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(c) other households in accordance with CCDF guidance. R986-700-708. FEP CC Transitional Child Care. (1) FEP CC may be provided to clients receiving financial assistance from FEP or FEPTP. FEP CC will only be provided to cover the hours a client needs child care to support the activities required by the employment plan. (2) Transitional child care is available during the six months immediately following a FEP or FEPTP termination if the termination was due to increased earned income and the household meets the work requirement and income rules for ESCC. Clients receiving transitional child care are not subject to the copayment requirement. The copayment will resume in the seventh month after the termination of FEP or FEPTP. The six month time limit is the same regardless of whether the client receives TCA or not. A client does not need to fill out a new application for child care during the six month transitional period even if there is a gap in services during those six months. R986-700-709. Employment Support (ES) CC. (1) Parents who are not eligible for FEP CC may be eligible for Employment Support (ES) CC. (2) Employment Support CC is available in the following circumstances: (a) In a single-parent household, the single parent must be the custodial parent of the eligible child and must be: (i) employed an average of at least 15 hours per week; (ii) employed to the single parent's full capacity if the single parent has a disability that has been verified and confirmed by the Department; (iii) enrolled and participating in either an in-person, formal course of study or online courses with a set class schedule to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent General Education Diploma (GED); or (iv) employed an average of at least 15 hours per week and participating in education and training activities as defined in Section R986-700-711. (b) Two-parent households. (i) In a two-parent household, the parents must be: (A) employed, with one parent employed an average of at least 30 hours per week and the second parent employed an average of at least 15 hours per week; (B) employed to both parents' full capacities if one or both parents has a disability that has been verified and confirmed by the Department; (C) employed, with one parent employed an average of at least 30 hours per week and the second parent employed an average of at least 15 hours per week and participating in education and training activities as defined in Section R986-700-711; or (D) enrolled and participating in an in-person, formal course of study or online courses with a set class schedule to obtain a high school diploma or GED. (I) Employment Support CC may be provided when both parents are enrolled and participating in a formal course of study to obtain a high school diploma or GED. (II) Employment Support CC may be provided when one parent is working and the second parent is participating in the formal course of study to obtain a high school diploma or GED. (ii) Employment Support CC shall be provided to two-parent households only when neither the parents' work schedules nor course schedules can be changed to provide care for the parents' child. (c) Self-employed parents. (i) Self-employed parents may receive ES CC if they meet the minimum work requirements and earn wages or profit from self-employment at a rate equal to at least minimum wage, calculated by dividing the wage or profit earned through self-employment by the number of hours worked in the timeframe used to determine eligibility. (ii) A self-employed parent shall submit business records for the most recent three-month period of self-employment to establish that the self-employed parent is earning at least minimum wage. (iii) An exception to the requirement that a self-employed parent earn at least minimum wage may apply if the self-employed parent has a barrier to other types of employment. (3) Employment Support CC shall be provided to cover the hours the parent needs child care for employment or approved educational or training activities. (4) Disability. (a) A household may verify a disability under this section by establishing: (i) the disabled parent has an inability to earn a minimum of $500 per month; (ii) the disabled parent has a temporary physical, emotional, or mental incapacity expected to last 30 days or longer that has been verified by the household by submitting the following, and the incapacity is confirmed by the Department: (A) evidence that the disabled parent receives disability benefits from SSA if it proves the incapacity prevents the parent from providing care for the parent's child; (B) a determination by VA that the parent is 100% disabled if it proves the incapacity prevents the parent from providing care for the parent's child; or (C) a written statement from a licensed: (I) medical doctor; (II) doctor of osteopathy; (III) Mental Health Therapist as defined in Section 58-60-102;