VATEA Status

Displaced Homemaker

Per Department of Education, Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 158, August 14, 1992, Rules and Regulations, Page 36727, Displaced Homemaker means an individual who-

1. Is an adult;
2. Has worked as an adult primarily without remuneration to care for home and family, and for that reason has diminished marketable skills;
3. and
   1. Has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of a relative but is no longer supported by that income;
   2. Is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become ineligible to receive assistance under part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.601), Aid to Families with Dependent Children, within two years of the parent's application for assistance under VATEA;
   3. Is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty is obtaining any employment or suitable employment as appropriate; or
   4. Is described in items (1) and (2) of this definition and is a criminal offender.

Single Parent

Per Department of Education, Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 158, August 14, 1992, Rules and Regulations, Page 36729, Single Parent means an individual who-

1. Is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse;
2. And
   1. Has a minor child or children for which the parent has either custody or joint custody; or
   2. Is pregnant.

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