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(MRG) UPDATED: NOVEMBER 2009 22 CATEGORICAL FACTORS ADC-RELATED DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE CONTINUED ABSENCE Who provides food and clothing for the child when the child visits the absent parent? Who has visitation rights? If one parent is given visitation rights, the other parent is the custodial parent. Who claims the child on his/her income tax may be an indicator of the primary caretaker, but the decision takes into account all the circumstances. Does one parent pay child support to the other? When both parents actually share equally in providing for the child, there is no deprivation due to continued absence. NOTE: If only one parent is applying, the child is included in that parent's household. If both parents apply as separate households, the child is included in the household which results in the most advantageous budgeting for the child. Documentation: Sufficient to establish an audit trail. The A/R’s statement(s) are acceptable unless there is reason to doubt their validity. In such instances the following documentation should be pursued: the address of the absent parent (when obtainable), name and address of person or organization providing information, and date obtained; name and address of person or organization verifying that parent is not in home, and date obtained; or name of document verifying absence, any identifying numbers and/or dates, and name of the official who signed the document.