Subdivision 1. General eligibility requirements.
(a)Child care services must be available to families who…#
(a) Child care services must be available to families who need child care to find or keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary to find employment and who:
(1) have household income less than or equal to 67 percent of the state median income, adjusted for family size, at application and redetermination, and meet the requirements of section 142E.08 ; receive MFIP assistance; and are participating in employment and training services under chapter 142G; or
(2) have household income less than or equal to 47 percent of the state median income, adjusted for family size, at application and less than or equal to 67 percent of the state median income, adjusted for family size, at redetermination.
(b)Child care services must be made available as in-kind…#
(b) Child care services must be made available as in-kind services.
(c)All applicants for child care assistance and families…#
(c) All applicants for child care assistance and families currently receiving child care assistance must be assisted and required to cooperate in establishment of paternity and enforcement of child support obligations for all children in the family at application and redetermination as a condition of program eligibility. For purposes of this section, a family is considered to meet the requirement for cooperation when the family complies with the requirements of section 518A.81 .