§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Aid to parents with dependent children
§ 2B Application form; contents
§ 3 Duties of department
§ 3A Access to information by department for purpose of locating, establishing and enforcing liability of persons obligated to pay support
§ 3B Employment counseling and job training program
§ 3C Pathways to self-sufficiency program
§ 4A Aid to dependent children during absence of parents or children from commonwealth; reciprocal agreements
§ 4B New Chardon street shelter; continued assistance for eligible families; sliding scale system of fees
§ 5 Reports of department
§ 9 Eligibility to receive veterans’ benefits; option; waiver
§ 10 Exemption from trustee process; assignment; false statement or fraud
§ 11 Institutions furnishing care; application for aid; payment
§ 12 Temporary absences from commonwealth; presumption of abandonment of residency and eligibility for assistance
§ 13 Job search requirements for non-exempt adult applicants for assistance; submission of proof of initial job search and weekly reaffirmation
§ 14 Benefit period for individuals who are part of a 2 parent assistance unit
§ 15 Economic independence goals; demonstration of good faith attempt to meet goals as condition of additional benefits or extension
§ 16 Economic independence accounts
§ 17 Proof of income and assets for unverified applicants
§ 18 Education or training activities for purposes of meeting work requirement
§ 19 Eligibility of pregnant teens to receive cash or other assistance
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 118 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Parent: shall include , in addition to the father and mother of the dependent child, the following:— stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister; any blood relative, including those of the half blood, except cousins who are more distantly related than first cousins; adoptive relative of equal propinquity to the foregoing; and spouses of any such persons. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 118 sec. 1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.