Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-606
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Assistance payments
Official statutory text
If an application for family support assistance pursuant to the
Oklahoma Family Support Act is approved by the Department of Human
Services and Developmental Disabilities Services Division:
1. A family support assistance payment shall be paid to the
parent or legal guardian on behalf of a family member and shall be
considered a benefit to the family member;
2. The family support assistance payment shall be used to meet
the special needs of the family associated with the family member.
Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Family Support Act,
this assistance payment is intended to complement, not to supplant,
public assistance or other social service benefits based on economic
need, available through governmental programs;
3. The amount of the family support assistance payment shall be
a maximum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month. Increases to
this amount shall be determined annually by legislative
appropriation. In addition, the parent or legal guardian of a
family member who is in an out-of-home placement at the time of
application may receive a one-time, lump-sum advance payment of
twice the monthly family support assistance amount for the purpose
of meeting the special needs of the family to prepare for the
placement or return of the family member to in-home care.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 203
4. The parent or legal guardian who receives a family support
assistance payment shall report, in writing, at least the following
information to the Department:
a. not less than annually, a statement and any supporting
documentation requested by the Department that the
family support assistance payment was used to meet the
special needs of the family,
b. immediately, if the parent or legal guardian requests
termination of the family support assistance,
c. immediately, upon the occurrence of any event listed
in Section 7 of this act.
Oklahoma Family Support Act is approved by the Department of Human
Services and Developmental Disabilities Services Division:
1. A family support assistance payment shall be paid to the
parent or legal guardian on behalf of a family member and shall be
considered a benefit to the family member;
2. The family support assistance payment shall be used to meet
the special needs of the family associated with the family member.
Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Family Support Act,
this assistance payment is intended to complement, not to supplant,
public assistance or other social service benefits based on economic
need, available through governmental programs;
3. The amount of the family support assistance payment shall be
a maximum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month. Increases to
this amount shall be determined annually by legislative
appropriation. In addition, the parent or legal guardian of a
family member who is in an out-of-home placement at the time of
application may receive a one-time, lump-sum advance payment of
twice the monthly family support assistance amount for the purpose
of meeting the special needs of the family to prepare for the
placement or return of the family member to in-home care.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 203
4. The parent or legal guardian who receives a family support
assistance payment shall report, in writing, at least the following
information to the Department:
a. not less than annually, a statement and any supporting
documentation requested by the Department that the
family support assistance payment was used to meet the
special needs of the family,
b. immediately, if the parent or legal guardian requests
termination of the family support assistance,
c. immediately, upon the occurrence of any event listed
in Section 7 of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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