39-7-605. Child care assistance -- eligibility -- costs. (1) For the purpose of assisting AFDC recipients to obtain or retain gainful employment, the department shall provide child care assistance during the biennium ending June 30, 1989, to persons enrolled in selected displaced homemaker programs.
     (2) Eligibility for assistance under subsection (1) is limited to persons who have received AFDC for at least 9 months and currently are not eligible for AFDC but would be eligible if they were not gainfully employed.
     (3) Assistance under subsection (1) must be provided on an as-needed basis for no longer than the first 6 months of employment and may not exceed $200 a month per child.
     (4) Administrative costs paid to subcontractors may not exceed 10% of the money provided for child care assistance and must be used exclusively for follow-up activities conducted for the program evaluation required by 39-7-606.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 579, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 251, L. 1989.