GENERAL ASSISTANCE

See also GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE

Administration

Employment and Economic Development Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 116J.401

Human services boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03, 256D.17

Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.17, 393.07

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03

Supervision, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.04

Amount

Emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06, 256D.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Appeals

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Denial of other maintenance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Drug dependent persons, representative payee assignments, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.20, 256.045

Overpayments and underpayments, corrective payments, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.08

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Applicants

Appeals, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.20, 256.045

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.01

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.05, 256.029

Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Immigration status, verification and reporting, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.03, 256.01

Interim assistance authorization agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Notice received, weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 270B.14

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02, 256D.024, 256D.05, 256G.03

Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

SSI applicants, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Statements, verification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 270B.14

Applications

Assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Concurrent with MFIP applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.05

Consent, contact with third parties, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07

Income reporting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.07

Pending, residency requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Assistance payments, see Benefits under this topic

Assistance unit

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219, 9500.1221, 9500.1223

Assistance units, see Recipients under this topic

Authorized representative

County agency, providing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Designation, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Benefits

Budgets, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 16D.16

Denial of other maintenance benefits, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Drug dependent persons, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Electronic (EBT) transfer

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.38

Cash benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.987

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.13

Prohibited purchases, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.13

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.09

Terminals in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.13

Exemption from creditors' remedies, Minn. Statutes 2024 571.925

Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1237

Issuance, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Pending hearing, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Prospective budgeting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.09

Warrants for payment, restrictive endorsements, cashing in or near gambling establishments, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.13

Budgets, payment amounts, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Cash assistance benefits, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Centralized disbursement system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Chemically dependent persons, see CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS

Children, eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Claims

Children, transfer of custody, Minn. Statutes 2024 260B.331, 260C.331

Claims against estates, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.16

Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.017

County of financial responsibility, see under COUNTIES

County of financial responsibility, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1248

Data processing procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.17

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Employment and economic development law, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.19

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 290A.03

Disregards

Displaced homemakers, stipends, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.96

Earned income disregard, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.01, 256P.03, 256P.06

Single adults living with parent, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Domestic violence waiver, information, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.05

Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Earned income

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225

Electronic benefits transfer, see Benefits under this topic

Eligibility

Assistance unit, see same under this topic

Changes, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Children, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.01

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2024 142A.13, 142A.25, 256.98, 256D.05

Documentation, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.04, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.029

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06

Exclusion from resources, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024, 256D.425

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05, 256D.08, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Income, see same under this topic

Ineligibility, personal statement in lieu of documentation, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Payment eligibility test, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Personal property limitation, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.02

Property limitations, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Prospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Public assistance reporting information system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Recertification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.04

Residence, see Applicants under this topic

Residents, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Retrospective eligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Severability of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05, 256D.09

Supplemental nutrition assistance program households, Minn. Statutes 2024 142F.101

Uniform public assistance eligibility and verification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.08, 256P.001 to 256P.08

Verification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.04, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Emergency, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Emergency general assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261, 9500.1272

Application, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.05, 256D.07

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01, 256D.045 to 256D.06, 256D.08

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02, 256D.09

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Reduction, termination, or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.10

Rental assistance, annual projection of needs, Minn. Statutes 2024 462A.2096

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06, 256D.08

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.09

Employment

Grants to recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1237

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Employment and training services, Employment and Economic Development Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 116J.401, 116L.86

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2024 270B.14

Fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.045

Family assistance unit, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Family general assistance

Applicants, see same under this topic

Recipients, see same under this topic

Federal aid

Disbursement, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.04

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 245.97

Federal disability benefits, advocacy, support services, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Filing unit

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223

Exclusion from assistance unit, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Form of payment

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.09

Representative payees, benefits defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Funding

Counties, total government fund expenditures, reduction, Minn. Statutes 2024 275.065

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 245.97, 256D.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 261.063

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03, 256D.04

General Assistance Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01 to 256D.17

General assistance medical care, see GENERAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL CARE

Hearings

Administrative fraud disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.046

Applicants or recipients, fair hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.045

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Disqualification, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.98

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.10

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.045

Hospitals, inpatient payment system, Minn. Rules 9500.1090 to 9500.1140

Household report forms, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Human services aids, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.04

Income

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 551.05

Calculations, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.06

Children, calculations, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 16D.16

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02, 256P.01

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Earned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1225

Excluded income, Minn. Rules 9500.1223

Garnishment, exemption

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.37

Information about, in forms, Minn. Statutes 2024 571.72, 571.912, 571.932

Rental, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.05

Reporting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.07, 256P.10

Self-employment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.05

Unearned income, determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226

Income maintenance and support services, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.19

Integrated state-operated managed care systems for disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 256B.693

Interagency agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.86

Interim assistance

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Reimbursement, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Lawsuits, applicant, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07

Literacy of recipients, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03, 256D.04

