Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program
Article 3 - Provisions for Families
7 AAC 41.360 - Allowable absence; incapacitation

(a) If a participating family or family applying to continue participation consists of only one parent and that parent is temporarily incapacitated or temporarily away from the child or children because of participating in an eligible activity under 7 AAC 41,310, the family may continue to receive program benefits for up to a 12-month period if the parent is

(b) A two-parent family who otherwise meets eligibility requirements under this chapter may receive program benefits if one parent is participating in an eligible activity under 7 AAC 41.310, and is not away from the child or children, and the second parent is incapacitated or temporarily away from the child or children because of participating in an eligible activity under 7 AAC 41,310.

(c) In a participating two-parent family, if one parent is incapacitated or temporarily away from the child or children because of participating in an eligible activity under 7 AAC 41,310, and the second parent becomes temporarily incapacitated or is temporarily away from the child or children because of participating in an eligible activity under 7 AAC 41,310, the family may continue to receive program benefits through the remaining certification period if (a)( 1) or (2) of this section is met for the second parent.

(d) In this section, "incapacitated" means physically incapable of caring for children in the family, or temporarily unable to participate in an eligible activity, as determined by a health care or mental health care professional.