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CAPS Policy – Eligibility Requirements No.: CAPS/00-6 Effective Date: 10/01/2016 Revised: 07/01/2025 Revision Effective: 07/01/2025

CAPS Policy Manual

Page 30 of 109 • Court records • U.S. Passport • State issued I.D. • Hospital certificate of live birth • Immigration card • Social Security Administration records • Immigration court order • Homeland Security documents

Note: The above list is not an all-inclusive list and families have the right to submit other forms of verification/documentation that must be credible to determine proof of age. Proof of age can also be verified using other eligibility program system sources whenever possible.

6.4.3 Children 17 years of age or younger with a disability or developmental delay that impacts their learning or a court order for supervision may receive child care subsidies as long as all other eligibility requirements are met.

6.4.4 When a child turns 13 (or 18 with a disability or developmental delay that impacts their learning or court order for supervision), care will continue through the end of the eligibility period. During the redetermination process, CAPS staff will close any active scholarships for the 13 (or 18) year old child and proceed with eligibility for the remaining children needing care.

Child’s Citizenship Requirement 6.5.1 A child who receives CAPS services must be a U.S. citizen or have established U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) status as a lawfully admitted qualified alien.

6.5.2 For CAPS purposes, pursuant to the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), a child is a U.S. citizen if she or he meets one of the following:

• Born in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any U.S. territory, unless born to a foreign diplomat • Born abroad to two U.S. citizens and at least one of the parents lived in the U.S. prior to the child’s birth • Born abroad in wedlock to one U.S. citizen and the individual was born on or after November 14, 1986, and the citizen’s parent lived at least five years in the U.S. before the individual was born, and at least two of those five years in the U.S. were after the citizen’s parent’s fourteenth birthday; or the individual was born before November 14, 1986, and the citizen’s parent lived at least ten years in the U.S. before the individual was born, and at least five of those ten years in the U.S. were after the citizen’s parent’s fourteenth birthday • Born abroad out of wedlock to a U.S. citizen father and the father had previously been physically present in the U.S. or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year • Born abroad out of wedlock to a U.S. citizen mother and the mother had previously been physically present in the U.S. or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year • Has fulfilled the requirements and completed the process of naturalization

6.5.3 Information regarding citizenship and naturalization can be found in the following sections of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/act.html: ACT 300 et. Seq.

6.5.4 Beginning February 27, 2001, a foreign-born child, including a foreign-born adopted child, currently residing permanently in the U.S. automatically acquires U.S. citizenship if certain criteria are met. The criteria for automatically acquiring U.S. citizenship are as follows:

• The child must have at least one U.S. citizen parent (by birth or naturalization)