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239B.3 CASH ASSISTANCE.
1. a. Within available funding, the department shall provide
an ongoing cash assistance grant under the family investment program
to a family eligible under section 239B.2.
b. For an eligibility decision involving an applicant family
with a specified relative, within thirty days of the date of an
application, the department shall authorize issuance of notice of the
department's decision to the specified relative.
2. For an applicant or participant family, the department shall
calculate and pay the cash assistance grant on a monthly basis,
taking into consideration all of the following:
a. The income and resources of the family.
b. Whether the family has entered into a limited benefit
plan.
c. The size of the family.
d. Available funding.
3. The department may pay cash assistance and other cash benefits
paid under this chapter by warrant, through a direct deposit to a
financial institution of a participant, or through an electronic
benefits transfer.
4. The department may pay, from funds appropriated for this
purpose, a maximum of four hundred dollars toward funeral expenses on
the death of a child who is a participant or has been authorized to
participate in the family investment program, provided both of the
following conditions apply:
a. The decedent does not leave an estate which may be
probated with sufficient proceeds to allow for payment of the funeral
expenses.
b. Payments which are due the decedent's estate or
beneficiary by reason of the liability of a life insurance, death or
funeral benefit company, association, or society, or in the form of
United States social security, railroad retirement, or veterans'
benefits upon the death of the decedent, are deducted from the
department's payment under this section. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 41, §4, 34; 99 Acts, ch 100, §2
