Filed as: Article 67:12 Assistance Payments
The Department of Social Services is updating this assistance-payments rule to reflect current statutory authority and modernize the language throughout. The changes primarily involve reorganizing chapters, removing outdated programs (such as emergency assistance, job training, and transitional child care programs that no longer operate), and updating references to match current law and federal regulations. Citizens applying for or receiving aid to families with dependent children will see no change in eligibility requirements or benefits, but the department's internal rules now align with SDCL 28-6-1 instead of outdated statutes. The rewrite also standardizes terminology (capitalizing acronyms consistently, using "must" instead of "shall") and fixes cross-references to ensure the rule text is accurate and easier to understand.
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This rule change package updates rules to reflect current statutory authority, per LRC’s request, with form and style edits throughout.
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