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

64 worker will be considered to be participating in an eligible activity and must receive Colorado Works Child Care for at least twelve (12) months unless the adult caretaker or teen parent transitions to Low-Income Child Care prior to the end of the twelve (12) month period. B. Colorado Works Child Care cases must be authorized for a minimum of twelve (12) months based on the child's need for care. C. Upon receipt of a referral at the following times, only earned income that is reported and verified by the county Colorado Works worker will be considered countable income for Colorado Works Child Care cases: 1. When a household is initially determined eligible for Colorado Works Child Care; and/or 2. When care is continued beyond the end of each twelve (12) month period. D. The child care schedule shall be determined and shared by the county Colorado Works worker on the Department-prescribed Colorado Works Child Care Referral Form. E. County residency shall be verified by the county Colorado Works Program. F. Citizenship, age, and identity of the child(ren) for whom care is requested are verified by the county Colorado Works Program. The Colorado Works Child Care Referral serves as verification of citizenship, age, and identity, for CCCAP eligibility and the referral must be maintained in the child care case file. G. Verification of immunization or religious or medical exemption (see sections 25-4- 902 and 25-4-908, C.R.S., for exemption requirements) must be provided to the child care technician for child(ren) who receive child care from qualified exempt child care providers not related to the child(ren), where care is provided outside of the child’s home and the child(ren) are not school age . The immunization verification must be maintained in the child care case file. H. Counties that provide Colorado Works Child Care for households approved for Colorado Works state diversions require the same eligibility as outlined in this rule section.