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Eligibility Determination Rules



 

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION INPUT

INPUT ELEMENT

COMMENT

Referred By

Protective Services

PATH 603

Clients referred from these sources are eligible by virtue of referral regardless of income.

Service Need

Must have indicated one of the following service needs:

Employment

Training

School/College

Both Employment and Training/Education

Job Search

Health Need/Disability Parent

Health Need/Disability Child

Self Employed

Protective Services

Family Support

If Health Need/Disability Parent is indicated as the Service Need, no schedule of activity is required for that parent.  A child schedule would still be required.

Schedule

Applicant Schedule

Other Parent Schedule

Child Schedule

Comparison of the schedules of the hours of the adults' activities with that of the child will indicate the maximum hours of child care per week that will be authorized per child

Care Category

Part Time - up to 25 hours

Full Time - 26 to 50 hours

Extended Care - greater than 50 hours

The maximum hours of care authorized per child per week is translated into a Care Category.

Child Age

Maximum age is 13

Maximum age is 19 if special needs

Last day of eligibility is the day before the child's birthday of either 13 or 19 as appropriate.

Special Needs Documentation

Documentation Type:

IEP

IFSP

Doctor

Licensed Psychologist

Court Record

504 Plan

Must be documented by one of the approved documentation types.

Income Type

 

 

 

Americorp Stipend - Not countable

TANF Grant - Not Countable

Child Support Paid - Subtract from income

Child Support Received - Countable

Interest Income - Countable

Dividend Income - Countable

Military Pay - Countable

Military Pay - Active Duty - Not Countable

Rental Income - Countable

Self-employment Income - Countable

Social Security Benefit - Countable

Veterans Benefits - Countable

Spousal Maintenance Received - Countable

Supplemental Security Income - Not Countable

Tips, etc. - Countable

Trust Fund - Countable

Unemployment Compensation - Countable

Vista Stipend - Not Countable

Wages - Countable

Worker's Compensation - Countable

Other - Countable

For income eligibility limitation, include only those Income Types which are "Countable" or "Subtract from income."

Income

Family Size

Income

 

See "Income Eligibility Gross Monthly Income and Family Size July 1, 1999" in Income Eligibility.

Financially ineligible if gross monthly countable income for the stated family size exceeds:

 

Family Size 3, Income >$2586

Family Size 4, Income >$3115

Family Size 5, Income >$3645

Family Size >5, Income >$4176

Eligibility Begin Date

 

For those clients referred from PATH, Protective Services, or with a Service Need of Family Support, the initial Eligibility Begin Date cannot precede the initial Authorization Date.  The date of the Application determines the Eligibility Begin Date for clients not referred as above. 

Eligibility End Date

Default Eligibility End Date to:

Family Support clients - 6 months from Eligibility Begin

 

PATH and Protective Services clients - as indicated on the Authorization

 

All other clients - 12 months from Eligibility Begin

Can be user entered to be less than the default but not greater than the default.

Parent Fee

Subsidized Percentage

 

See "Income Eligibility Gross Monthly Income and Family Size July 1, 1999" in Income Eligibility.

 

The percentage applied from the schedule is used for all children in the family who are in subsidized care.

 

Except for Protective Services, Family Support, and PATH children, a child who is 100% subsidy still must have a minimum of $1.00 per week of parent fee for each enrollment.  In this instance, 100% subsidy is the applicable rate minus the $1.00 per week.

 

The parent fee is not collected by the CDD.

 

The parent fee for reporting purposes is computed as the difference between the amount paid by CDD and the full pay amount.  The full pay amount of either the State rate or provider rate, whichever is higher.