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b. On-line Setting An in-depth conversation with the parent must occur to determine the timeframes care is needed for on-line course work. This conversation must be documented in an ICCIS case note. If on-line sessions do not have specific instructional times or are ‘work at your own pace’, Designees are to allow one hour per credit per course to be considered in class time.

This also applies to those courses of study that do not have specific credits assigned to them such as an apprenticeship or vocational training program.

4. Training Training is considered an eligible activity if the training program is directly related to obtaining or enhancing a skill required to advance with their current employer or change career paths. Training includes learning opportunities provided by the individual’s employer, potential employer, or an outside source which has a structured learning environment and specific objectives, identifiable skills to be mastered and a start and end date. To determine if a training program is an eligible activity, the Designee reviews the training registration or documentation and maintains a copy in the parent’s case file.

5. Jury Duty Jury duty is considered an eligible activity due to it temporarily taking the place of the parent’s work; job search, job training or education activity. If a parent has jury duty at the time they submit their Child Care Assistance Application CC08, the Designee is to obtain information pertaining to their eligible activity of work, job training or an education activity and not the jury duty. In two (2) parent families, the second (2nd) parent must be participating in an eligible activity during the time the child is in care.

6. Incapacity as an Eligible Activity Applying families, who are not renewing participation, with one (1) or if both parents in a two (2) parent family are incapacitated at the time they submit their application and it is received by the Designee, they are not in an eligibleactivity.

If an applying two (2) parent family has one (1) parent in an eligible activity and the other parent is incapacitated, the parent who is in the eligible activity may receive child care assistance. The family must provide documentation completed by a health