If the father works part-time for 20 hours per week, will they meet their minimum participation requirements?
(No childcare assistance is being provided.) Answer: Yes. The two parents can share the minimum 35 hours per week so, as long as their activities total at least 35 hours, minimum participation requirements are met. • Question: A two-parent family includes a three-year old child and an eight-year old. Must one parent be deferred to care for the children in order for the 35 hour per week minimum requirement to apply? Answer: No. It is not necessary to defer one of the parents to care for the children. As long as the family is not receiving childcare assistance, the 35-hour minimum applies. This allows both parents to engage in activities but at separate times so that childcare assistance is not needed. One parent takes care of the children while the other participates. • Question: Then when would the 55 hour minimum per week apply? Answer: The 55 hour minimum applies only when federal childcare assistance is provided to the family and neither parent is disabled or caring for a severely d
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