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or, as applicable, the age of 19, during the certification period, eligibility shall continue until the end of the approved certification period. b. Need for service. Except for assistance provided under subparagraph 170.2(2)“b”(3), assistance shall be provided to a two-parent family only during the parents’ coinciding hours of participation in training, employment, or job search unless one parent is permanently disabled as described in subparagraph 170.2(2)“b”(4). Each parent in the household shall meet one or more of the following requirements: (1) The parent is in academic or vocational training. Training shall be on a full-time basis. The training facility shall define what is considered as full-time. Part-time training may be approved only if the number of credit hours to complete training is less than that required for full-time status, the required prerequisite credits or remedial course work is less than that required for full-time status, or training is not offered on a full-time basis. Child care services may be provided for the parent’s hours of participation in the academic or vocational training and for actual travel time between the child care location and the training facility. 1. Child care provided while the parent participates in postsecondary education leading up to and including a baccalaureate degree program or vocational training shall be limited to a 24-month lifetime limit. A month is defined as a fiscal month or part thereof and shall generally have starting and ending dates that fall within two adjacent calendar months but shall only count as one month. Time spent in high school completion, adult basic education, high school equivalency, or English as a second language does not count toward the 24-month limit. PROMISE JOBS child care allowances provided while the parent is a recipient of the family investment program and participating in PROMISE JOBS components in postsecondary education or training shall count toward the 24-month lifetime limit. 2. Payment shall not be approved for child-care during training in the following circumstances: Labor market statistics for a local area indicate low employment potential for workers with that training. Exceptions may be made when the parent has a job offer before entering the training or if a parent is willing to relocate after training to an area where there is employment potential. Parents willing to relocate must provide documentation from the department of workforce development, private employment agencies, or employers that jobs paying at least minimum wage for which training is being requested are available in the locale specified by the parent. The training is for jobs paying less than minimum wage. A parent who possesses a baccalaureate degree wants to take additional college coursework unless the coursework is to obtain a teaching certificate or complete continuing education units. The course or training is one that the parent has previously completed. The parent was previously unable to maintain the cumulative grade point average required by the training or academic facility in the same training for which application is now being made. This does not apply to parents under the age of 18 who are enrolled in high school completion activities. The education is in a field in which the parent will not be able to be employed due to known criminal convictions or founded child or dependent adult abuse. The parent wants to participate in on-line or distance learning from the parent’s own home, and the training facility does not require specified hours of attendance. (2) The parent is employed 32 or more hours per week (28 hours per week if the family includes a special needs child) or an average of 32 or more hours per week (28 hours per week if the family includes a special needs child) during the month. Child care services may be provided for the hours of employment and for actual travel time between the child care location and the place of employment. If the parent works a shift consisting of at least six hours of employment between the hours of 8 p.m.

and 6 a.m.

and needs to sleep during daytime hours, child care services may also be provided to allow the parent to sleep during daytime hours. (3) The parent has a child with protective needs for child care. (4) The parent is absent from the home due to inpatient hospitalization or outpatient treatment because of physical or mental illness, or is present but due to medical incapacity is unable to care for the child or participate in work or training, as verified by a physician. Human Services[441] Ch 170, p.6 IAC 6/10/26 • •• •• • •