eligibility-and-enrollment-continuity-of-care-12-month-eligibility

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a)(1). (Plan Questions 2.5.2a and 2.5.2c) • The Lead Agency does not appropriately limit what families must report during the 12- month eligibility period to allowable information, as required by 98.21(h)(2). (Plan Question 2.5.4) Overall Target Completion Date: 10/31/2025 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a)(1). (Plan Questions 2.5.2a and 2.5.2c) 10/31/2025 2 Update policy manual to reflect changes in approved policy on adding a sibling 03/31/2025 3 Align training materials with new policy and procedure 03/31/2025 4 Update Child Care Database 05/30/2025 5 Test functionality in Child Care Database 07/31/2025 6 Disseminate information on new policy and procedure to impacted entities 08/29/2025 7 Sibling policy implemented 09/30/2025 8 Amend plan and submit evidence/required documentation 10/31/2025 9 The Lead Agency does not appropriately limit what families must report during the 12- month eligibility period to allowable information, as required by 98.21(h)(2). (Plan Question 2.5.4) 10/31/2025 10 Identify policy updates around temporary changes that meet the CCDF rule compliance 03/31/2025 11 Update policy manual to reflect changes in approved policy on temporary changes 03/28/2025 12 Align training materials with new policy and procedure 03/28/2025 13 Update Child Care Database 05/31/2025 14 Test child care database 07/31/2025 15 Disseminate information on new policy and procedure to impacted entities 09/30/2025 16 Amend plan and submit evidence/required documentation 10/31/2025