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(27) Housing assistance provided by Housing and Urban Development or by a local housing program; (28) Assistance received under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 or under a federal law because of a presidentially declared major disaster; (29) Payments to a client participating in training or school attendance subsidized by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (30) Payments made by Veterans Administration under the Veterans Education and Employment Assistance Act for education expenses of a veteran; (31) Payment made by an absent parent to a child care provider, landlord, or mortgage holder on behalf of the client; (32) Benefits under Public Law 104-204 for children of Vietnam veterans who were born with spina bifida; (33) Monetary allowance paid by the Veterans Administration under Public Law 106-419 to the child of a woman Vietnam veteran because of a birth defect associated with the veteran’s service in Vietnam; (34) Reimbursement for employment-related expenses such as mileage, lodging, or meals; and (35) Military combat pay. 011. CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBILITY BASED ON INCOME. There are five categories of family eligibility, depending on income: (A) Current family; (B) Low income family; (C) Low income sliding fee family; (D) Transitional child care family; and (E) Without regard to income family. 011.01 TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE FAMILY. Families may receive Transitional Child Care in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1206. 011.02 PARENTS OF DEPARTMENT WARDS OR TRIBAL WARDS. The parent of a child who is a ward of the Department or the parent of a tribal ward who attests the parent is unable to receive child care services from the tribe, is eligible for services without regard to income if the plan is to reunify the family or maintain the child in the home of the parent and the following conditions are met: (A) One of the following applies: Page 14 of 41