<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000004 { background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000005 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:76"><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000000">67:12:01:76</span></a><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001">.  Exceptions to eligibility requirements for parents under the age of eighteen.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> The department shall waive the requirement contained in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:75"><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">67:12:01:75</span></a><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">(1) if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    (1)  There is no living adult relative;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    (2)  No living adult relatives will allow the minor parent and child to live with them; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    (3)  The department determines</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> based on evidence</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> that the minor parent and child would be subjected to serious physical or emotional harm if they were to live with an adult relative.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    If the department determines that it is not in the best interests of the minor parent and child to live with an adult relative, the department may require the minor parent and child to live in an adult-supervised living arrangement. The adult-supervised living arrangement must be approved by the department and must provide child development, family budgeting, health and nutrition, and other </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">parenting </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">skills to promote the minor parent's long-term economic independence and the well-being of the child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> 23 SDR 152, effective March 14, 1997</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">28-</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">28-</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">6</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000002">-1</span></a><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0">    </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0"> </span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000004">Exceptions to living arrangements, No assistance for teenage parents not living in adult-supervised settings--Exception, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, § 408(a)(5)(B) 110 Stat. 2136 (1996)</span><span class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fC0-000005">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd14b1561-ba05-4ee6-83ab-f790b7b2d33f000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>