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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER PSERVICES AND BENEFITS FOR TRANSITION PLANNING TO A SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD
DIVISION 1PREPARATION FOR ADULT LIVING
RULE §700.1604Are there specific requirements for young people to meet before receiving PAL Program benefits?

(a) The PAL Program may establish in policy specific conditions or criteria that young people must meet to receive program benefits, provided such requirements are designed to help achieve the purposes and objectives of the program. Specific conditions or criteria may include, but are not limited to, requirements that the young person:

  (1) attend training (if able);

  (2) be employed or actively seeking employment (if able), or attending school or vocational or technical training;

  (3) meet need-based criteria for monetary assistance;

  (4) obtain a determination by DFPS, if the youth is to live with a designated perpetrator of abuse or neglect, that despite the person's prior history he or she does not pose a threat to the health and safety of the youth; and

  (5) not be incarcerated.

(b) Any young persons whom the PAL Program is designed to serve, as described in §700.1602 of this title (relating to Whom is the PAL Program designed to serve?), must be informed of any requirements that they must meet to receive benefits.

(c) No benefits are available to any young persons after their 21st birthday.


Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1604 adopted to be effective April 16, 2001, 26 TexReg 2753; amended to be effective March 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 873

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