53-4-607. Exemptions from time limitations in pathways and community services program. (1) Recipients of FAIM financial assistance under the FAIM project may be exempted from the time limitations on assistance under pathways and the community services program contained in 53-4-603 as provided by the department by rule.
     (2) In establishing categories of individuals who are exempt from the time limitations on assistance under pathways, the department may take into consideration factors that may delay an individual's attainment of self-sufficiency, including but not limited to the following:
     (a) The individual has a verifiable illness, injury, or physical or mental disability.
     (b) The individual is of advanced age.
     (c) The individual does not have necessary state-paid child care available.
     (d) The individual is attending high school or is working toward a graduate equivalency diploma, if the individual is under 18 years of age.
     (e) The individual is the parent of a child under 1 year of age.
     (f) The individual is providing care to a household member with a disability who requires special care.
     (g) The individual is a teenage parent receiving assistance in the individual's own name and participating in activities pursuant to a family investment agreement.
     (h) The department failed to substantially comply with its obligations under the family investment agreement.
     (i) The individual is a victim of domestic violence as defined by the department by rule.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 491, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 486, L. 1997.