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If care was authorized for the child, existing Child Care Assistance Authorization documents are canceled and reissued as needed to address the change. See section 4110-6 Changes to an Authorization Document Not Due to a Mistake. If the child leaving was the only child of the family or the only child needing care, the family is no longer eligible for participation. The Designee will issue a Child Care Assistance Closure Notice, apply applicable adverse action, cancel existing Child Care Assistance Authorization documents and close the family’s case. See section 4110-6 Changes to an Authorization Document Not Due to a Mistake.

3. Second Parent/Spouse Moves Into the Family Home A participating family is not required to report if the family’s second parent of a child in the family moves into the family home unless it causes the family’s income to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the SMI. Likewise, a participating single-parent is not required to report if they have married someone with whom they do not have children in common, and their spouse, now considered a second parent, is living in the family home unless it causes the family’s income to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the SMI.

When the family reports the second parent moving into the family’s home, the second parent’s income must be evaluated to ensure the family’s income does not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the SMI using the same Family Income and Contribution Schedule used when determining the family’s eligibility for the certification period.

Verification of the second parent’s income and a copy of their valid government issued identification must be requested if not provided when the change was reported. If the participating parent reports additional care is needed to accommodate both parent’s schedules, the Designee will send the family a Child Care Assistance - Information Needed Notice requesting verification of eligible activity for the second parent to support issuing additional care.

When including the second parent and their income results in the family’s co-pay to be increased for the family’s new size, the second parent is added but their income is not included in the family’s budget and the family’s co-payment is not adjusted, although additional care will be authorized if needed to accommodate the second parent’s schedule. If the inclusion of the