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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 37 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Need for Service

2. Mr. M is currently a FIP recipient and receives Child Care Assistance while attending college as a PROMISE JOBS component. Before March 1, 2009, he used ten months of his 24-month limit for education. Mr. M’s FIP is canceled. He applies for CCA after March 1, 2009, and is determined eligible. Mr. M has 14 months of CCA benefits remaining for education. 3. Ms. N has used up her 24-month supportive services funding limit at PROMISE JOBS before March 1, 2009. However, only 15 of the 24 months were used for child care. Therefore, Ms. N may apply for CCA after March 1, 2009, and would have nine months of CCA child care remaining to use out of her 24-month lifetime education limit. Nonapprovable Training Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.2(2)“b”(1) Policy: Child Care Assistance shall be denied for training when: ▪ A labor market statistics for a local area indicate low employment potential in the field the client is being trained in. Exceptions may be made when: • The client has a job offer before entering the training, or • The client is willing to relocate after training to an area where there is employment potential. Clients willing to relocate must provide documentation from the Department of Workforce Development, a private employment agency, or an employer that jobs paying at least minimum wage for which training is being requested are available in the locale specified by the client. ▪ A job in the field the client is being trained in pays less than minimum wage. ▪ A client who possesses a baccalaureate degree wants to take additional college coursework unless the coursework is to obtain a teaching certificate or complete continuing education units and will not lead to a Master’s or other advanced degree. ▪ The course or training is one that the client has previously completed. ▪ The client was previously unable to maintain the cumulative grade point average required by the training or academic facility in the same training for which application is now being made. This does not apply to parents under the age of 18 who are enrolled in high school completion activities.