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(IV) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; or (V) Physician's Assistant; and (iii) in a two-parent household, the disabled parent is unable to provide care for the child while the other parent is employed. (b) A parent who is employed and earning more than $500 per month or participating in educational or training activities will not be considered disabled under this section unless the Department confirms the disability. (5) As used in this section the term "employment" does not include: (a) Americorps* Vista, Job Corps and other similar training activities; or (b) Work Study activities. R986-700-710. Income and Asset Limits for ES CC. (1) Rule R986-200 is used to determine the following: (a) Who must be included in the household assistance unit for determining whose income must be counted to establish eligibility. Determining household composition for a ES CC household may be different from determining household composition for a FEP or FEPTP household. Employment Support CC follows the parent and the child, not just the child so, for example, if a parent in the household is ineligible, the entire ES CC household is ineligible. (i) A specified relative may not opt out of the household assistance unit when determining eligibility for CC. (ii) Recipients of SSI benefits are included in the household assistance unit. (iii) Foster care parents may not opt out of the household assistance unit when determining eligibility for CC. The foster care parent's children and foster care children are included in the household size. (b) What is counted as income except: (i) the earned income of a child who is not a parent is not counted; (ii) child support is counted as unearned income of the child, even if it exceeds the court or ORS ordered amount of child support, if the payments are made directly to the client. If the child support payments are paid to a third party, only the amount up to the court or ORS ordered child support amount is counted; (iii) earned and unearned income of SSI recipients is counted with the exception of the SSI benefit; (iv) if both parents are living in the household, the income of both parents is counted; (v) the income of each specified relative in the household must be counted; and (vi) the income of each foster parent in the household must be counted. (c) How to estimate income. (2) The following income deductions are the only deductions allowed on a monthly basis: (a) the first $50 of child support received by the family; (b) court ordered and verified child support and alimony paid out by the household; (c) $100 for each person with countable earned income; and (d) a $100 medical deduction. The medical deduction is automatic and does not require proof of expenditure. (3) The household's countable income, less applicable deductions in Subsection R986-700-710(2), must be at, or below, a percentage of the state median income as determined by the Department. The Department will adjust the percentage of the state median income as funding permits. The percentage currently in use is available at the Department's administrative office. (4) Charts establishing income limits and the copayment amounts are available at each local Department office. (5) An independent living grant paid by DHS to a minor parent is not counted as income. (6) If a non-applicant parent pays a portion of the child care costs directly to the applicant parent, that amount is counted as income. If the non-applicant parent pays the child care provider directly, that amount will be deducted from the amount the provider reports to the Department as the charge for the child. For example: The provider's monthly charge is $800 per month. The non- applicant parent pays $300 directly to the provider. The provider should report the charge of $500, as that is the portion the applicant parent is responsible to pay. The provider charge of $500 will be used in the benefit calculation when determining the amount of subsidy. If the court orders the non-applicant to pay one-half of the child care costs, the non-applicant parent must pay one-half of the total cost of child care. (7) Clients must meet the CCDF asset limit. R986-700-711. Employment Support CC to Support Education and Training Activities. (1) Child Care assistance may be provided when the client is engaged in education or training and employment, provided the client meets the work requirements under Section R986-700-709. (2) The work requirement may be waived in accordance with Subsection R986-700-709(2)(a)(iii) or Subsection R986-700- 709(2)(b)(i)(C) for a client who is unemployed and is enrolled in a formal course of study to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent (GED). (a) The 24 calendar month time limit in this section does not apply to high school or GED completion. (b) The client must provide verification of satisfactory progress to receive continued ES CC beyond 12 months. (3) The education or training is limited to courses that directly relate to improving the parent's employment skills. (4) Employment Support CC will only be paid to support education or training activities for a total of 24 calendar months. The months need not be consecutive. (a) On a case by case basis, and for a reasonable length of time, months do not count toward the 24-month time limit when the client is meeting the work requirements under Section R986-700-709 and is enrolled in a formal course of study for any of the following: