La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § III-5511

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-5511 - Micro-Enterprise Development Program

A. Effective May 1, 2006, the Office of Family Support shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Economic Development to provide assistance to low-income families who wish to start their own businesses.

B. These services meet TANF goal 2, to end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage. This goal will be accomplished by providing assistance to low-income families through the development of comprehensive micro-enterprise development opportunities as a strategy for moving parents into self-sufficiency.

C. Eligibility for services is limited to needy families, that is, a family in which any member receives a Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) grant, Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP) grant, Food Stamps, Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) benefits, Medicaid, Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Free or Reduced School Lunch, or who has earned income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. A family consists of a minor child residing with custodial parents or caretaker relatives. Only the parent or caretaker relative within the needy family is eligible to participate.

D. Services are considered non-assistance by the agency.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § III-5511

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, LR 32:1914 (October 2006), LR 34:693 (April 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; R.S. 46:231 and R.S. 36:474; Act 16, 2005 Reg. Session, Act 18, 2007 Reg. Session.