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

68 J. If at any time after being transitioned onto Low-Income Child Care the household is determined eligible for Colorado Works, re-enters into a current individualized plan, and is participating in an allowable work activity as defined in Colorado Works rule (9 CCR 2503-6), incorporated by reference in rule section 3.103(CC), the household shall be transitioned back onto Colorado Works Child Care upon receipt of the Colorado Works Child Care Referral Form. 3.118 PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHILD CARE A. Protective services households refers to households in which child(ren) have been placed by the county in foster home care, kinship foster home care, or non- certified kinship care, and have an open child welfare case. Counties may request approval from the Department by submitting a county plan to provide protective services child care utilizing Child Care Development Funds (CCDF) rather than Child Welfare funds, subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. B. The county worker must authorize protective services cases for a minimum of twelve (12) months based on the child’s need for care and the funding source. C. Protective services child care is not twenty-four (24) hour care. D. Child care services for school-age children during regular school hours shall be different from, and cannot be substituted for, educational services that school districts are required to provide under the Colorado Exceptional Children's Educational Act. E. The Department-approved Protective Services Child Care Referral Form shall be completed by the county Child Welfare worker and provided to the county child care technician to process in CHATS within five (5) business days of receipt and maintained in the child care case file when any of the following occur: 1. A household is determined eligible for Protective Services Child Care; 2. There are changes in household composition that affect eligibility or the need for Protective Services Child Care; 3. There are changes in the child care schedule;