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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 10/2018 Authorized activities within an Employment Plan 4.6.3 Authorize child care assistance for any activity included in an MFIP/DWP participant’s Employment Plan. Approve child care assistance for MFIP/DWP recipients for authorized activities in an Employment Plan based on the hours of activity participation included in the Employment Plan. If the number of hours is not specified, do not authorize more hours than the activity requires and is needed for the child. Include travel time in the authorized hours. Never authorize more than 120 hours per two week period, per child. See Chapter 9.1.5 (Authorizing care – Employment Plans). Treat the following as authorized activities when included in an approved Employment Plan: • Employment Services overviews and assessments • Social service and pre-employment activities • Appeals and hearings • Job search as identified in the Employment Plan • Participation in work as identified in the Employment Plan • Participation in training/education, using actual time in class and study time, as identified in the Employment Plan. This includes baccalaureate, advanced degrees, and post baccalaureate. Activities that cannot be authorized Do not authorize care for the following activities: • Political activities done for political purposes when the act is done to influence voting as in a primary or other election. This applies to any paid, unpaid, or subsidized private sector or public sector position. These activities are not countable Employment Plan activities and care should not be authorized to support them. • Licensed family child care providers and their employees and legal nonlicensed child care providers and their employees are NOT eligible to receive child care subsidies for their own children or children in their family during the hours they are providing child care or being paid to provide child care. See Chapter 9.15.21 (Children of child care providers). For information on how to authorize hours when Employment Plan activiites change, see Chapter 9.12 (Authorization changes during the 12-month eligibility period). For information on how to determine eligibility for activities within an Employment Plan during a subprogram switch, see Chapter 8.1.18 (Changes in subprogram). Legal authority Minnesota Statutes 119B.011 Minnesota Statutes 256J Minnesota Rules 3400.0040 and 3400.0080