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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 36 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Need for Service Months of CCA Used Before March 1, 2009 Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.2(2)“b” and 93.8(6) “b” Policy: The IM worker shall count towards the 24-month limit any months of child care used for education that were issued by IM or PROMISE JOBS for care provided before March 1, 2009. The PROMISE JOBS worker shall not count towards the 24-month limit any months of child care used for education that were issued by IM for care provided before March 1, 2009. Procedure: Contact the PROMISE JOBS worker to determine how many months of child care for education the client received for care provided before March 31, 2009. Comment: Before March 1, 2009, PROMISE JOBS imposed a 24-month funding limit on all supportive services for postsecondary education participants. This funding limit included such things as transportation allowances, fees, books, etc., as well as child care. Count towards the 24- month limit only the fiscal months in which child care was received.

1. Mrs. C currently receives CCA. She attends college full time and works part time. She has received six months of subsidized child care before March 1, 2009, while in school. Mrs. C loses her job, but continues to attend school. She becomes FIP- eligible on March 1, 2009, and begins receiving benefits. As part of her PROMISE JOBS activities, she continues to attend school full time and receives CCA. Mrs. C’s 24-month lifetime education limit for PROMISE JOBS begins on March 1, 2009. The six months that Mrs. C received CCA before she became a PROMISE JOBS participant do not count toward the 24-month limit on child care that a PROMISE JOBS worker can authorize. If Mrs. C has a training plan approved by PROMISE JOBS and she remains eligible for FIP and PROMISE JOBS, she can receive a total of 30 months of CCA. However, if Mrs. C loses PROMISE JOBS eligibility, then the six months of assistance she received before PROMISE JOBS and the number of months she received assistance authorized by PROMISE JOBS all count toward the 24-month limit for any further CCA that might be authorized for education.