RCW 43.216.145: Working connections child care—Eligibility of high school students.

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43.216.143 << 43.216.145 >> 43.216.152

PDFRCW 43.216.145

Working connections child care—Eligibility of high school students.

*** CHANGE IN 2024 *** (SEE 2111.SL) ***

(1) A parent who is attending high school is eligible to receive working connections child care.

(2) A parent age twenty-one years or younger who is working toward completing a high school equivalency certificate is eligible to receive working connections child care.

(3) When determining consumer eligibility and copayment under this section, the department:

(a) Must, within existing resources, authorize full-day subsidized child care during the school year in cases where:

(i) The parent is participating in one hundred ten hours of approved activities per month;

(ii) The household income of the parent does not exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income at the time of application; and

(iii) The parent meets all other program eligibility requirements;

(b) May not consider the availability of the other biological parent when authorizing care; and

[ 2020 c 339 § 1.]

NOTES:

Effective date—2020 c 339 § 1: "Section 1 of this act takes effect September 1, 2020." [ 2020 c 339 § 4.]