The Cash Assistance program provides temporary cash benefits and supportive services to the neediest children and their families. The program helps these families meet their basic needs for well-being and safety and serves as their bridge back to self-sufficiency. Of particular importance for a parent(s) receiving cash benefits is completing and signing a Personal Responsibility Agreement with the Department that specifies their willingness to engage in work activities that will lead to employment and to comply with child support payments, if applicable.
The Cash Assistance program also provides income assistance to families in which the dependent child is being raised by relatives or a legal guardian in order to provide the child with family stability. The Cash Assistance application form serves as an application for General Assistance, Food Stamps and AHCCCS medical insurance. In this way, families provide information only once to determine if they are eligible for these services.
