§ 169. Eligibility. Each of the following persons who is a resident of
the state on the date of making application for veteran assistance shall
be eligible for such assistance if he or she is unable to provide for
himself or herself, or is unable to secure support from a legally
responsible relative, and is not receiving needed assistance or care
under other provisions of this chapter, or from other sources:

1. A veteran;

2. The wife, husband, child or grandchild under the age of twenty-one
years, father, mother, stepfather or stepmother of a veteran, if living
with the veteran;

3. The unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran;

4. The dependent children under the age of twenty-one years or the
incapacitated children of a deceased veteran.