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 PUBLIC LAW 101-202—DEC. 6, 1989 103 STAT. 1797 "(B) For purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in Children and subparagraph (A)— youth. "(i) payments for child care expenses under the Project shall be considered part of the value of assistance provided to participating families with earnings; "(ii) payments for child care expenses for families without earnings shall not be considered part of the value of assist- ance provided to participating families or the aggregate value of assistance that such families could have received under the food stamp program and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act; and "(iii) any child support payments not assigned to the State under the provisions of part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, less $50 per month, shall be considered part of the aggregate value of assistance participating families would receive if such families did not participate in the Project; "(C) For purposes of satisfying the requirement specified in subparagraph (A), the State shall— "(i) identify the sets of characteristics indicative of fami- lies that might receive less assistance under the Project; "(ii) establish a mechanism to determine, for each partici- pating family that has a set of characteristics identified under clause (i) whether such family could receive more assistance, in the aggregate, under the food stamp program and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act if such family did not participate in the project; "(iii) increase the amount of assistance provided under the Project to any family that could receive more assist- ance, in the aggregate, under the food stamp program and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act if such family did not participate in the Project, so that the assistance provided under the Project to such family is not less thsm the aggregate amount of assistance such family could re- ceive under the food stamp program and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act if such family did not participate in the Project; and "<iv) increase the amount of assistance paid to participat- ing families, if the State or locality imposes a sales tax on food, by the amount needed to compensate for the tax. This subparagraph shall not be construed to require the State to make the determination under clause (ii) for families that do not have a set of characteristics identified under clause (i). "(D)(i) The State shall designate standardized amounts of assistance provided as food assistance under the Project and notify monthly each participating family of such designated amount. "(ii) The amount of food assistance so designated shall be at least the value of coupons such family could have received under the food stamp program if the Project had not been implemented. The provisions of this subparagraph shall not require that the State make individual determinations as to the amount of assistance under the Project designated as food assistance. "(iii) The State shall periodically allow participating families the option to receive such food assistance in the form of coupons.

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