# Documentation of Need: Seeking Employment (a) If the basis of need as stated on the application for services is seeking employment, the following shall apply: (1) Services as requested by the parent shall occur on no more than five days per week and for less than 30 hours per week. (2) The parent's period of eligibility for early learning and care services shall be for not less than 12 months and the parent shall receive services for not less than 12 months before having eligibility and need recertified. (b) Documentation of seeking employment shall include a written parental declaration signed under penalty of perjury stating that the parent is seeking employment. The declaration shall include the parent's general plan to secure, change, or increase employment and services shall occur as requested by the parent pursuant to subsection (a)(1) above. > NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 8261, 8263 and 8265, Education Code. Reference: Sections 8206, 8261 and 8263, Education Code. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://title5.caqualityearlylearning.org/general-child-care-programs/documentation-of-need-seeking-employment.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.