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House Journal: Page 2010: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

a.  Families with an income at or below 100 percent of the
federal poverty level whose members are employed at least 30
hours per week, and parents with a family income at or below 100
percent of the federal poverty level who are under the age of 21
and are participating in an educational program leading to a
high school diploma or equivalent.
b.  Parents with a family income at or below 100 percent of the
federal poverty level who are under the age of 21 and are
participating, at a satisfactory level, in an approved training
program or in an educational program.
c.  Families with an income of more than 100 percent but not
more than 110 percent of the federal poverty level whose members
are employed at least 30 hours per week.  Assistance provided to
families pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided in
accordance with a sliding fee scale developed by the department.
 If, pursuant to an evaluation of expenditures for state child
care assistance it is determined that sufficient funding is
available, the department shall implement the provisions of this
paragraph on or before January 2, 1997.
d.  Families with an income at or below 155 percent of the
federal poverty level with a special needs child as a member of
the family.
e.  Families with an income at or below 100 percent of the
federal poverty level whose members are employed part-time at
least 20 hours per week.
The department may adopt emergency rules to implement the
provisions of this subsection.
4.  a.  Migrant seasonal farm worker families whose family
income is equal to or less than 100 percent of the United States
office of management and budget poverty guidelines are eligible
for state child care assistance.  The monthly family income
shall be determined by calculating the total amount of family
income earned during the 12-month period preceding the date of
application for the assistance and dividing the total amount by
12.
b.  Nothing in this section shall be construed or is intended
as, or shall imply, a grant of entitlement for services to
persons who are eligible for assistance due to an income level
consistent with the requirements of this section. Any state
obligation to provide services pursuant to this section is
limited to the extent of the funds appropriated in this section.
5.  If the department projects that funding for state child care
assistance is reasonably adequate to fund the provisions of
subsection 3, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c", the department may
transfer not more than $200,000 of the funding appropriated in
this section to the appropriation in this Act for child and
family services to provide additional funding for familycentered
services.
6.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, $636,641 is
allocated for the statewide program for child day care resource
and referral services under section 237A.26.
7.  The department may use any of the funds appropriated in this
section as a match to obtain federal funds for use in expanding
child day care assistance and related programs.
8.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, $1,178,284 is
allocated for transitional child care assistance.
9.  During the 1996-1997 fiscal year, the department shall
utilize the moneys deposited in the child day care credit fund
created in section 237A.28 for state child care assistance, in
addition to the moneys allocated for that purpose in this
section.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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