Section 50-33-03 - Available benefits1. The department shall pay child care costs required as a result of participation in allowable activities by the eligible caretaker in a temporary assistance for needy families household or diversion assistance household. The department shall pay a portion of child care costs required as a result of participation in allowable activities by the caretaker based on family size and countable income by applying a sliding fee schedule established under rules to be adopted by the department.2. Subject to the availability of funding, the department may expand child care assistance to include an eligible caretaker who is attending a postsecondary education program in pursuit of a one-year, two-year, or four-year degree or certificate. If a child care assistance unit includes two parents, child care assistance may be paid with respect to any child only during times that both parents are engaged in an allowable activity.