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Subchapter A. Eligibility for Financial Assistance and Services
Section 31.001. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Sec. 31.001. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. The commission shall...
Section 31.002. Definition of Dependent Child - Sec. 31.002. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD. (a) In this chapter,...
Section 31.0021. Definition of Nonrecipient Parent - Sec. 31.0021. DEFINITION OF NONRECIPIENT PARENT. (a) Except as provided...
Section 31.003. Amount of Financial Assistance - Sec. 31.003. AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) The executive commissioner...
Section 31.0031. Responsibility Agreement - Sec. 31.0031. RESPONSIBILITY AGREEMENT. (a) The commission shall require each...
Section 31.0032. Payment of Assistance for Performance - Sec. 31.0032. PAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE FOR PERFORMANCE. (a) Except as...
Section 31.0033. Good Cause Hearing for Failure to Cooperate - Sec. 31.0033. GOOD CAUSE HEARING FOR FAILURE TO COOPERATE. (a)...
Section 31.00331. Additional Penalty for Continuous Failure to Cooperate - Sec. 31.00331. ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR CONTINUOUS FAILURE TO COOPERATE. A...
Section 31.0035. Transitional Child-Care Services - Sec. 31.0035. TRANSITIONAL CHILD-CARE SERVICES. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission...
Section 31.0036. Dependent Child's Income - Sec. 31.0036. DEPENDENT CHILD'S INCOME. The commission may not consider...
Section 31.0038. Temporary Exclusion of New Spouse's Income - Sec. 31.0038. TEMPORARY EXCLUSION OF NEW SPOUSE'S INCOME. (a) Subject...
Section 31.0039. Exclusion of Assets in Prepaid Tuition Programs and Higher Education Savings Plans - Sec. 31.0039. EXCLUSION OF ASSETS IN PREPAID TUITION PROGRAMS AND...
Section 31.004. Foster Care - Sec. 31.004. FOSTER CARE. The Department of Family and Protective...
Section 31.0041. Supplemental Financial Assistance for Certain Persons - Sec. 31.0041. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN PERSONS. (a) To...
Section 31.005. Dependent Child Residing With Relatives - Sec. 31.005. DEPENDENT CHILD RESIDING WITH RELATIVES. (a) If after...
Section 31.0051. Minor Parent Residing With Relatives - Sec. 31.0051. MINOR PARENT RESIDING WITH RELATIVES. If the commission...
Section 31.006. Welfare and Related Services - Sec. 31.006. WELFARE AND RELATED SERVICES. (a) The commission shall...
Section 31.0065. Time-Limited Benefits - Sec. 31.0065. TIME-LIMITED BENEFITS. (a) The commission may provide financial...
Section 31.0066. Hardship Exemptions From Federal Time Limits - Sec. 31.0066. HARDSHIP EXEMPTIONS FROM FEDERAL TIME LIMITS. (a) The...
Section 31.007. Financial Assistance to Individuals in Institutions - Sec. 31.007. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS. A person...
Section 31.008. Counseling and Guidance Services - Sec. 31.008. COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES. (a) If the commission...
Section 31.0095. Needs Assessment - Sec. 31.0095. NEEDS ASSESSMENT. The commission shall assist a recipient...
Section 31.010. Support Services - Sec. 31.010. SUPPORT SERVICES. (a) Subject to the availability of...
Section 31.012. Mandatory Work or Participation in Employment Activities Through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Employment Program - Sec. 31.012. MANDATORY WORK OR PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH...
Section 31.0121. Skills Assessment and Development for Certain Recipients and Certain Nonrecipient Parents - Sec. 31.0121. SKILLS ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS AND...
Section 31.0124. Referral to Educational Programs - Sec. 31.0124. REFERRAL TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The Texas Workforce Commission...
Section 31.0126. Employment Programs - Sec. 31.0126. EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission by...
Section 31.01261. Provision of Employment Services to Certain Nonrecipient Parents - Sec. 31.01261. PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO CERTAIN NONRECIPIENT PARENTS....
Section 31.0127. Coordination of Services to Certain Clients - Sec. 31.0127. COORDINATION OF SERVICES TO CERTAIN CLIENTS. (a) The...