Mental illness, persons with

Benefits assistance, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 245.4712

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

MFIP, see MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MFIP)

Negotiated rates

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Facilities with negotiated rates, payments to, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Notice

Applications, Minn. Rules 9500.1213

Excess property, exclusions, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Termination of benefits, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Orders, judicial review, rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.10

Overpayments, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Payments, see Benefits under this topic

Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026

Attorney's summary executions, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2024 551.05

Calculation, prospective budgeting of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.09

Compelling, writ of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.13

Defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2024 290A.03

Emergency assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07, 256D.09

Form of payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02, 256D.09

Garnishment, exemption

Garnishment of earnings, Minn. Statutes 2024 571.925

General provisions, Minn. Statutes 2024 571.72

Levy on funds at financial institution, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.143, 571.912

Prejudgment garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2024 571.931, 571.932

Monthly standard, division, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2024 16D.13, 256P.08

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Personal property taxes, delinquent taxes, liens or levies, Minn. Statutes 2024 277.20, 277.21

Reduction, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.09, 256D.10

State aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03, 256D.04

Termination or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01, 256D.10, 256P.10

Time, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07

Underpayments, correction, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.08

Weekly payments and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Payments to vendors

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Direct payments, provisions, Minn. Rules 9500.1239

Drug dependent persons, representative payees, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05, 256D.09

Interim assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Pay-for-performance system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Personal property, eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Public assistance, general assistance defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.19

Purpose of program, Minn. Rules 9500.1202

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 9500.1200

Qualified providers, see Payments to vendors under this topic

Quality control/quality assurance

Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.017

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.017

Real property

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1221

Recipients

Alcoholic persons, vendor payments, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05, 256D.09

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.045, 256D.06

Assistance units, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

Conversion to MFIP, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.01

Converting to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Cooperation, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03

Death, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.16

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Eligibility, documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1215

Felony drug convictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Graduation incentives program, see under SCHOOLS (K-12)

Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 62A.045, 62A.046

Housing support, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Ill or incapacitated recipients, see HOUSING SUPPORT

Immunization reminders, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Income, see same under this topic

Interim assistance, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Legal noncitizens, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Legal settlement, Minn. Statutes 2024 245.97

Medical assistance benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Medicare, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Notice received

Combined hearings, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.046

Reduction, suspension, or termination of grants, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.10

Vocational assessment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Weekly assistance, claiming of need, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Parents of MFIP minor caregivers, financial responsibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.34

Personal data, Minn. Statutes 2024 13.46

Persons without verified residences, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Property tax refund claims, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 270B.14

Random drug screening, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Random drug testing, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Residence, verification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05

Responsibilities, Minn. Rules 9500.1245

Rights, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Screening, federal benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.06

Social Security numbers, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.045

State-approved alternative programs (K-12), eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 123A.06

Substance use disorder, persons with, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.05, 256D.09

Supplemental nutrition assistance program employment and training programs, participation, Minn. Statutes 2024 142F.10

Tax returns, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 270B.14

Telephone assistance, see TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PLAN

Records, right to review, applicants and recipients, Minn. Rules 9500.1211

Recovery of money

County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2024 16D.13

Referrals

Chemical use assessment, Minn. Rules 9500.1272

Other maintenance benefits programs, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Relative's responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.15

Rental income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.05

Reports about

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.04

Residence requirements, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Reports about, generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1250

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Residence, Minn. Statutes 2024 256G.03, 256G.07

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1219

Sanctions, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.98

Self-employment income, treatment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.01, 256P.05

SSI (supplementary security income) applicants, definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Standards, Minn. Rules 9500.1231

Standards of assistance, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

State aid, payment to local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.03, 256D.04

State participation

Emergency assistance, Minn. Rules 9500.1261

Generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1232

Substance use disorder treatment services

Eligibility, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 254B.04

Generally, see Treatment under SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, PERSONS WITH

Medical expenses, spend down, Minn. Statutes 2024 254B.04

Supplemental aid, see SUPPLEMENTAL AID

Suspension, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Termination, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01, 256P.10

Appeals, Minn. Rules 9500.1254, 9500.1259

Noncompliance with referral requirements, Minn. Rules 9500.1254

Prospective ineligibility, Minn. Rules 9500.1233

Underpayments

Correction, Minn. Rules 9500.1243

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Unearned income

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Determination, Minn. Rules 9500.1226

Unitary Residence and Financial Responsibility Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 256G.01

Vendors, defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1206

Violations and penalties

Applicants, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024, 256D.07

Drug offenses, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024

Fleeing felons, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024

Fraud, see General assistance under WELFARE FRAUD

Probation, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024

Recipients, confession of judgment, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.09

Supervised release, violations, ineligibility, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.024

Waivers

Applicants, residence requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.98

Residence requirements, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

Writs of mandamus, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.13