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

45 M. Counties shall provide consumer education to adult caretakers, teen parents, child care providers and the general public as required by the Department including but not limited to: 1. Information on all available types of child care providers in the community: centers, family child care homes, qualified exempt child care providers and in-home child care. 2. Information regarding voter registration 3. Information on family support services including but not limited to: a. Colorado Works; b. Head Start and Early Head Start; c. Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP); d. Food Assistance program (SNAP); e. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program; f. Child and Adult Care Food program (CACFP); g. Medicaid And State Children’s Health Insurance Program; h. Housing Information; i. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs and services; and j. Child Support Services. 4. Counties shall also provide information and referrals to services under early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) under Medicaid and Part C of IDEA 34 CFR Part 300 (April 2023). Herein incorporated by reference. No later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available at no cost from the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202, or at https://www.ecfr.gov. These regulations are also available for inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash Street, Bldg. C, Denver, Colorado 80246 during regular business hours. 5. Counties shall collect information on adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) receiving programs services listed in rule section 3.112, M, 3-4 via the Low-Income Child Care application and shall enter the information into CHATS for reporting purposes. N. Once determined eligible for Low-Income Child Care, households should remain eligible for a minimum of twelve (12) months. Counties shall not discontinue child care services prior to a household’s next eligibility re-determination unless: 1. The household’s income exceeds eighty-five percent (85%) of the State Median Income; 2. The adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) is no longer in a qualifying low-income eligible activity for the reasons that do not constitute a temporary break as defined in rule section 3.105.2.C; 3. The adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) no longer reside(s) in the state;