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

37 E. Protective services households are not subject to residency verification requirements. The county with the open child welfare case shall be considered the county of residency. F. Citizenship, age, and identity shall be verified by the Child Welfare worker. The signed Protective Services Child Care Referral serves as verification of citizenship, age, and identity and must be maintained in the child care case file. If the Child Welfare worker is unable to attest to having verified the child’s citizenship status, age, and/or identity at the time of referral: 1. Protective services households must be allowed up to six (6) months to provide verification of the child(ren)’s U.S. citizenship status and age; 2. Protective services households must be allowed up to six (6) months to provide verification of the child(ren)’s identity; and, 3. If the Child Welfare worker cannot verify and attest to the child’s citizenship status, age, or identity within six (6) months of the referral, the county must not provide child care services for the child(ren) through the use of Protective Services Child Care. G. Protective services households must be allowed up to sixty (60) days to provide verification of immunization if child care is provided by a qualified exempt child care provider not related to the child where care is provided outside of the home. H. If the child(ren) on the Protective Services Child Care case receives care from a licensed child care provider, the county may reimburse the child care provider for additional absences and/or holidays beyond what would be paid for a Low-Income, Colorado Works, or Child Welfare Child Care case. The number of additional absences shall be paid in accordance with the Protective Services Child Care policy set by the county and approved by the State Department. 3.108 CHILD WELFARE CHILD CARE A. Child Welfare Child Care is used as a temporary service to maintain children in their own homes or in the least restrictive out-of-home care setting when there are no other child care options available. This may include parents, non-certified kinship care, kinship foster care homes, and foster care homes. B. Child Welfare 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. C. Eligibility for Child Welfare Child Care is determined on a case-by-case basis by the Child Welfare division using the criteria outlined in 12 CCR 2509-4 §7.302. D. Child Welfare Child Care households are not subject to residency verification requirements. The county with the open child welfare case shall be considered the county of residency. E. The county shall not provide Child Welfare Child Care utilizing CCDF. 3.109 ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS A. Households shall meet the definition of families experiencing homelessness.