Care can be authorized for a family with two parents, a parent and stepparent, a legal guardian and spouse, or an eligible relative caregiver and spouse, when one Parentally Responsible Individual (PRI) meets authorized activity requirements, and the other PRI is determined unable to provide care and the family meets other eligibility requirements for the sub-program the family is applying for or participating in. See Chapter 4.6.1 (Activity Requirements Based on Family Composition).

Child care authorization in unable to provide care situations

The PRI that is unable to provide care does not impact how the authorized hours are determined. The maximum number of hours authorized for each child should be the number of hours that care is needed to support the authorized activity of the PRI that meets the authorized activity requirements, excluding the hours that the child does not need child care and the hours that the provider is not available. See Chapter 9.1 (Child Care Authorization) and Chapter 9.12 (Authorization Changes During the 12-Month Eligibility Period).

Unable to provide care status expires

A parent is eligible for Extended Eligibility when the unable to provide care status expires. See Chapter 9.15.6 (Extended Eligibility). During the Extended Eligibility period, the family does not lose eligibility or have Service Authorizations suspended because the parent is not participating in authorized activities. Note: other reasons a family’s case may be suspended or terminated continue to apply. See Chapter 8.9 (Suspending) and Chapter 8.15 (Termination).

Legal authority

Minnesota Statutes 119B.095
Minnesota Rules 3400.0040, subd. 5