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

69 4. To continue care; or 5. A household is no longer eligible for or in need of Protective Services Child Care. 3.119 ELIGIBILITY FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES HOUSEHOLDS A. Protective services households are considered a household of one for purposes of determining income eligibility. The only countable income for a protective services household is the income that is received by the child(ren) that have been placed in kinship or foster care. Child support income shall not be included as income. Child support income is intercepted by the county child welfare department. B. Protective services households shall be allowed up to sixty (60) days to provide verification of the child(ren)’s income. C. Counties may request approval from the Department by submitting a county plan to allow the Child Welfare worker to waive the income requirement for protective services households on a case-by-case basis, subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. If the income requirement is waived, it must be documented in the CCCAP case file. D. Protective services households are not subject to low-income eligible activity requirements. E. Protective services households are not subject to residency verification requirements. The county with the open child welfare case shall be considered the county of residency. F. Citizenship, age, and identity shall be verified by the Child Welfare worker. The signed Protective Services Child Care Referral serves as verification of citizenship, age, and identity and must be maintained in the child care case file. If the Child Welfare worker is unable to attest to having verified the child’s citizenship status, age, and/or identity at the time of referral: 1. Protective services households must be allowed up to six (6) months to provide verification of the child(ren)’s U.S. citizenship status and age;