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or otherwise excluded through System for Award Management (SAM) are not eligible for Child Care Assistance (CCA) participation in any PASS category.

When an applying family is also the owner of a child care facility they are not eligible to receive CCA benefits in any PASS category.

Families applying for PASS I CCA are determined income eligible by the Division of Public Assistance (DPA) Field Services staff. Financial eligibility is based on the family’s application to receive Alaska Temporary Assistance Program (TA) benefits. These families are also determined non-financially eligible by DPA Field Services staff.

Families requesting assistance with their child care costs who are applying for or receiving TA benefits are eligible for PASS I CCA and are to be referred to the appropriate Work Services Provider (WSP) providing supportive services for families in the community. The DPA Work Services maintains and distributes a listing of WSP with their contact information on the DPA website at: http://dpaweb.hss.state.ak.us/files/Work_Service_Contacts.pdf.

WSP are to encourage and assist families in utilizing licensed providers or providers already approved for CCA participation. Families who do not have an identified child care provider or indicate they are considering an individual not yet approved as a provider, must be referred to the Alaska statewide Child Care Resource and Referral Network (CC&R), for assistance in finding a provider who is approved so the family can start in their eligible activity as soon as possible. The referral is documented in a client note in the family’s case in the Case Management System (CMS).

WSP coordinate requests for PASS I CCA with the Designee.

1. An eligible family may receive PASS I CCA if they have a child who is identified as a dependent childand: a. Is twelve (12) years of age or younger. A child’s age in a family receiving PASS I CCA is determined by DPA for participation in TA. The Designee will use PASS I verified for the child in the General screen of the Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) when creating a new PASS I family case; b. Is included in the TA case; c. Is not included in the TA case because the childreceives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits; • Is not included in the TA case due to the child not being in the parent’s home at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the