2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208 Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief
208.500. Transitional benefits demonstration project--definitions.

208.500. 1. Sections 208.500 to 208.507 shall be known as "Transitional Benefits Demonstration Project". Subject to appropriations and receipt of a federal waiver, the division of family services shall establish a three-year demonstration project which shall provide transitional benefits to families who lose their eligibility for assistance under aid to families of dependent children because of an increase in earned income.

2. As used in sections 208.500 to 208.507, the following terms mean:

(1) "Child care", child care services provided by the division of family services;

(2) "Division", division of family services of the department of social services;

(3) "Medical services", those services provided for under section 208.152;

(4) "Participant", any recipient who is participating in the demonstration project;

(5) "Project", a demonstration project directed at AFDC recipients who become ineligible for benefits due to an increase in earned income, in which such recipients can receive child care and medical services for an indefinite period of time, not to exceed three years, to assist in the transition from welfare to employment;

(6) "Recipient", any person receiving aid to families of dependent children benefits under section 208.040 or 208.041.

(L. 1993 H.B. 330 § 6)