Utah Admin. Code R986-700-709 - Employment Support Child Care Assistance
(1) Parents who are not eligible for FEP CC
may be eligible for Employment Support (ES) CC.
(2) ES CC is available in the following
circumstances:
(a) In a single-parent
household, the single parent must be the custodial parent of the eligible child
and must be:
(i) employed an average of at
least 15 hours per week;
(ii)
employed to the single parent's full capacity if the single parent has a
disability that has been verified and confirmed by the Department;
(iii) enrolled and participating in either an
in-person, formal course of study or online courses with a set class schedule
to obtain a high school diploma or GED;
(iv) employed an average of at least 15 hours
per week and participating in education and training activities as defined in
Section R986-700-711; or
(v) enrolled in a WIOA or TANF non-FEP funded
training or educational program approved by the Department.
(b) Two-parent households.
(i) In a two-parent household, the parents
must be:
(A) employed, with one parent
employed an average of at least 30 hours per week and the second parent
employed an average of at least 15 hours per week;
(B) employed to both parents' full capacities
if one or both parents has a disability that has been verified and confirmed by
the Department;
(C) employed, with
one parent employed an average of at least 30 hours per week and the second
parent employed an average of at least 15 hours per week and participating in
education and training activities as defined in Section
R986-700-711;
(D) enrolled and participating in an
in-person, formal course of study or online courses with a set class schedule
to obtain a high school diploma or GED; or
(E) enrolled in a WIOA or TANF non-FEP funded
training or educational program approved by the Department.
(ii)
(A) The Department shall authorize ES CC to
two-parent households only when neither the parents' work schedules nor course
schedules can be changed to provide care for the parents' child.
(B) The Department may authorize ES CC when
both parents are enrolled and participating in a formal course of study to
obtain a high school diploma or GED.
(C) The Department may authorize ES CC when
one parent is working and the second parent is participating in the formal
course of study to obtain a high school diploma or GED.
(D) The Department may authorize ES CC when
both parents are enrolled and participating in approved WIOA or TANF non-FEP
funded training or education.
(E)
The Department may authorize ES CC when one parent is working and the second
parent is participating in approved WIOA or TANF non-FEP funded training or
education.
(c)
Self-employed parents.
(i) Self-employed
parents may receive ES CC if they meet the minimum work requirements and earn
wages or profit from self-employment at a rate equal to at least minimum wage,
calculated by dividing the wage or profit earned through self-employment by the
number of hours worked in the timeframe used to determine
eligibility.
(ii) A self-employed
parent shall submit business records for the most recent three-month period of
self-employment to establish that the self-employed parent is earning at least
minimum wage.
(iii) An exception to
the requirement that a self-employed parent earn at least minimum wage may
apply if the self-employed parent has a barrier to other types of
employment.
(3) Employment Support CC shall be provided
to cover the hours the parent needs child care for employment or approved
educational or training activities.
(4) Disability.
(a) A household may verify a disability under
this section by establishing:
(i) the disabled
parent has an inability to earn a minimum of $500 per month;
(ii) the disabled parent has a temporary
physical, emotional, or mental incapacity expected to last 30 days or longer
that has been verified by the household by submitting the following, and the
incapacity is confirmed by the Department:
(A)
evidence that the disabled parent receives disability benefits from SSA if it
proves the incapacity prevents the parent from providing care for the parent's
child;
(B) a determination by VA
that the parent is 100% disabled if it proves the incapacity prevents the
parent from providing care for the parent's child; or
(C) a written statement from a licensed:
(I) medical doctor;
(II) doctor of osteopathy;
(III) Mental Health Therapist as defined in
Section 58-60-102;
(IV) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse;
or
(V) Physician's Assistant;
and
(iii) in a
two-parent household, the disabled parent is unable to provide care for the
child while the other parent is employed.
(b) A parent who is employed and earning more
than $500 per month or participating in educational or training activities will
not be considered disabled under this section unless the Department confirms
the disability.
(5) As
used in this section the term "employment" does not include:
(a) AmeriCorps* Vista, Job Corps and other
similar training activities; or
(b)
Work Study activities.
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