Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-7,130

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dependent children: means needy children under the age of 18, or who are under the age of 19 and are full-time students in secondary schools or the equivalent educational program who are in the care of a biological or adoptive parent, court appointed guardian, conservator or legal custodian and who are living with any relative, including first cousins, uncles, aunts, and persons of preceding generations are denoted by prefixes of grand, great, or great-great, and including the spouses or former spouses of any persons named in the above groups, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as their own home. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Secretary: means the secretary for children and families, unless otherwise specified. See Kansas Statutes 39-702

(a) The secretary for children and families shall seek a waiver under federal law to allow two-parent families otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children to be eligible even though the principal wage earner may be working more than the allowable hours per month and have not worked in the required quarters of the year or earned less than required in such quarters of the year, or both; to allow pregnant women otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children to be eligible for aid to families with dependent children from the first month of pregnancy; and to allow children otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children foster care to be eligible even though the child’s family does not meet aid to families with dependent children criteria.

(b) As used in this section, terms have the meanings provided by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-702, and amendments thereto.

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