Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 56-210 (2026)
Amount of assistance.
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Amount of assistance.
(1) The amount of public assistance which any eligible person or family may receive shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the state department subject to the availability of funds for such assistance.
(2) Old age assistance, aid to the blind and aid to the permanently and totally disabled shall be granted to a person who is needy as defined by the department and who meets the nonfinancial requirements of title XVI of the social security act.
(3) The department may also increase or decrease the payment for groups of cases where the circumstances are specifically identified. The department shall be the single state agency for administration of public assistance programs or plans that receive federal funding.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1953–1993 · leading case: Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979).
Hayman v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 604 P.2d 724 (Idaho 1979). “" I.C. § 56-210 is, of course, the statutory mandate for that language above which I have emphasized.”
Newland v. Child, 254 P.2d 1066 (Idaho 1953). “I.C. § 56-210. Under its provisions and under the regulations which it authorizes, personal property, as well as real property owned by the recipient is taken into consideration in determining the type and amount of assistance,-so that all are treated fairly and without…”
State Ex Rel. Rich v. Idaho Power Co., 346 P.2d 596 (Idaho 1959). “, §§ 56-210 and 56-224a), this Court in holding that the act was not in violation of Idaho Const.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Martz v. Reid, 865 P.2d 999 (Idaho Ct. App. 1993). “As used in this statute, "needy" means: the condition where a person or family does not have income and available resources in accordance with the provisions of section 56-210, Idaho Code. I.C. § 56 — 201(q).”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare Ex Rel. Bowler v. Bowler, 782 P.2d 63 (Idaho Ct. App. 1989). “56-201(/) to mean money payments with respect to or in behalf of needy dependent children, who are deprived of parental care or support by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent; “Needy” shall mean the condition where a…”
White v. Pierce, 628 F. Supp. 932 (D. Idaho 1986). “Plaintiffs must prove that the administration of the Social Security Act by way of the regulations of Health and Human Services, the Idaho Code, and the regulations of IDHW, caused the alleged illegal administration of the Housing Act as they interact.”
Univ. of Utah Med. Ctr. v. Bonneville Cnty., 529 P.2d 1304 (Idaho 1974). “) General authority for the amount of assistance is found in I.C. § 56-210, which provides: "The amount of assistance which any recipient shall be eligible to receive shall be determined, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department, with due regard to…”
Jagow v. Child, 521 P.2d 654 (Idaho 1974). “The pertinent conclusions of law by the examiner are as follows: “II “It is concluded that Idaho Code 56-210 requires that the amount of public assistance awarded to a recipient will be computed ‘with due regard to the income and resources available to him from whatever source.”
Tappen v. State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, 641 P.2d 994 (Idaho 1982). “§ 602 (a)(7); I.C. § 56-210; 45 C.F.R. 233.20(a)(1), (2), (3).”
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