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Assistance Application CC08 was received if the family meets all factors of eligibility and needs care during that month. If all factors of eligibility are not met and/or care is not needed for any day during the month of application, the date entered in the Budget and Co-pay screen is the first (1st) day of either of the two (2) months following the month the family submitted their application to the Designee, and it was date stamped received, based on when they met all factors of eligibility and care is needed.

2. If the Designee is Unable to Process the Application Timely If the Designee is unable to make a final determination of approved or denied on an application orschedule and conduct the interview by the thirty-first (31st) day of receipt, the benefit start date will be the date the application was date stamped received date or the first (1st) of the two (2) following months based on when all factors of eligibility are met and care is needed.

Note: There is no retroactive eligibility for a family applying for or receiving PASS III CCA.

4100 DETERMINING CHILD CARE UNITS OF CARE Designees determine the allowable units of care to be authorizedeach month. Units of care are determined by comparing the allowable times of the day in which the parent(s) is/are participating in their eligible activity(ies) and any additional allowable time such as travel or sleep time, to the child’s schedule, including the time the child is not in school. In a two (2) parent family, the units of care allowed are determined by the time both parents are in their eligible activity at the same time, including any travel and/or sleep time. These times are then compared to the family’s selected child care provider’s hours of operation. Designees are to review the child care provider’s hours of operation in the provider’s case in the Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) to ensure the provider is open and operating when care is needed.

Designees are to clearly describe the allowable times child care is needed in detailed case notes in ICCIS.