39-7-303. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older.
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and industry as provided in 2-15-1701.
(3) "Displaced homemaker" means an adult who:
(a) has worked as an adult primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family and for that reason has diminished marketable skills and who has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of a relative but is no longer supported by that income; or
(b) (i) is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become ineligible to receive cash assistance, as defined in 53-4-201, pursuant to Title 53, chapter 4, part 2, within 2 years of the parent's application for displaced homemaker assistance;
(ii) is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining any employment or suitable employment, as appropriate; or
(iii) meets the qualifications described in subsection (3)(a) or (3)(b) and is a criminal offender.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 709, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 486, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 465, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 41, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 7. Women in Employment Displaced Homemakers
39-7-304. Multipurpose service programs for displaced homemakers -- administrators
39-7-305. Programs to aid displaced homemakers
39-7-306. Rulemaking duties of commissioner
39-7-307. Acceptance of funds by administrator of local program
39-7-308. Evaluation of multipurpose service programs -- reports to the commissioner