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36 EXCEPTION: If a LDSS maintains custody of a child, but the child is in the physical custody of his parent(s) and the parent(s) needs child care in order to maintain employment or to attend an approved education/ training program, the parent(s) may apply for Fee Child Care in the locality in which they reside. If a person standing in loco parentis was the primary caretaker prior to a child’s placement in foster care, that person may apply for child care assistance when the child is returned to the home. If a parent is an emancipated minor and has a child who receives TANF benefits, application can be made for TANF child care funds. If the child does not receive TANF benefits, application can be made for Fee Child Care.

If the LDSS has a Fee Child Care waitlist, funding for child care may be available through the Children’s Services Act funding.