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In order for a family to be eligible to receive CCAP benefits, they must meet both non-financial and financial eligibility criteria within sixty (60) days of the date their acceptable application is date stamped received by the Designee.

4070-1 FAMILY NON-FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY Families applying for Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS) II or PASS III Child Care Assistance (CCA) are determined non-financially eligible by the Designee.

The non-financial eligibility criteria for all PASS CCA categories includes: an eligible child with eligible parent(s) in an eligible family who are physically present and living in the state.

4070-2 ELIGIBLE CHILD Under the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) the term child refers to any child(ren) of the family, residing in the home, who may or may not need child care, and who are minor child(ren) seventeen (17) years of age or younger.

To be considered eligible for CCAP benefits, an eligible child means an individual who:

1. Is younger than thirteen (13) years of age; a child who turns thirteen (13) years of age during the family’s certification periodis eligible to continue through the last day of the family’s certification period; and 2. Resides with a parent or parents who are working or attending a job training or educational program. See section 4070-4 Eligible Family; and

3. Resides in a family whose income does not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the Alaska State Median Income (SMI) for a family of the same size and the family assets do not exceed one million ($1,000,000) dollars;or

4. Resides with a parent or parents not described in two (2) or three (3) above due to the child receiving, or needing to receive, protective services.