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third (3rd) month unless an eligible activity is reported and verified. An alert is set for the fifteenth (15th) day of the second (2nd) job search month for the Designee to issue a Child Care Assistance – Information Needed Notice, requiring the family to provide verification of an eligible activity or their case will close at the end of the three (3) months.

When the family reports and provides verification of new employment or beginning an education or job training program, changes are made to the Eligible Activity Screen in ICCIS. However, the family’s authorization is changed only if it reduces the family’s co-pay amount or increases the unit of care needed based on the new activity reported.

If the family does not provide verification of obtaining employment or resuming attendance in a job training or educational program by the last day of the third (3rd) job search month their case is closed. The Designee will issue a Child Care Assistance Closure Notice advising the family the effective date of their case closure for not having an eligible activity.

3. No New Eligible Activity – Extended Certification Period If the family’s certification period ends prior to the three (3) months of job search, their certification period is to be extended only through the last day of the three (3) month period.

An alert is set for the fifteenth (15th) day of the second (2nd) job search month for the Designee to issue a Child Care Assistance Renewal Notice.

If during an extended certification period for a two (2) parent family, due to one (1) parent’s need for job search, the second (2nd) parent reports a non-temporary change in employment or participation in a job training or educational program, the family’s