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

36 K. If at any time after being transitioned onto Low-Income Child Care the household is determined eligible for Colorado Works, re-enters into a current individualized plan, and is participating in an allowable work activity as defined in Colorado Works rule (9 CCR 2503-6), the household shall be transitioned back onto Colorado Works Child Care upon receipt of the Colorado Works Child Care Referral Form. 3.107 PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHILD CARE A. Protective services households refers to households in which child(ren) have been placed by the county in foster home care, kinship foster home care, or non-certified kinship care and have an open child welfare case. At the option of the county, the county may provide protective services child care utilizing Child Care Development Funds (CCDF) rather than Child Welfare. B. Protective services cases must be authorized for a minimum of twelve (12) months by the county worker based on the child’s need for care due to the funding source. C. Protective services child care is not twenty-four (24) hour care. Child care services for school-age children during regular school hours shall be different from, and cannot be substituted for, educational services that school districts are required to provide under the Colorado Exceptional Children's Educational Act. D. The state-approved Protective Services Child Care Referral Form shall be completed by the county Child Welfare worker and provided to the county child care technician to process in CHATS within five (5) business days of receipt and maintained in the child care case file when any of the following occur: 1. A household is determined eligible for Protective Services Child Care; 2. There are changes in household composition that affect eligibility or the need for Protective Services Child Care; 3. There are changes in the child care schedule; 4. To continue care; or, 5. A household is no longer eligible for or in need of Protective Services Child Care. 3.107.1 ELIGIBILITY FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES HOUSEHOLDS (COUNTY OPTION) A. Protective services households are considered to be 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. As determined by the Child Welfare worker, the income requirement for protective services households may be waived on a case by case basis. If the income requirement is waived, it must be documented in the case file. D. Protective services households are not subject to low-income eligible activity requirements.