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(f) In addition to the program benefits authorized for a participating family, the provider may request payment from the program and be paid for up to 10 hours of care each day, not to exceed 50 hours of care in a month, if a school-age child as described in 7 AAC 41.025(b) was in care because of being too ill to attend school. (Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178; am 1/5/2017, Register 221) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.021 AS 47.25.051

AS 47.25.001 AS 47.25.041 7 AAC 41.350. Eligible child. (a) Subject to (b) and (c) of this section, a child eligible to participate in the child care assistance program under this chapter is an individual

(1) who is younger than 13 years of age;

(2) whose family’s income does not exceed 85 percent of the state median income as described in 7 AAC 41.335(b) for a family of the same size, and whose family’s assets do not exceed $1,000,000, as certified by a member of that family under 7 AAC 41.315(c);

(3) who

(A) resides with a parent or parents who are working or attending a job training or educational program; or

(B) is receiving, or needs to receive, protective services and resides with a parent or parents not described in (A) of this paragraph; and

(4) who is

(A) a United States citizen;

(B) a United States national; or

(C) a qualified alien under 8 U.S.C. 1613 and 1641. (b) A child described in (a) of this section is not eligible to participate in the program during the time school is in session and the child is enrolled in grades 1 — 12 of an academic program, of any public, private, or home school, or other school described in 4 AAC 60.010, according to