Section 4-402 - Program established.
§ 4-402. Program established.
(a) In general.-
(1) To implement the policies set forth in this subtitle, the Secretary shall establish in each local department a program of services to families with children.
(2) The program shall be available to:
(i) those families who are receiving temporary cash assistance or Supplemental Security Income; and
(ii) those families whose gross income is 80% or less of this State's median income adjusted for family size in accordance with regulations adopted by the Social Services Administration.
(b) Services to families with children enumerated.- For purposes of this subtitle, services to families with children are:
(1) functional services to help a family resolve a situational crisis brought on by catastrophe, deprivation of income, lack of shelter, physical illness, mental illness, death, desertion, or abandonment;
(2) family counseling:
(i) to resolve marital conflict, familial conflict, and parent-child relationship problems; and
(ii) to teach child care and development and parenting skills;
(3) information and referral services to teach families how to locate and use community services, including health care services; and
(4) home management services to teach the management of household duties and responsibilities, including budgeting skills.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, §§ 121, 122; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1996, ch. 351, § 4; 2005, ch. 464, § 3.]