Section 470IAC13-1-12. Eligibility for services

   (a) The board delegates responsibility to develop procedures necessary to determine eligibility for social services to the social services fiscal office.

  (b) The board shall specify family income limits for services and whether documentation or declaration of income shall be permitted in eligibility determination.

  (c) Social services recipients shall be residents of the state but there shall be no requirement as to duration of residence. Recipients who are temporary residents of the state shall be eligible for services. Transients are considered to be temporary residents.

  (d) Prior to any reimbursement for social services, recipients shall be enrolled into the service by using forms and procedures prescribed by the social services fiscal office. When required, written applications shall be signed by the applicant or the applicant's authorized representative. If the applicant is incompetent, incapacitated, a minor, a ward of the court, or in emergency situations, an interested person or provider representative acting in behalf of the applicant may sign. For family planning services, all service recipients must sign the application to document that services are requested voluntarily.

  (e) The provider shall determine each applicant's eligibility for services and shall complete the application form with information provided by or in behalf of the applicant.

  (f) The following individuals shall be financially eligible for social services:

(1) individuals who receive aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), supplemental security income (SSI), or Medicaid benefits;

(2) individuals whose gross monthly family income is below income limitations specified by the board for each service;

(3) individuals who receive protective services specified by the board as being available without regard to income;

(4) individuals under age six (6) or age sixteen (16) or older who are mentally retarded or developmentally disabled for services specified by the board;

(5) individuals who are wards of the court or county department of public welfare for services specified by the board;

(6) individuals who are adjudicated delinquents and who are paroled or released from Indiana youth authority facilities or on probation status under juvenile court jurisdiction, adults and juvenile offenders in the custody of the department of correction, and adult offenders and ex-offenders for services specified by the board.

  (g) Individuals must be determined to be in need of services by their request for services or as otherwise specified for each service. (Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 13-1-12; filed Dec 5, 1983, 3:01 pm: 7 IR 350; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Interdepartmental Board for the Coordination of Human Service Programs (490 IAC 2-1-12) to the Division of Family and Children (470 IAC 13-1-12) by P.L.9-1991, SECTION 132, effective July 1, 1992.

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