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

3 “Application” is a Department-approved form that may include, but is not limited to: A. An original Department-prescribed low-income child care application, which is the first application for the CCCAP filed by the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent; or B. At the option of the county, any application for another public assistance program. “Application date” means the date that the county receives the signed application. “Application date for pre-eligibility determinations” means the date that the application is received from the Child Care Provider or Applicant by the county. Required supporting documents may be submitted up to thirty (30) days after receipt of the signed application. “Application process” means all of the following: A. The Department-prescribed, signed low-income child care application form completed by the adult caretaker or teen parent or their authorized representative, which includes appeal rights; or, any application from another public assistance program. Counties with Head Start programs may accept the Head Start application in lieu of the Low-Income Child Care application for those children enrolled in the Head Start program; B. The required verification supporting the information declared on the application form; and C. As a county option, an orientation or interview for new applicants may be required. Counties shall ensure that, if the county chooses to incorporate an orientation or interview into their application process, the orientation or interview process is not burdensome to families by allowing a family to complete the process via phone or electronic tools or by offering extended office hours to hold the orientation or interview. “Assets” include but are not limited to the following: A. Liquid resources such as cash on hand, money in checking or savings accounts, saving certificates, stocks or bonds, lump sum payments as specified in the rule section titled “nonrecurring lump sum payments”. B. Non-liquid resources such as any tangible property including, but not limited to, licensed and unlicensed automobiles and motorcycles, utility trailer, seasonal or recreational vehicles (such as any camper, motor home, boat, snowmobile, water skidoo, or airplane) and real property (such as buildings, land, and vacation homes). Primary home and automobile of the primary caretakers are excluded. “Attestation of mental competence” means a signed statement from a Qualified Exempt Child Care Provider declaring that no one in the home where the care is provided has been determined to be insane or mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction; or specifically that the mental incompetence or insanity is not of such a degree that the individual cannot safely operate as a Qualified Exempt Child Care Provider. “Attendance tracking system (ATS)” means the system used by adult caretakers, teen parents, or another individual delegated by the adult caretaker or teen parent to access benefits and to record child attendance for the purposes of paying for authorized and provided child care. “Authorized care” means the amount and length of time a child is eligible to receive care by licensed or qualified exempt child care providers to whom social/human services will authorize payment. “Authorization start date” means the date from which payments for child care services are eligible to be paid by the county.