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Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services July 7, 2018 Human & Community Services Page 3 of 3 program. If the teen parent lives with their parents, they may be considered a separate household from their own parents for the purposes of eligibility and co-payment determination. The teen parent must:  Be under the age of 20; and  Be attending high school, HiSET, or an equivalency program; and  Need child care to attend high school, HiSET, or an equivalency program; and  Meet financial eligibility requirements; and  Pay a co-payment. Teen parents intending to return to high school, HiSET, or an equivalency program may receive a child care scholarship while working during breaks in the school schedule. Parents in their teens who do not attend high school, HiSET, or an equivalency program are subject to work requirements.