Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-69 – Welfare safety net program; department of human services
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-69
- Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
- Public assistance: means financial assistance to or for the benefit of persons whom the department has determined to be without sufficient means of support to maintain a standard consistent with this chapter, payments to or on behalf of such persons for medical care, and social service payments as described under the Social Security Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
The department of human services may create a welfare safety net program entitled “Keeping Hope Alive” to assist working families that will be disqualified from receiving further public assistance as a consequence of reaching the five-year time limit set by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity [Reconciliation] Act of 1996.