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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 38 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Need for Service ▪ The course or training is in a field in which the client will not be able to be employed due to known criminal convictions or founded child or dependent adult abuse. ▪ The parent is participating in on-line training from home and the training facility does not require specified hours of attendance. Procedure: Use form 470-4558, Notice of Decision: Child Care, to inform the client that the request for CCA to be paid for training is denied if you are not approving the training program. When you deny CCA because of nonapprovable training, document the source of your labor market statistics and the basis for your decision. Contact either your local PROMISE JOBS office or Iowa Workforce Development office for current information on labor market statistics. You may approve Internet training that will be completed from home only when the client can provide documentation that they must attend a regularly scheduled on-line course and that the training is part of the client’s full-time coursework. This does not include a class with a suggested number of hours of on-line time. Do not include hours spent to study as part of the client’s vocational or academic training time. If PROMISE JOBS has denied a classroom training plan for any of the reasons mentioned above, you do not need to make any further eligibility determination for the same casework. CCA will not cover training that PROMISE JOBS has already determined to be nonapprovable for these reasons. If PROMISE JOBS has denied a classroom training plan for reasons not mentioned above, (e.g., due to imposition of a limited benefit plan or because the family will leave FIP before completion of their training plan) then you will need to make an eligibility determination. Comment: “College course work” is defined as courses that are academic in nature and generally are completed as part of a degree program. Do not approve child care for graduate-level course work taken during an undergraduate program in preparation for a graduate degree. “Vocational training” is defined as a program of study generally offered at a community college or a similar training institution that prepares people to perform specific skills, such as auto repair or clerical skills.