(1) Families with children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement shall be eligible for emergency assistance. Assistance shall be available to or on behalf of a needy child under twenty-one years of age and any other member of the household in which the child lives if:
Such child is living with any of the relatives described in section 26-2-103 (4)(a) in aplace of residence maintained by the relative as the relative's own home;
Such child is without resources immediately accessible to meet the child's needs; and
The emergency assistance is necessary to avoid destitution or to provide living arrangements for the child in a home.
Assistance shall be authorized for a family no more than once during a twelve-monthperiod.
Emergency assistance provided pursuant to this article shall be used for, but shall notbe limited to, the following:
Twenty-four-hour emergency shelter facilities or caretakers for children who must beremoved from their homes in emergency situations;
Counseling, including crisis counseling available by telephone twenty-four hours aday;
Information referral;
Intensive family preservation services;
In-home supportive homemaker services;
Services used to develop and implement a discrete case plan, as provided by thefederal "Social Security Act";
Day treatment services for children.
Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 2000, § 1, effective June 9. L. 97: (3)(f) amended, p. 1244, § 49, effective July 1.