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06 The following are situations in which the child and relative are temporarily separated in order to carry out a specific purpose, with the plan for the relative to continue supervision and to maintain a home to which the child or adult is expected to return. Hospitalization Hospitalization of the child or parent is considered temporary when the illness is of such nature that a return to the family is expected and parental responsibility continues. Educational Training A situation considered to be a temporary separation occurs when a child attends a school away from home because of the unavailability of school facilities near the relative's home or the plan for attendance at a boarding school is made in order to afford protection for the child and a period of adjustment away from his home setting. The purpose may also be that of the child's obtaining vocational or other special educational training or a college education. When the child returns home regularly, on week-ends and vacations, consider that the parent or other relative retains control and supervision. When it is the parent who is attending school away from the child but returns home regularly on weekends, breaks, for special occasions or emergencies and maintains continuous contact with the individual providing care of the child, consider that the parent retains control and supervision of the child(ren). Visits Consider a visit a temporary separation when the child or grantee relative visits another relative or other individual with a plan to return at the end of a specified period. Also, at times there is the need of an older individual in the family, usually the child's grandparent, who lives alone, to have someone in the house with him at night. When the parent or other relative plans with the elderly or incapacitated individual for one of the children to stay nearby with this individual at night, this will not be considered separation of the parent and child. The parent or other relative retains control and supervision of the child and the child's real home remains with the parent or other relative. Absence for Work Purposes When it is necessary for the parent to work away from the home where the child lives, the parent 3605

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