South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 67 - Department of Social Services › Article 67:12 - Assistance payments › Chapter 67:12:15 - Dependent care › Section 67:12:15:02 - Dependent care limits - Caretaker relative in certain activities

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Dependent care payments under this section are limited to recipient
	 caretaker relatives who are participating in JOBS training, in a JOBS
	 training-related activity, or in an activity for the purpose of meeting the
	 requirements of § 67:12:21:08. Unless the care is for an incapacitated
	 adult, the training or activity must be expected to last less than 30 days. A
	 participant under the state JOBS program must be under a training program
	 approved by either the department or DOL according to § 67:12:09:11.04. A
	 participant under the tribal JOBS program must be under a training program
	 approved by the tribal JOBS office.
Dependent care payments are subject to the availability of
	 funds.
The caretaker relative must provide verification of dependent care
	 costs on a form provided by the department. The provider and the caretaker
	 relative must complete, sign, and return the form to the department within the
	 same time limits established for the submission of the monthly report form. A
	 form lacking the information needed to determine the amount of allowable
	 dependent care or missing any of the required signatures is considered
	 incomplete. Failure to return the form or submission of an incomplete form
	 affects only the dependent care allowance.
The amount recognized by the department is the actual cost incurred not
	 to exceed the lower of $1.50 an hour or $300 a month for the first child of a
	 family and the lower of $1.10 an hour or $220 a month for each additional
	 child.
For families with more than one child under the age of one, child care
	 costs recognized by the department may not exceed the lower of $1.50 an hour or
	 $300 a month for each child under the age of one.
For a dependent child who is physically or mentally incapable of
	 self-care, as verified by a physician or licensed or certified psychologist, or
	 for a child under court supervision, as verified by the juvenile probation
	 officer, child care service costs recognized by the department are the actual
	 costs incurred not to exceed the lower of $2 and hour or $400 a month for each
	 child.
In no case may the department recognize more than 200 hours a month for
	 each child in care.
The department considers the child requiring the most child care
	 service hours as the first child in care.
Dependent care services recognized by the department are limited to
	 those care services provided for the care of a dependent child under age 13 or
	 an incapacitated adult who is living in the home and who is receiving AFDC or
	 who would be receiving AFDC except for the receipt of benefits under SSI or
	 foster care under chapter 67:12:12. Dependent care services may include care
	 services for a dependent child age 13 or over if the child is physically or
	 mentally incapable of self-care, as verified by a physician or a licensed or
	 certified psychologist, or if the child is under court supervision, as verified
	 by the juvenile probation officer. Dependent care services do not include those
	 care services provided by the dependent child's parent, caretaker relative,
	 legal guardian, or a member of the AFDC assistance unit.
General Authority:
SDCL 28-7-2.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
		28-7-4.
Completed monthly report form required, §
											67:12:06:34.