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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 74 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Determining Eligiblity Revised June 14, 2024 Establishing the Certification Period

4. Ms. D applies for CCA for her children on July 15, 2016. Her need for service is ongoing full-time employment. One of her children will turn 13 on February 10, 2018. The certification period will be established from July 15, 2016, through July 14, 2017 (12 months). 5. Ms. E applies for CCA for her children on July 15, 2016. Her need for service is ongoing full-time employment. One of her children will turn 13 on March 10, 2017. The certification period will be established from July 15, 2016, through July 14, 2017 (12 months). Availability of Another Child Care Resource Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.5 Policy: When another resource (person, agency, program, or funding source) that allows the parent to select from the full range of eligible child care providers is available free of charge to provide the same or similar service that will meet the family’s needs, the family is not eligible for the Child Care Assistance program. Procedure: Determine whether the resource allows for a full range of child care providers similar to the Child Care Assistance program before denying an application or terminating assistance for this reason. FIP recipients, PROMISE JOBS participants, those receiving Child Protective Services and those who were receiving CCA when they became a member of AmeriCorps *Vista are eligible for Child Care Assistance regardless of this issue. Comment: AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps *Vista members have access to child care benefits that allows participants to select from a full range of state-approved child care providers. A program that does not allow participants to select from a full range of state-approved child care providers, such as a free child care service for students at the school the parent attends, does not meet the criteria of this policy.