Effective Date - October 1, 2009

701                 Participation in Approved Activity

Child Care - ARW, Chapt. 1, Purchase of Service

A.    Require a parent(s)/caretaker(s) who is requesting child care assistance to be participating in an approved activity in order to receive child care.

B.    Consider the following approved activities:

1.    Employment or self-employment (see Section 903);

2.    Attending an educational program and making satisfactory progress;

3.    Participating in and cooperating with the SNAP E&T components;

4.    Meeting the POWER Pay-After-Performance requirements;

5.    Participating in employment related training.

6.    Participating in a job search.

C.   Require both parents/caretakers in a two adult assistance unit to be participating during the same hours to establish a need for child care.

D.   Child care assistance shall be available for a child(ren) in a two parent/caretaker assistance unit when one parent/caretaker is disabled and unable to care for the child(ren) if:

1.    Child care is necessary to allow the other parent/caretaker to maintain employment;

2.    The disability and the inability of the parent/caretaker to care for the child(ren) is verified by a medical professional;

3.    Verification has been submitted to document the parent with the disability is following prescribed medical treatment; and

4.    The assistance unit is pursuing and accepting any other available resources to move the assistance unit toward self-sufficiency, i.e., applying for SSI, working with DVR, etc.

E.    Require the minor parent and the parent(s) of a minor parent, when living together, to be working or attending an educational program during the same hours to establish a need for child care.

F.    Consider a child(ren) of a parent(s)/caretaker(s) who loses POWER eligibility due to noncompliance ineligible while the POWER payment is in $1 nonpayment status.

1.    Eligibility may begin again when the parent(s)/caretaker(s) begins to cooperate with POWER performance requirements; or

2.    The POWER case closes and the parent(s)/caretaker(s) is employed an average of 20 or more hours per week.