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Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.27.005 7 AAC 45.227. Assistance to a minor parent. (a) To qualify for assistance as a pregnant woman or as the caretaker relative of a dependent child, an applicant or recipient who is a minor parent must reside in a living arrangement that has been approved by the department. (b) The department will approve the minor parent’s living arrangement if the minor parent chooses to reside with the minor parent’s parent or legal guardian. (c) If the minor parent chooses to reside with an adult relative who is not the minor parent’s parent or legal guardian, the department may review the home of the adult relative. The department will not approve the living arrangement if the department finds that the living arrangement

(1) does not provide a supportive environment in which the minor parent is expected to learn and practice appropriate parenting skills and develop other skills to promote the long-term well-being and economic independence of the minor parent and dependent child; or

(2) includes a history or circumstances that would jeopardize the physical or emotional health of the minor parent or the dependent child, as described in (d)(6)(A) — (E) of this section. (d) A minor parent may claim that living with the minor parent’s own parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative is not appropriate. The department will examine such a claim and make a determination based on the results of the examination. The department will find that living with the minor parent’s own parent, legal guardian, or another adult relative is not appropriate if

(1) the minor parent does not have a living parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative whose whereabouts are known;

(2) no living parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative will allow the minor parent and the dependent child to reside in the parent’s, legal guardian’s, or other adult relative’s home;

(3) the minor parent lived apart from the minor parent’s parent or legal guardian for at least one year before either the birth of the dependent child or the date of the minor parent’s application for assistance;

(4) the department determines that having the minor parent live in the home of the minor parent’s parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative would endanger the physical or emotional health of another individual in the home;