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(21) “vulnerable adult” means a person 18 years of age or older who, because of incapacity, mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, advanced age, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, fraud, confinement, or disappearance, is unable to meet the person's own needs or to seek help without assistance. Chapter 25. Public Assistance. Article 1. Child Care Assistance and Child Care Grants. Sec. 47.25.001. Powers and duties. Sec. 47.25.010. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.010.] Sec. 47.25.011. Administrative costs of program contractors. To defray administrative expenses, a contractor under AS 47.25.001(b) may only retain $1,000 or 12 percent, whichever is greater, of the child care assistance program funds it receives from the department under the contract. Sec. 47.25.020. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.020.] Sec. 47.25.021. Conditions of receipt of benefits. Benefits may be paid for the care of children of a low or moderate income family only if a parent or guardian, because of the child care, is freed to work or to seek work or to attend school. Benefits may not be paid for the care of children of a family where one parent or guardian is not working, actively seeking work, or attending school and is physically and mentally capable of caring for the children. Sec. 47.25.030. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.030.] Sec. 47.25.031. Eligibility of families for benefits. The department shall determine the eligibility of families for child care benefits on the basis of the following factors: (1) income of the family including salary, alimony, child support, retirement benefits, social security, and any other source of income; (2) number of children in the family; (3) whether there is one parent or guardian solely responsible for the care of the family. Sec. 47.25.035. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.035.] Sec. 47.25.040. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.040.] Sec. 47.25.041. Contributions by parent or guardian. The department shall develop a sliding fee scale based on the factors listed in AS 47.25.031 for purposes of determining the amount to be contributed by the parent or guardian for child care; the amount may not exceed seven percent of the family monthly income. The contribution of the parent or guardian shall be paid to the child care facility. Sec. 47.25.050. [Renumbered as AS 47.55.050.]