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FIP Eligibility - Child Support - Iowa

FIP applicants and participants must assign to the Department of Human Services any rights to support for a member of the FIP eligible group. Upon FIP approval, support payments must be directed to the Department. The Department retains collected support payments up to the amount of FIP assistance paid out on behalf of the family. While on FIP assistance, the family must refund to the Department any support payments received directly. Upon termination of FIP assistance, support payments are issued directly to the family.

All applicants and participants must cooperate with the Department in establishing paternity and securing support for persons whose needs are included in the FIP grant unless good cause for not cooperating is established. For example, good cause exists if cooperation can reasonably be anticipated to result in physical or emotional harm to the child for whom support is sought or to the child’s parent (or non-parental caretaker). However, failure to cooperate without good cause results in a 25% reduction of the family's FIP grant.

Child support that the Department collects and retains is not counted when determining the family’s FIP eligibility or benefit amount. However, cash support payments in excess of $50 per month the family receives directly are counted as unearned income in determining FIP eligibility and the amount of the grant.

Source: Iowa DHS Employees’ Policy Manual

Title 4, Family Investment Program (FIP)

· Chapter C, Nonfinancial Eligibility, Assignment of Support

· Chapter C, Nonfinancial Eligibility, Cooperation with Child Support Recovery

· Chapter E, Income, Treatment of Support for Applicants

· Chapter E, Income, Treatment of Support for Participants

Legal Reference: 441 Iowa Administrative Code 41.22(5), (6), (7) and (8); 41.27(1)"h

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