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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 5 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Application Date of Application Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.3(1)“c” Policy: The date of application is: ▪ The date a valid paper application is received and date-stamped in a local office, or ▪ The date a valid electronic application is received. When an application is delivered to a closed local office or received electronically outside of work hours, consider it received on the first day that is not a weekend or state holiday following the day that the local office was last open. NOTE: The date of application for families receiving FIP is the date the family requests Child Care Assistance. Procedure: If a household did not check CCA on the Financial Support Application, but the applicant asks to apply for CCA during the interview or before you take action on the application, allow the applicant to check the CCA box. The application date is the same for CCA as for the programs that were initially checked on the application form. Effective Date of Assistance Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.3(3) Policy: Approve the application when you have established that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements. The effective date of assistance shall be the date of application or the date the need for service began, whichever is later. Procedure: When an application is not required, the effective date will be as follows: ▪ For a family receiving FIP benefits the effective date of Child Care Assistance (CCA) will be the latest of: • The effective date of FIP assistance, • 30 days before the date of application for CCA, or • The date the need for service began. ▪ When CCA is needed to participate in PROMISE JOBS activities, the effective date of CCA is the date the person becomes a PROMISE JOBS participant or the date there is a need for CCA to participate in an approved PROMISE JOBS activity, whichever is later. ▪ For families needing protective child care service, the effective date of assistance is the date the family signs form 470-0615, or 470-0615(S), Application for All Social Services.