<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.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0 { 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.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.37in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000005 { background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000006 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000007 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000008 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:79"><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000000">67:12:01:79</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">.  Assistance unit ineligible after </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001"> months.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> An assistance unit which includes an adult who has received assistance for </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> months is ineligible for assistance under this article. The </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> months do not have to be consecutive and do not begin to count until December 1996.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    In determining the number of months the adult received assistance, the department shall disregard</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    (1)  A</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">ny months during which the individual was a minor child and not the head of a household or married to the head of the household</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">; </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    (2)  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">ny months during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation or in an Alaskan native village if, during the month, at least </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">one thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> individuals were living on the reservation or in the village and at least </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> percent of the adults living on the reservation or in the village were unemployed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> 23 SDR 152, effective March 14, 1997</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003">6</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000003">-1</span></a><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0">    </span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000004"><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000005">No assistance for more than five years, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.104-193, § 408(a)(7) 110 Stat. 2137 (1996)</span><span class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000005">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000007"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531C0-000005">    Disregard of months of assistance received by adult while living on an Indian reservation or in an Alaskan native village with fifty percent unemployment, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, § 408(a)(7)(D) 110 Stat. 2138 (1996).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531P0-000008"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3ba21e14-a4e2-4549-868f-b86697767531000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>