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The start date of the family’s certification period must also be entered into the Budget and Co-pay screen and may be different than the effective date used for the Budget and Co-pay screen. Entering the family’s certification start date ensures, when there is more than one (1) effective Family Income and Contribution Schedule, that the correct schedule is used to determine their financial eligibility. This same Family Income and Contribution Schedule is used throughout the family’s certification period based on entering the certification period start date in the budget screen when income or family size changes are reported.

If the family’s countable monthly income exceeds the maximum allowable limit the Designee issues a Child Care Assistance – Denied Notice to the family, includes the income worksheets from the Budget screen in ICCIS, and documents in an ICCIS case note the reason for denial.

4090 DETERMINING FAMILYPASSII AND PASSIII ELIGIBILITY DATES Families meeting both the non-financial and financial eligibility are eligible for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). A family can be approved for participation in only one Parents Achieving Self- Sufficiency (PASS) program during the month.

Designees must determine: the family’s eligibility dates; the certification period and benefit start date; and evaluate the level of benefit for which the family is eligible.

All non-financial and financial factors of eligibility for PASS II and PASS III must be met within sixty (60) calendar days of the date the Child Care Assistance Application CC08 is date stamped received by the Designee. This could span across three (3) different months.

4090-1 CERTIFICATION PERIOD The Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS) II and PASS III eligible family’s certification period is twelve (12) months. Within that twelve (12) month certification period there may be a combination of months of PASS II and months of PASS III, PASS II only or PASS III only.