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(4) has received provisional or final approval for licensure as a foster home under AS 47.35. (g) If the department determines that it will further the purposes of the ATAP program, the department may allow a minor parent to remain in a temporary alternative living arrangement for up to 60 days while the department examines the minor parent’s claim that living with the minor parent’s own parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative is not appropriate or helps the minor identify and secure an appropriate alternative living arrangement. (h) The department will require that the payment of a minor parent be distributed whenever possible to an adult payee who is the parent, legal guardian, adult relative, or provider of an alternative living arrangement with whom the minor parent resides. The adult payee shall agree in writing to use the payment to provide for the needs of the minor parent and the minor parent’s child. (i) The department may contract or otherwise arrange with other social service providers to

(1) conduct the examinations required under (d) and (f) of this section; or

(2) help a minor parent identify an alternative living arrangement under (e) of this section. (j) For the purposes of AS 47.27.027, a minor parent is considered to be maintaining an adequate level of school attendance if the minor parent is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary school or appropriate training program, and attendance, as verified by an official of that school or program, is adequate to meet graduation or program certification requirements. Breaks in attendance due to official school vacations or other good cause, as demonstrated by the minor parent, do not constitute inadequate attendance. Under this subsection, “good cause” is found to exist if

(1) school attendance interferes with the minor parent’s attempt, or an attempt by a member of the minor parent’s immediate family, to escape domestic violence or its escalation;

(2) the minor parent must appear in court or is in detention under AS 47.12.240 or incarcerated;

(3) necessary transportation to school or program breaks down or otherwise becomes unavailable, and the minor parent lacks a reasonable alternative;

(4) weather conditions prohibit travel;

(5) the minor parent is caring for the minor parent’s child under 13 weeks of age;

(6) a sudden and temporary situation arises, which is beyond the control of the family and affects the health of the minor parent or the minor parent’s child or otherwise affects the minor parent’s ability to comply, such as illness, death, or an act of nature;

(7) the minor parent cannot find appropriate child care, as defined in 7 AAC 45.260(h).