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Income and Contribution Schedule used for the family’s eligibility for the certification period, the family is no longer eligible for program participation effective the first (1st) of the month following adverse action.

3. Changes Requiring Authorization changes Changes requiring canceling existing Child Care Assistance Authorization documents and reissuing a Child Care Assistance Authorization document include: a. Unit of care increases; b. Co-pay decreases; c. Child care provider changes; d. Parent and/or child name changes; e. Family’s eligibility ends.

Changes which decrease the unit of care authorized or increase the family’s income are to be documented in an ICCIS case note and the Child Care Assistance Reported Change – No Benefit Change Notice is issued mailed acknowledging the change reported and informing the family that no changes will be made to the family’s benefit. 4120-1 A. CHANGES POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE PASS II AND PASS III FAMILY BENEFIT When the family reports timely, within ten (10) business days, a non- temporary change that would positively impact the family benefit, such as an increase to the unit of care or decrease to the co-pay, the change is effective when reported and does not require timely notice of adverse action. Non-temporary changes to a family’s income resulting in a reduction of the family’s co-pay, according to the Family Income and Contribution Schedule used when determining the family’s eligibility for the certification period, are effective the first (1st) of the month following when the change was reported. If verification is requested and not received within the ten (10) business days or by the date in the Child Care Assistance Program - Information Needed Notice, it is considered untimely, consider a new report of change and will affect the start date of the change.

When the family does not report timely, within ten (10) business days of a change, it will not be retroactively applied and becomes effective the month following notification to the Designee, with the exception of reporting a non-temporary change and the family’s continued eligibility due to job search coverage. When the family does not report a change in their eligible activity within ten (10) business days of the change becoming non-temporary, the Designee will identify when the