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SAHA determines the reasonableness of the expenses based on typical costs of care or apparatus in the locality. To establish typical costs, SAHA will collect information from organizations that provide services and support to persons with disabilities. A family may present, and SAHA will consider, the family's justification for costs that exceed typical costs in the area. Families That Qualify for Both Medical and Disability Assistance Expenses This policy applies only to families in which the head or spouse is 62 or older or is a person with disabilities. When expenses anticipated by a family could be defined as either medical or disability assistance expenses, SAHA will consider them medical expenses unless it is clear that the expenses are incurred exclusively to enable a person with disabilities to work. 6-II.F. CHILD CARE EXPENSE DEDUCTION HUD defines child care expenses at 24 CFR 5.603(b) as "amounts anticipated to be paid by the family for the care of children under 13 years of age during the period for which annual income is computed, but only where such care is necessary to enable a family member to actively seek employment, be gainfully employed, or to further his or her education and only to the extent such amounts are not reimbursed. The amount deducted shall reflect reasonable charges for child care. In the case of child care necessary to permit employment, the amount deducted shall not exceed the amount of employment income that is included in annual income." Clarifying the Meaning of Child for This Deduction Child care expenses do not include child support payments made to another on behalf of a minor who is not living in an assisted family's household [VG, p. 26]. However, child care expenses for foster children that are living in the assisted family's household, are included when determining the family's child care expenses [HCV GB, p. 5-29]. Qualifying for the Deduction Determining Who Is Enabled to Pursue an Eligible Activity The family must identify the family member(s) enabled to pursue an eligible activity. The term eligible activity in this section means any of the activities that may make the family eligible for a child care deduction (seeking work, pursuing an education, or being gainfully employed). In evaluating the family's request, SAHA will consider factors such as how the schedule for the claimed activity relates to the hours of care provided, the time required for transportation, the relationship of the family member(s) to the child, and any special needs of the child that might help determine which family member is enabled to pursue an eligible activity. Seeking Work If the child care expense being claimed is to enable a family member to seek employment, the family must provide evidence of the family member's efforts to obtain employment at each reexamination. The deduction may be reduced or denied if the family member's job search efforts are not commensurate with the child care expense being allowed by SAHA. iii29iio Page 6-29