Section 19. A pregnant teen who meets all other eligibility requirements shall be eligible to live in a teen parent shelter or participate in a teen living program during such pregnant teen’s entire pregnancy and shall be eligible to receive cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children if the pregnant teen meets the school attendance requirements in 106 CMR 203.610 and 106 CMR 203.630.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 118 sec. 19

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Parent: shall include , in addition to the father and mother of the dependent child, the following:— stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister; any blood relative, including those of the half blood, except cousins who are more distantly related than first cousins; adoptive relative of equal propinquity to the foregoing; and spouses of any such persons. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 118 sec. 1
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