Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 45 - Alaska Temporary Assistance Program
7 AAC 45.485 - Incapacitated-parent and child care disregard

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 7 AAC 45.485

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Except as provided in 7 AAC 45.495 and 7 AAC 45.500, in calculating an assistant unit's countable earned income under 7 AAC 45.470(b), the department will disregard, as a necessary cost of earning income, the anticipated cost for the care of a child or incapacitated parent that is expected to be paid by an individual whose needs are included in the ATAP eligibility determination and payment calculation, subject to the following limitations:

(1) the department will disregard only the charges for an individual's anticipated hours of work plus reasonable direct commuting time, if the care provider charges by the hour; and

(2) the department will disregard up to
(A) $200 each month for each dependent child under the age of two whose needs are included in determining ATAP eligibility and payment;

(B) $175 each month for each dependent child age two or older whose needs are included in determining ATAP eligibility and payment; and

(C) $175 each month for an incapacitated parent whose needs are included in determining ATAP eligibility and payment.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "incapacitated parent" means a parent who is determined to be physically or mentally unable to perform gainful activity, as described in 7 AAC 45.235.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.27.005

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