| Name |
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Emergency
Assistance To Families With Children (EAFC) - The exact details vary in each jurisdiction.
You can find out about your county by contacting your local Department of Social Services. |
| Non-Financial
Eligibility Conditions |
|
Details
are on the Department of Human resources' web site.
Family with dependent children under the
age of 21 facing an immediate crisis including, but not limited to,
eviction notices, mortgage foreclosures, gas and electric turn-off notices
and delinquent water bills
|
| Income
Eligibility Conditions |
|
The
family must agree to use their available income, contributions and other
resources like bank accounts to help resolve the emergency. Families who
lack funds to meet a crisis can apply for benefits. |
| Asset
Eligibility Conditions |
|
|
| Benefit |
|
Emergency
Assistance may cover the emergency need to handle eviction notices,
mortgage foreclosures, gas and electric turn-off notices and delinquent
water bills.
How are the benefits calculated?
|
| Apply
At |
|
Department of Social
Services. Find your local DSS Office |
| Appeals
 |
|
You can appeal any denial, termination, or
reduction of benefits. Appeal must be filed in writing at the DSS office. It
is best to file it in person and to get a receipt showing that you filed the appeal.
Appeals must be filed within 90 days of the action, or you cannot get an appeal.
Application
for appeals is located here under "other forms". |
| Source
of the Funds |
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|
| You
Also Would Be Eligible For |
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|
| Sources
Of Law
 |
|
State
Regulations: COMAR
07.03.08.00 to 07.03.08.9999 This link goes to the table of contents
for the regulations of the Family Investment Administration. Click
the title to "07.03.08 Emergency Assistance to Families with
Children (EAFC)" to see a list of the regulations governing EAFC.
Clicking on the number of each regulation opens that regulation. To
read another regulation in the series, use your browser's back button to
return to the list and select another regulation.
State
Law: This program is under the authority of the Maryland Department
of Human Resources, Article
88A and is part of the "Family
Investment Program."
Federal
Regulations: The governing regulations are in 45
CFR (Public Welfare), Subtitle B, Chapter II (Office of Family Assistance)
State
Policy Materials |
| Other |
|
There may be other
emergency financial assistance available in your county either through DSS or private
social service agencies that are funded in other ways, including private
contributions. Ask your local Department of Social Services. |
