Rule 18-28-5.6 - Employee Familial and /or Personal Interest ApplicantsAny employee, relative or personal interest cases of employees or board members, may apply for and receive assistance. However, there arc policies and procedures for taking and processing these applications. No preferential treatment shall be granted to these applicants.
A. An employee of a Subgrantee cannot complete the intake or be involved in the approval process of a relative. In this occurrence, the caseworker should immediately recuse oneself from any involvement with the case.B. The Program Director/Supervisor is responsible for delegating the processing of applications for employees, relatives of employees or personal interest cases and for submitting the case to the Executive Director for review and authorization of the approval or denial. The Executive Director is responsible for delegating the processing of Program Directors/Supervisors and/or their relatives requesting assistance. The Executive Director is responsible for approving the applications of the Program Directors/Supervisors or their relatives.C. The relatives for whom the special procedures must be used, include: employee's spouse/ex-spouse, parent(s), stepparent(s), grandparent(s), great and great-great grandparent(s), brother(s) and sister(s), stepbrother(s) and stepsister(s), half-brother(s) and half-sister(s), children, stepchildren, grandchildren, great and great-great grandchildren, aunt(s), uncle(s), niece(s), nephcw(s), first and second cousin(s), or these relatives of an employee's spouse who are related to this degree of marriage. Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-2(4); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-4 Revised: May 2022