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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 39 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Need for Service Not all courses offered at a community college are considered vocational training. Most community colleges offer associate degree programs that prepare a person to transfer to a four-year institution for completion of a baccalaureate degree. Do not approve child care for such programs for clients who already have a baccalaureate degree. Employment Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.2(2)“b” Policy: Families are eligible for Child Care Assistance (CCA) when the parent or parents are employed 32 or more hours per week (28 or more hours per week if the family includes a special needs child) or an average of 32 or more hours per week (28 or more hours per week if the family includes a special needs child) during the month. Assistance may be provided for: ▪ The hours of employment of a single parent. Employment averaging 32 hours per week (28 hours per week if the family includes a special needs child) during the month meets the employment requirement. ▪ The hours when both parents in a two-parent home are working. In a two-parent household, both parents must fully meet the conditions of need for service based on employment or participation in an educational program. See Multiple Needs for Service for examples. ▪ Sleep time during the daytime hours if the parent works at least six hours between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and: • There is not another parent in the home, or • The other parent in the home is unable to care for the child during the daytime hours because that parent meets a need for service during those hours. When the parent or parents are employed 32 or more hours per week and they work from home, you must determine if the employer schedules the parent for set work hours. If the parent is scheduled for set work hours, the need for service is met. If the parent is not scheduled for set work hours, there is no need for service. Participants in approved PROMISE JOBS activities and people who receive FIP or whose earned income was taken into account in determining the needs of FIP recipients are eligible for CCA regardless of hours of employment, as long as there is a need for child care services. See Need for Service. Procedure: Verify the employment need for service by getting verification of the number of hours the client works. Verification can be pay stubs, a statement from the employer, or a statement from the client who is self-employed.