Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 45 - Alaska Temporary Assistance Program
7 AAC 45.225 - Living in home of caretaker relative
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) To be eligible for ATAP benefits a dependent child must be living with a caretaker relative in the home of that caretaker relative.
(b) When determining if a child is living in the home of a caretaker relative, the department will consider the location of the child to be the primary determining factor. Except in the case of a temporary absence of the child or caretaker relative from the usual place of residence, the child's home is the place where the child resides more than half of the time in a month. The department may consider a child to be living with a caretaker relative even if
(c) An otherwise eligible child is eligible for ATAP benefits for a month that the child is not yet physically located in the home of a caretaker relative if the following conditions are met:
(d) Except as provided in (h) of this section, when two caretaker relatives, living together or apart, claim ATAP benefits for the same child, the department will determine which relative is exercising the primary responsibility for the care and control of the child. In determining which of the two caretaker relatives the child is actually living with, the department will consider the following:
(e) If a child leaves the home of a caretaker relative during a month, and the child is otherwise eligible, the department may pay benefits for the entire month as long as a payment has not already been made for that child in the same month that child was in the home of another caretaker relative or was the recipient of Title IV-E Foster Care benefits.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a child is considered to be living with a caretaker relative during a month only if the child and the caretaker relative are both in the home for at least one day of the month. If all other requirements for eligibility are met, the child and caretaker relative are eligible to receive ATAP benefits even though the child or the caretaker relative is absent for an entire month or longer, as long as one of the following circumstances is true for the duration of the absence:
(g) The caretaker relative of a child who is eligible for ATAP benefits may also be eligible for ATAP benefits if the caretaker relative
(h) If a child resides with both parents, either parent may be the caretaker relative.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.27.005