Iowa Code 239B.10 – Minor and young parents — other requirements
Unless any of the following conditions apply, a minor parent shall be required to live with the minor’s parent or legal guardian:
Terms Used In Iowa Code 239B.10
- Applicant: means a person who files an application for participation in the family investment program under this chapter. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Assistance: means a family investment program payment. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Child: means an unmarried person who is less than eighteen years of age or an unmarried person who is eighteen years of age and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements prior to the person reaching nineteen years of age. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Family: means a family unit that includes at least one child and at least one parent or other specified relative of the child. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Family investment agreement: means the agreement developed with a participant in accordance with section 239B. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Family investment program: means the family investment program under this chapter. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- JOBS program: means the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program created in section 239B. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Minor parent: means an applicant or participant parent who is less than eighteen years of age and has never been married. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Participant: means a person who is receiving full or partial family investment program assistance. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
A minor parent who is a participant and is not required to live with the minor parent’s parent or guardian pursuant to subsection 1 shall be required to participate in a family development program identified in rules adopted by the department.
Participant parents who are nineteen years of age or younger shall be required to attend parenting classes.
The department shall require, subject to the availability of child care for a minor parent’s children, that a minor parent must either have graduated from high school or have received a high school equivalency diploma, or be engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements.
In determining family investment program eligibility and calculating the amount of assistance, the department shall disregard earnings of an applicant or a participant who is nineteen years of age or younger who is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements.
The department shall do all of the following with newly eligible and existing participant parents: