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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 08/2022 Determining the CCAP family 5.3 To include the adult student as a dependent in the family, the family must verify: • The adult dependent’s student status • That the family provides 50%or more of the dependent student’s support • All other eligibility factors required for members of the CCAP family. See Chapters 6.6.1 (Individuals with Exempt Earned Income), 7.3 (Verification – Initial Application), 7.6 (Verification – Eligibility Redetermination), 7.9 (Income Verification), and 16.27 (Exempt Earned Income Comparison Sheet). Determining percentage of support Agencies may set up criteria for determining the level of family support for adult students. One way to determine the percentage of support is to: • Determine household costs, for example, rent, utilities, and food • Divide the amount by the total number of family members • Assign a percent to each member, and then • Compare that to the adult student’s income. If the adult student is included in the family, the adult student’s earned and unearned income must be included in determining the household income, unless the adult student is under the age of 19 and has not earned a high school diploma or GED. Minor parents living with other relatives When a minor parent(s) and his/her child(ren) are living with other relatives and the minor parent(s) applies for child care assistance, “family” means only the minor parent(s) and their child(ren). Legal guardians, eligible relative caregivers and other caregivers Included in the child care assistance family Legal guardians and eligible relative caregivers of a child can receive child care assistance for the child. These children and any biological or adoptive children of the legal guardian or eligible relative caregiver are included in the family size. See Chapter 4.1 (Applicant requirements) for definitions of legal guardian and eligible relative caregiver. Not included in the child care assistance family If a kinship caregiver (relative custodian) does not meet the legal guardian or eligible relative caregiver definition, they cannot receive child care assistance for that child. If the person applies for child care assistance for their biological or adoptive children, the child for whom they are receiving kinship assistance is not included in the family size.