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A family’s potential Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS) II CCA eligibility is determined by the Division of Public Assistance (DPA) Field Services Eligibility Staff at the time their Temporary Assistance (TA) case closes. Families whose TA closed with earnings from employment are eligible for PASS II for the twelve (12) months following the TA closure, even if the family requested their case to be closed.

Families whose TA application was denied are not eligible for PASS II or a post TA month of child care. They are only eligible for PASS I for the month they submitted their TA application and any following months until a determination is made on their TA application.

When the family’s TA case closes with earning, the DPA Field Services Eligibility Staff issues the PASS II Referral W150 notice to the family and a copy to the Designee providing Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) services in the family’s community. The PASS II Referral W150 notice includes:

1. Potential twelve (12) month PASS II timeframe;

2. Need to apply to the Designee for PASS II Child CareAssistance (CCA) if continued child care is needed;and

3. PASS II CCAP Designee’s address and contact information.

If the Work Services Provider (WSP) is also a State of Alaska employee and/or aware the family is closing TA with earnings, they will enter a client note in the Case Management System (CMS) documenting the TA closure date, employment information and verification received to assist CCAP Designees in determining PASS II or PASS III eligibility.

Designees will send the family the Child Care Assistance-Notification of PASS II Potential Eligibility letter along with a Child Care Assistance Application CC08, unless receipt of an application is already documented in the Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS).

PASS II potentially eligible families must meet the same non-financial and financial eligibility criteria as PASS III families.

4050-2 PASS II AND PASS III FAMILY APPLICATION The administration for Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS) II