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

92 2. If verification is received within sixty (60) calendar-days of the application date, counties will determine eligibility from the date the current verification was received if the eligibility criteria are met. 3. If verification has not been completely submitted within sixty (60) calendar- days of the application date then the county shall require a new application. U. Upon review of an application that was directed to the wrong county of residence, the receiving county shall forward the application and any verification within one (1) business day to the correct county. The county shall provide notification to the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) that their application has been forwarded to the correct county. V. Counties may access information already available on file or through system interfaces from other assistance programs within their county to use in child care eligibility determination at application and/or re-determination. Counties shall place a copy of this verification in the case file and/or make a notation in CHATS regarding the verification as appropriate. W. Counties shall obtain verification immunization records, indicating that the children are age-appropriately immunized or have a religious or medical exemption (see sections 25-4- 902 and 25-4-908, C.R.S., for exemption requirements) for children 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 at application and re- determination. X. Counties are encouraged to use collateral contact whenever possible to verify information needed to determine eligibility, not including citizenship, age, and identity. Y. Counties must use preponderance of evidence when verifying a child’s citizenship status, age, and identity at application and/or re-determination, only