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17 a. Families with an income at or below one hundred
18 percent of the federal poverty level whose members are
19 employed at least twenty-eight hours per week, and
20 parents with a family income at or below one hundred
21 percent of the federal poverty level who are under the
22 age of twenty-one years and are participating in an
23 educational program leading to a high school diploma
24 or the equivalent.
25 b. Parents with a family income at or below one
26 hundred percent of the federal poverty level who are
27 under the age of twenty-one years and are
28 participating, at a satisfactory level, in an approved
29 training program or in an educational program.
30 c. Families with an income of more than one
31 hundred percent but not more than one hundred forty
32 percent of the federal poverty level whose members are
33 employed at least twenty-eight hours per week.
34 d. Families with an income at or below one hundred
35 seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level
36 whose members are employed at least twenty-eight hours
37 per week with a special needs child as a member of the
38 family.
39 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed as
40 or is intended as, or shall imply, a grant of
41 entitlement for services to persons who are eligible
42 for assistance due to an income level or other
43 eligibility circumstance addressed in this section.
44 Any state obligation to provide services pursuant to
45 this section is limited to the extent of the funds
46 appropriated for the purposes of state child care
47 assistance.
48 Sec. ___. Section 239B.24, subsection 1, Code
49 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows:
50 1. The following persons are deemed to be eligible
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1 for benefits under the state child care assistance
2 program administered by the department in accordance
3 with section 237A.13, notwithstanding the program's
4 eligibility requirements or any waiting list:
5 Sec. ___. CHILD CARE REIMBURSEMENT ALTERNATIVES.
6 The department of human services shall review
7 alternatives for applying child care reimbursement
8 rates on a county, cluster, and regional basis. The
9 department shall prepare a report concerning the
10 review, including findings and recommendations. The
11 report shall be submitted to the members of the joint
12 appropriations subcommittee on human services,
13 legislative fiscal bureau, and legislative service
14 bureau on or before December 15, 2000."
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