Sec. 8. (a) The military family relief fund is established to provide short term assistance with food, housing, utilities, medical services, basic transportation, child care, education, employment or workforce, and other essential family support expenses that have become difficult to afford for qualified service members or dependents of qualified service members.

     (b) Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, the department shall expend the money in the fund exclusively to provide grants for assistance as described in subsection (a).

Terms Used In Indiana Code 10-17-12-8

  • commission: refers to the Indiana veterans' affairs commission established by IC 10-17-13-4. See Indiana Code 10-17-12-3.5
  • department: refers to the Indiana department of veterans' affairs established by IC 10-17-1-2. See Indiana Code 10-17-12-4
  • director: refers to the director of veterans' affairs. See Indiana Code 10-17-12-5
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • fund: refers to the military family relief fund established by section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 10-17-12-6
  • qualified service member: means , before the commission's issuance of the disallowable separation codes list for each branch of the armed forces described in section 10. See Indiana Code 10-17-12-7.5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) The department shall give priority to applications for grants for assistance from the fund to qualified service members or dependents of qualified service members who have never received a grant under this chapter.

     (d) Subject to the approval of the budget agency, the commission shall establish the maximum total dollar amount of grants that may be expended in a state fiscal year. Once the maximum total dollar amount of grants that may be expended in a state fiscal year is reached, no additional grants may be authorized until the start of the following state fiscal year.

     (e) The director shall each year provide a report to the budget committee concerning the grant program under this chapter.

     (f) A qualified service member or the qualified service member’s dependent may be eligible to receive assistance from the fund.

     (g) The commission shall administer the fund.

As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007, SEC.12; P.L.151-2007, SEC.2; P.L.3-2008, SEC.86; P.L.50-2009, SEC.6; P.L.113-2010, SEC.77; P.L.54-2012, SEC.1; P.L.169-2013, SEC.5; P.L.7-2014, SEC.1; P.L.99-2016, SEC.9; P.L.42-2020, SEC.13.

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