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House Journal: Page 2036: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 HOMES.
1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a.  "Host home" means a host home authorized in accordance with
the provisions of this section and licensed by the department to
provide a living arrangement and related services to minor
parents and pregnant minors or an alternative adult supervised
placement approved by the department.
b.  "Minor parent" means a recipient of or applicant for
assistance who is less than eighteen years of age and has never
been married.
2.  The department shall perform a home assessment of a minor
parent who applies for assistance to assess the minor parent's
living arrangement prior to the granting of assistance.  If a
minor parent is receiving assistance at the time the provisions
of this section are implemented, the department shall perform a
home assessment as a condition of continued assistance.
3.  If the department determines, based upon the home
assessment, that the minor parent is living in an environment
which is conducive to the positive upbringing of the minor
parent's child, the department may allow the minor parent to
continue living in the home with the parent or the legal
guardian of the minor parent or in another current living
arrangement which is approved by the department.
4.  If the department determines, based upon the home
assessment, that good cause exists for the minor parent to not
live with their parent or legal guardian or in the other current
living arrangement because the home environment is not conducive
to the minor parent's physical, emotional, or mental well-being,
the department shall require the minor parent to relocate to a
host home, as a condition of assistance under this chapter.  If
the minor parent does not live in a host home and the department
determines the resulting level of risk to the minor parent
warrants the filing of a child in need of assistance petition,
the department shall file the petition.
5.  If the department determines, based upon the home
assessment, that remaining in the current living arrangement is
not in the best interest of the minor parent or a child of the
minor parent and the minor parent is placed in a host home, the
parent or legal guardian shall be referred to the department's
child support recovery unit to establish a child support
obligation in accordance with the child support guidelines
prescribed pursuant to section 598.21, subsection 4, not to
exceed the cost of the host home placement.  However, if a child
in need of assistance petition is filed and the child is placed
in a foster care setting, the child support obligation shall be
determined as provided in section 234.39.
6.  a.  The department shall issue a request for proposals for
grants for nonprofit organizations to establish host homes to
provide adult supervision to minor parents and pregnant minors
presumed to be eligible for assistance.  A proposal shall
demonstrate the organization's ability to provide supervision,
services, and other support to enable a minor parent or pregnant
minor to develop self-sufficiency.
b.  Funding for a host home shall be obtained through assignment
of the minor parent's assistance under this chapter, as
permitted under federal law or waiver, through child support
recovered from the parent or legal guardian of the minor parent,
and through appropriations made for the purposes of reimbursing
host homes.
c.  The department shall adopt rules for licensing of host homes
which are

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