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The family’s program benefits will end after the three-month period of job search activities, unless the parent has resumed work or is attending an educational or training activity.

If the parent’s last day of the eligible activity was prior to the date their application was stamped received, the parent is not considered to be in an eligible activity and the application is pended for proof of an eligible activity and income.

The parent is to be offered three (3) months of job search to begin the month after the application was received. The employment, educational or training activity and income reported on the application is used to establish the budget and co-pay and for the child care need. The parent is advised of the requirement to report, within ten (10) days of securing and eligible activity of employment, education or training activity and to provide verification. The parent is also advised if they are not able to secure an eligible activity or do not provide verification, they will not be eligible at the end of the three (3) month job search timeframe. See sections 4070-3 D. PASS II and PASS III Parent Eligible Activities and 4120-1 B. Changes Negatively Impacting the PASS II and PASS III Family Benefit.

If a parent of the family is self-employed, the family is advised they must maintain their State of Alaska business license, and/or other required license, permit, or certificate necessary to perform the work, throughout their certification period or it may result in an incorrect payment determination which would require repayment of programbenefits.

If a parent reports a known change in their activity that will occur in the next twelve (12) months, which may or may not affect the level of careneeded for that timeframe, care will be authorized to include the anticipated changes.

Once a determination of approval is made, if the family reports a temporary change of eligible activity, no changes will be made to reduce the level of care authorized. A change to add additional care or to authorize care for a month not previously authorized will be made.

d. Changes