7 AAC 41.350 - Eligible child

(a) Subject to (b) and (c) of this section, a child eligible to participate in the child care assistance program under this chapter is an individual

(1) who is younger than 13 years of age;

(2) whose family's income does not exceed 85 percent of the state median income as described in 7 AAC 41.335(b) for a family of the same size, and whose family's assets do not exceed $1,000,000, as certified by a member of that family under 7 AAC 41.315(c);

(3) who

(A) resides with a parent or parents who are working or attending a job training or educational program; or

(B) is receiving, or needs to receive, protective services and resides with a parent or parents not described in

(4) who is

(A) of this paragraph; and (4) who is (A) a United States citizen;

(B) a United States national; or

(C) a qualified alien under 8 U.S.C. 1613 and 1641.

(b) A child described in (a) of this section is not eligible to participate in the program during the time school is in session and the child is enrolled in grades 1 - 12 of an academic program, of any public, private, or home school, or other school described in 4 AAC 60.010, according to the schedule of the school. However, a child may receive services for up to 50 hours in a month if the child is in child care because of being too ill at attend school.

(c) A child described in (a) of this section is eligible to participate in the program through the end of the family's current eligibility period, if the participating child turns 13 years of age during the family's current eligibility period.

Notes

7 AAC 41.350

Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178; am 1/5/2017, Register 221, April 2017; am 10/31/2019, Register 232, January 2020

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.25.001

AS 47.25.095