must not result in inequitable treatment of individuals or groups.
C. Eligibility conditions must be applied on a consistent and equitable basis throughout the State.
D. Eligibility conditions or Department procedures or methods must not prevent an individual from applying and obtaining a determination of eligibility or ineligibility.
E. Methods of determining eligibility must be consistent with the objective of assisting all eligible persons to qualify.
