Income Guideline
2022 FPL & SMI Comparison
Procedure:
Family Size 225% FPL 275% FPL 85% SMI 2 3,433 4,196 4,921 3 4,318 5,278 6,079 4 5,203 6,359 7,237 5 6,088 7,441 8,395 6 6,973 8,523 9,553 7 7,858 9,604 9,770 8 8,743 9,987 9,987 9 9,628 10,204 10,204
To the extent resources permit, it is the intent of the Department to provide child care services to all applicants that meet the income eligibility requirements set forth in this Section.
In the event the Department must limit participation due to insufficient appropriations or available resources, applicants included in the priority service groups are:
Recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families as described in subsection (c)(1);
Teen parents enrolled full-time in elementary school, high school or high school equivalency classes to obtain a high school degree or its equivalent;
Families engaged in an eligible employment and/or educational activity with a special needs child and family income that does not exceed 185% of FPL for their family size;
Working families whose monthly incomes do not exceed 185% of the most current FPL for their family size;
Families that are not recipients of TANF whose monthly incomes do not exceed 185% of the most current FPL for their family size that need child care assistance to participate in education and training.
Parents are responsible for providing income verification and all other information required by the Department in order to determine income eligibility for child care services.
Documentation must be secured for all earned income and maintained in the family eligibility file or stored electronically in the Child Care Management System (CCMS) prior to approval for child care payments as stated in policy 01.03.02.
Other non-exempt income (see policy 01.02.02) listed on the Child Care Application (IL444-3455) is self-certified by the applicant's signature and should be included in the family's income calculation.
All non-exempt income discovered by preforming searches to State systems and databases as directed by Subsidy Management should be included in the family's income calculation
All income must be documented in the CCMS case file with either proper pay documentation, screen prints of State systems or on the self-certified child care application.