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Designees do not monitor the parent’s activity while they are utilizing job search as an eligible activity.

a. Participating Family A participating family remains eligible for participation when they timely report an end in one (1) parent’s or both parents’ eligible activity(ies) and request to use job search.

It is considered a temporary change if a parent in a participating family who is engaged in a self-employment endeavor does not renew their State of Alaska business license timely. If the parent does not renew their State of Alaska business license by the last day of March it becomes a non- temporary change of their eligible activity. The family is allowed three (3) full months of job search beginning April 1. If a parent does not request job search coverage when reporting the change in their activity, the Designee must advise the parent of the option of utilizing some or all of the job search time available to the parent or closing their case at the end of the current month. In a two (2) parent family, each parent’s use of job search is independent of the other parent and may or may not overlap, however; if a family’s certification period is extended due to job search, the maximum extension is three (3) full months.

If during the certification extension period for a two (2) parent family, the second (2nd) parent reports ending their eligible activity; additional time is not granted as the family must renew their participation with an application. Both parents must be in an eligible activity by the end of the three (3) month extension period as job search is not an eligible activity at the time of application.

• Job Search Requested When the parent in a one (1) parent family, or one (1) or both parents in a two (2) parent family, request child care coverage for job search activities, the time frame will begin the first (1st) of the following month for a period of three (3) full months. The Budget and Co-Pay information in ICCIS is not changed and family’s existing Child Care Assistance Authorization document(s) remain in place.

The Designee will set an alert for approximately the forty-