Section 31.0128. Coordinated Interagency Plan - Sec. 31.0128. COORDINATED INTERAGENCY PLAN. (a) The commission and the...
Section 31.0129. Coordinated Plan to Improve Interagency Transitions - Sec. 31.0129. COORDINATED PLAN TO IMPROVE INTERAGENCY TRANSITIONS. (a) The...
Section 31.0135. Parenting Skills Training - Sec. 31.0135. PARENTING SKILLS TRAINING. (a) The commission, in cooperation...
Section 31.015. Healthy Marriage Development Program - Sec. 31.015. HEALTHY MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) Subject to available...
Section 31.016. Service Referrals for Certain Recipients - Sec. 31.016. SERVICE REFERRALS FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS. To the extent...
Section 31.017. Healthy Marriages and Strong Families Grant Program - Sec. 31.017. HEALTHY MARRIAGES AND STRONG FAMILIES GRANT PROGRAM. (a)...
Section 31.018. Marriage and Family Program Funding - Sec. 31.018. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PROGRAM FUNDING. (a) To the...
Subchapter B. Administration of Financial Assistance and Services
Section 31.031. Application for Assistance - Sec. 31.031. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE. (a) The executive commissioner by...
Section 31.0315. Determination of Parentage - Sec. 31.0315. DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE. (a) A parent applying for...
Section 31.032. Investigation and Determination of Eligibility - Sec. 31.032. INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. (a) On receipt...
Section 31.0322. Victims of Family Violence - Sec. 31.0322. VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. (a) The executive commissioner,...
Section 31.0324. Assignment of Protective Payee - Sec. 31.0324. ASSIGNMENT OF PROTECTIVE PAYEE. (a) In this section,...
Section 31.0326. Verification of Identity and Prevention of Duplicate Participation - Sec. 31.0326. VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY AND PREVENTION OF DUPLICATE PARTICIPATION....
Section 31.033. Reinvestigation and Redetermination of Eligibility - Sec. 31.033. REINVESTIGATION AND REDETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. (a) The commission...
Section 31.034. Appeal From Local Eligibility Offices - Sec. 31.034. APPEAL FROM LOCAL ELIGIBILITY OFFICES. (a) An applicant...
Section 31.035. Method of Payment - Sec. 31.035. METHOD OF PAYMENT. (a) The commission shall periodically...
Section 31.0355. Use of Financial Assistance - Sec. 31.0355. USE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) Financial assistance granted...
Section 31.036. Eligibility of Person Leaving the State - Sec. 31.036. ELIGIBILITY OF PERSON LEAVING THE STATE. A recipient...
Section 31.037. Payment of Financial Assistance Funds on Death of Recipient - Sec. 31.037. PAYMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS ON DEATH OF...
Section 31.038. Cancellation of Unused Benefits - Sec. 31.038. CANCELLATION OF UNUSED BENEFITS. The commission may cancel...
Section 31.039. Issuance of Replacement Financial Assistance Warrants and Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards - Sec. 31.039. ISSUANCE OF REPLACEMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WARRANTS AND ELECTRONIC...
Section 31.040. Nontransferability of Assistance Funds - Sec. 31.040. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF ASSISTANCE FUNDS. The right to financial...
Section 31.041. Right to Assistance Not Vested - Sec. 31.041. RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE NOT VESTED. (a) The provisions...
Section 31.042. Proration of Financial Assistance - Sec. 31.042. PRORATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. If at any time...
Section 31.043. Fill-the-Gap Budgeting - Sec. 31.043. FILL-THE-GAP BUDGETING. (a) To extend the period of...
Section 31.044. Inactive Electronic Benefits Transfer Account - Sec. 31.044. INACTIVE ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER ACCOUNT. (a) This section...
Section 31.045. Peace Officers - Sec. 31.045. PEACE OFFICERS. The commission's office of inspector general...
Subchapter C. Limitation on Amount of Financial Assistance
Section 31.051. Definition - Sec. 31.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state budget" shall equal...
Section 31.052. Limitation on Amount of Financial Assistance - Sec. 31.052. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. For each...
Section 31.053. Determination by Legislative Budget Board - Sec. 31.053. DETERMINATION BY LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD. (a) With regard...