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program for a determination of eligibility for a diversion project payment and self-sufficiency services under this section. (c) The amount of a diversion payment with self-sufficiency services must be sufficient to meet the family's immediate needs as determined by the department and the participant. A diversion payment may not exceed the amount the family would be eligible to receive as cash assistance in the first three months of eligibility under AS 47.27.025 if the family did not elect to receive a diversion payment. (d) As a condition of a family receiving a diversion payment under this section, the participant must sign an agreement that (1) specifies (A) the amount of the diversion payment and the needs it is intended to cover; (B) the self-sufficiency services required to meet the family's immediate needs; (2) provides that, during the three-month period beginning with the month in which the diversion payment was received, child support collected on behalf of a child whose needs were considered in determining the diversion payment shall be paid to the family; and (3) provides that if the family reapplies under AS 47.27.020 during the three months beginning with the month in which the family received a diversion payment, the diversion payment shall be treated as unearned income, prorated over the three-month period, and deducted from any cash assistance that the family may be eligible for under the new application. (e) A family that receives a diversion payment may not receive another diversion payment before the 12th month following the month in which it last received a diversion payment. A family may not receive more than four diversion payments. (f) To the extent that (d)(2) of this section is inconsistent with AS 25.27.120 or 25.27.130, or with another provision of this chapter, (d)(2) of this section governs. Sec. 47.27.027. Assistance to minors. (a) If an applicant under AS 47.27.020 is not married, is under the age of 18, and has not been previously emancipated under AS 09.55.590, the applicant must (1) live in a home maintained by the applicant's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative, unless the applicant establishes that there is good cause, as established by the department in regulation, to waive this requirement; if the department waives this requirement, the applicant must live in an approved, adult-supervised, supportive living environment; (2) agree that cash assistance on behalf of the applicant's family may be paid to the applicant's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative, or, if applicable, to the adult head of the adult- supervised, supportive living environment in which the applicant resides; and (3) maintain attendance in a secondary school or other appropriate training program unless the applicant has a high school diploma or general equivalent diploma. (b) The department shall reduce the cash assistance for which an assistance unit is otherwise eligible under this chapter if a minor parent in the assistance unit fails, without good cause, to meet standards of adequate levels of school attendance, as defined in regulations of the department. The reduction under this subsection shall be achieved by disregarding the needs of