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

34 2. When care is continued beyond the end of each twelve (12) month period. D. Child care schedule shall be determined and shared by the county Colorado Works worker on the state-prescribed Colorado Works Child Care Referral Form. E. County residency shall be verified by the county Colorado Works Program. F. Citizenship, age, and identity of the child(ren) for whom care is requested are verified by the county Colorado Works Program. The Colorado Works Child Care Referral serves as verification of citizenship, age, and identity, and the referral must be maintained in the child care case file. G. Immunization verification for child(ren) 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 must be provided to the child care technician and shall be maintained in the child care case file. H. Counties that provide Colorado Works Child Care for households approved for state diversions require the same eligibility as outlined above. I. The county Colorado Works worker shall notify the child care technician in writing of changes to the level of child care services. Decreases in child care services shall only be acted upon if it is at the request of the adult caretaker or teen parent. If the county Colorado Works worker processes the child care case, written verification is not required but changes must be clearly documented in CHATS. J. A change in child care provider shall be reported to the child care technician by the adult caretaker or teen parent or the county Colorado Works worker prior to the change. K. The county child care technician shall advise adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) who are receiving Colorado Works Child Care of their responsibilities in writing via the Client Responsibilities Agreement at the time of the initial referral. L. If the adult caretaker or teen parent moves out of the county in which they are actively receiving Colorado Works Child Care during the twelve (12) month period: 1. The originating county child care staff shall notify the receiving county within ten (10) business days of being notified that the adult caretaker or teen parent has moved. 2. Upon receipt of notification from the originating county, the receiving county shall initiate or maintain the Colorado Works Child Care case for the remainder of the twelve (12) month period at a minimum. 3.106.2 TRANSITION OFF COLORADO WORKS CHILD CARE Counties shall transition households that are no longer eligible for the Colorado Works Program and are participating in a low-income eligible activity as defined in 3.103 to Low-Income Child Care without requiring the household to complete the low-income child care application. The household’s eligibility shall be re-determined no earlier than twelve (12) months after the transition as outlined in 3.105.3. A. A household that is no longer eligible for the Colorado Works Program shall not be automatically transitioned to Low-Income Child Care if any of the following conditions apply: 1. The household is ineligible for the Colorado Works Program due to an Intentional Program Violation (IPV) as determined in Colorado Works rule (9 CCR 2503-6) or,