Sec.17b-616-22. Family support payments

(a) Family Support payments shall be used to pay for disability-related expenses incurred on behalf of the child with a disability.

(b) The Department shall require a written participant agreement between the Department and the family applicant accepted into the program. The terms of the participant agreement shall include:

(1) The recipient must reside in the same household and have primary responsibility for the continuous care of a child, who has a developmental disability other than mental retardation. The child must be under the age of eighteen (18).

(2) The recipient must agree to provide information about the expenditures made with the Family Support Grant to the Department.

(3) The recipient must notify the Department within fifteen (15) days of any change in income or any other circumstances which affect eligibility.

(4) The Department will redetermine eligibility at least semi-annually.

(5) Upon full execution of the participant agreement the Department shall provide the family applicant with a monthly check for the agreed upon amount of family support.

(Effective November 30, 1995)