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would not be eligible to use Seeking Approved Activity again until their next 12-month authorization begins.

▪ Reauthorization If a family does not complete the reauthorization process and their child care authorization ends, they have 30 days to provide any missing documentation to have their Child Care Financial Assistance reopened and reauthorized if they continue to meet all other eligibility rules. After 30 days from the authorization end date, a family must be placed back on the Waitlist. As a reminder, EEC will not reimburse for care provided without an active placement for Child Care Financial Assistance.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE UPDATES

▪ DTA Seeking Approved Activity Families active on TAFDC may be referred to a CCRR with a DTA referral for Seeking Approved Activity. This referral type will authorize families for 12 weeks only. DTA must provide a new referral for TAFDC Approved Activity for a new authorization to be completed for 12 months.

▪ Transitional Child Care For former TAFDC families who are moving from a DTA Approved Activity authorization or accessing Child Care Financial Assistance within 24 months of their TAFDC closing, DTA will confirm that parents are participating in an allowable service need activity when issuing a Transitional referral.

FAAs will verify the parent’s service need activity as part of the eligibility for DTA Transitional Child Care. In two parent households, both parents must meet the eligibility rules. If the household has countable income, it must be entered. Families who are in their first year of Transitional Child Care will continue to not have a parent fee.

If the parent does not have an activity at the time they are being assessed for Transitional Child Care, they will be eligible for provisional authorization. If a former TAFDC family does not meet the service need rules and their child care placement is ended, they would continue to have up to 24 months from their TAFDC case closure to access care with an eligible service need.

SERVICE NEED UPDATES

Service need refers to the reason a family has for needing child care and includes the number of hours a parent is participating in an approved activity. The following are updated and new service needs that serve as an approved activity: