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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 12/2017 Authorizing care – Combinations of activities 9.1.7 Authorize no more than 120 hours of care per child every two weeks. Combinations of activities in an approved Employment Plan Authorize hours necessary to support an approved MFIP or DWP Employment Plan. The Child Care Assistance Program does not have a minimum wage or hours per week requirement for employment activities that are included in an approved MFIP or DWP Employment Plan. Authorizing education and employment outside of an employment plan Students are not required to work. When BSF, TY, TYE or MFIP/DWP participants whose employment hours are not included in an approved Employment Plan are full time students and request child care for their employment activity: • Require employment of at least an average of 10 hours per week and receipt of at least the applicable minimum wage for all hours worked. • These participants do not need to have a county or tribal approved Education Plan to receive child care for their employment hours. • The student’s full-time status needs to be verified. • When a full time student has a school break, including summer breaks, they retain their full time student status, if the student is expected to return to full time school following the break. Do not decrease the child care authorization unless the family is a Schedule Reporter. When BSF, TY, TYE or MFIP/DWP participants whose employment hours are not included in an approved Employment Plan are less than full-time students and request child care for their employment activity: • Require employment of at least an average of 20 hours per week and receipt of at least the applicable minimum wage for all hours worked. • These participants do not need to have a county or tribal approved Education Plan to receive child care for their employment hours. Job search Do not authorize job search hours in combination with other activities outside of an Employment Plan. Only authorize job search at application and redetermination or when included in an Employment Plan Legal authority Minnesota Statutes 119B.10 Minnesota Rules 3400.0040, subp. 11