GENERAL ASSISTANCE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Applications

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

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.07

Income reporting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.07

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

Assistance units, see Recipients under this topic

Benefits

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

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

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

Payments to vendors, see same under this topic

Prospective budgeting, Minn. Statutes 2024 256P.09

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

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

Centralized disbursement system, see under HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

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

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

Definitions

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

Electronic benefits transfer, see Benefits under this topic

Eligibility

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

Domestic violence waiver, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.029

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

Income, see same under this topic

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

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

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

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

Emergency general assistance

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 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 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

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

Disqualification, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.98

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

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.045

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Payments

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

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

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.01

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

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

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

Quality control/quality assurance

Compliance system, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.017

Human Services Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.017

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

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

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

Recovery of money

County agencies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.01

Overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2024 16D.13

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

Representative payees, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.02

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

Sanctions, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2024 256.98

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

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

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

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

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

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

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