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CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 8 CCR 1403-1 Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

104 authorize pre-eligibility determinations. The start date of eligibility is defined in rule section 3.125(QQ). If the household is found ineligible for services, the Early Care and Education provider shall not be reimbursed for any services provided during the period between their pre-eligibility determination and the county’s final determination of eligibility. The Early Care and Education provider or county may conduct a pre-eligibility determination for child care assistance for a potential program participant to facilitate the determination process if a county has been granted approval by the Department, as described in rule section 3.104, to accept and authorize pre-eligibility determinations. A. The Early Care and Education provider may submit the prospective program participant’s State- prescribed Low-Income Child Care application, release of information, and documentation to the county for final determination of eligibility for child care assistance. The Early Care and Education provider shall signify on the first page of the application in the space provided that a pre-eligibility determination has been made. B. The Early Care and Education provider or county may provide services to the household prior to final determination of eligibility, and the county shall reimburse an Early Care and Education provider: 1. As of the date the county receives the application from the Early Care And Education provider for such services only if the county determines the prospective program participant is eligible for services; and 2. There is no need to place the prospective program participant on a wait list. C. All supporting documentation for a pre-eligibility application submitted by an Early Care and Education provider shall be received in thirty (30) calendar-days of the date the application was received or the application may be determined ineligible by the county. If all verifications are received between the thirty-first (31st) and sixtieth (60th) day, counties shall determine eligibility from the date the verification was received.