40 Tex. Admin. Code § 809.41 - A Child's General Eligibility for Child Care Services
(a) Except for a child receiving or needing
protective services as described in §
809.49 of this chapter, for a
child to be eligible to receive child care services, at the time of eligibility
determination or redetermination, a Board shall ensure that the
child:
(1) meets one of the following age
requirements:
(A) be under 13 years of age;
or
(B) be a child with disabilities
under 19 years of age;
(2) is a United States citizen or legal
immigrant as determined under applicable federal laws, regulations, and
guidelines; and
(3) resides with:
(A) a family within the Board's workforce
area:
(i) whose income does not exceed 85
percent of the state median income (SMI) for a family of the same size;
and
(ii) whose assets do not exceed
$1,000,000 as certified by a family member; or
(iii) that meets the definition of
experiencing homelessness as defined in §
809.2 of this
chapter.
(B) parents who
require child care in order to work, including job search, or attend a job
training or educational program; or
(C) a person standing in loco parentis for
the child while the child's parent is on military deployment and the deployed
military parent's income does not exceed the limits set forth in subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph.
(b) A Board shall ensure that child care
services while the parent is enrolled full-time in a postsecondary
undergraduate educational program is provided for, but does not exceed, a
cumulative total of 60 months.
(c)
A Board may establish a policy to allow parents attending a program that leads
to an undergraduate degree from an institution of higher education to be exempt
from residing with the child as defined in §
809.2 of this
chapter.
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