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(5) the department requires the minor parent to participate in education or vocational training, or participate in a licensed substance abuse treatment program, and appropriate education, vocational training, or substance abuse treatment is not available in the community where the parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative lives; or

(6) the physical or emotional health of the minor parent or the dependent child would be jeopardized if they resided with the parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative; the department will find that emotional or physical health would be jeopardized in a living arrangement if the department discovers a history or circumstances in that home of

(A) physical acts that resulted in, or had the potential to result in, serious injury to a minor;

(B) financial exploitation of a minor;

(C) sexual abuse, including any sexual activity involving a dependent child, coercion of a minor to engage in sex activities, or any threat or attempt to engage in sexual abuse;

(D) emotional abuse severe enough to result in long-term impairment of an individual’s functional capacity; or

(E) neglect or deprivation of necessary medical care. (e) If the department finds that it is not appropriate for a minor parent to live with the minor parent’s own parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative, the minor parent must reside in an alternative living arrangement that is approved by the department. The department will help the minor parent identify an approved living arrangement. Subject to the requirements of (f) of this section, arrangements that the department will approve include living in

(1) a licensed maternity home, including a group home for pregnant or parenting teenagers; or

(2) the private home of an unrelated adult. (f) Before approving an alternative living arrangement under (e)(2) of this section, the department will examine the proposed living arrangement. The department will approve the living arrangement only if the arrangement

(1) provides supervision of the minor parent by a responsible adult who is at least 21 years of age;

(2) provides 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;

(3) does not include circumstances that would jeopardize the physical or emotional health of the minor parent or the dependent child, as described in (d)(6) of this section; and