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

74 3. The Department identifies a funding concern, and implementing a wait list is determined by the Department to be necessary or desirable for the administration of the program pursuant to section 26.5-4-104(4)(e), C.R.S., as described in rule section 3.104. B. A county may apply to the Department, or the Department may require a county, to lift a wait list if the reason(s) for implementing the wait list as set forth in subsections (A)(1) through (A)(3) above are no longer present. C. Once approved or required by the Department, counties shall maintain a current and accurate wait list in CHATS of adult caretakers and teen parents who have applied for the CCCAP program until the Department approves lifting the wait list as described in subsection (D) below. 1. Counties shall require families to complete a Low-Income Child Care application in its entirety and enroll eligible adult caretakers and teen parents from wait lists according to the following Department-defined target populations in accordance with the State’s CCDF Plan, federal priority population regulations, and Department policy, which can be found on the Department website at https://cdec.colorado.gov/resources/cdec- memo-series: a. Households whose income is at or below 130% of the current federal poverty level; b. Children with additional care needs as defined in rule section 3.103(B); c. Families experiencing homelessness as defined in rule section 3.103(CCC); and d. Families receiving TANF. 2. After prioritizing the populations as required by the State’s CCDF Plan, federal priority population regulations, and Department policy, which can be found on the Department website at https://cdec.colorado.gov/resources/cdec-memo-series,counties may