Price v. Department of Human Services

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Department of Human Services (the department) determining that claimant’s household is ineligible for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a state and federally funded program that benefits children who are “deprived of parental support” because of, among other things, the unemployment of a parent. ORS 412.001(3)(a)(A). The department based its denial on its administrative rule providing that no deprivation occurs “based on unemployment” if the parent who is the primary wage earner has been or would be disqualified from receiving unemployment…