[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR98.33]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 98--CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND--Table of Contents
 
Subpart D--Program Operations (Child Care Services)--Parental Rights and 
                            Responsibilities
 
Sec. 98.33  Consumer education.

    The Lead Agency shall:
    (a) Certify that it will collect and disseminate to parents and the 
general public consumer education information that will promote informed 
child care choices including, at a minimum, information about
    (1) The full range of providers available, and
    (2) Health and safety requirements;
    (b) Inform parents who receive TANF benefits about the requirement 
at section 407(e)(2) of the Social Security Act that the TANF agency 
make an exception to the individual penalties associated with the work 
requirement for any single custodial parent who has a demonstrated 
inability to obtain needed child care for a child under six years of 
age. The information may be provided directly by the Lead Agency, or,

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pursuant to Sec. 98.11, other entities, and shall include:
    (1) The procedures the TANF agency uses to determine if the parent 
has a demonstrated inability to obtain needed child care;
    (2) The criteria or definitions applied by the TANF agency to 
determine whether the parent has a demonstrated inability to obtain 
needed child care, including:
    (i) ``Appropriate child care'';
    (ii) ``Reasonable distance'';
    (iii) ``Unsuitability of informal child care'';
    (iv) ``Affordable child care arrangements'';
    (3) The clarification that assistance received during the time an 
eligible parent receives the exception referred to in paragraph (b) of 
this section will count toward the time limit on Federal benefits 
required at section 408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act.
    (c) Include in the biennial Plan the definitions or criteria the 
TANF agency uses in implementing the exception to the work requirement 
specified in paragraph (b) of this section.