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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 05/2022 Verification – Initial application 7.3 - For income deductions, send the family a verification request and allow until the end of the 30-day application period or (45 days with the consent of the applicant) for the verification to be returned. If the requested verification is not received, do not allow the expense as a deduction and process the application without the income deduction. • Authorized activity of Parentally Responsible Individuals (PRIs). See Chapter 4.6 (CCAP Authorized Activities). • School status of students of any age with earned income. If school status of the student is not verified, the student’s earned income must be counted. See Chapter 6.6.1 (Individuals with exempt earned income). - Verification includes, but is not limited to: Case noted conversation with school, student-specific class schedule, client statement, or DHS Request for Verification of School Attendance/Progress DHS-2883 (PDF). • Spousal support and child support payments made to persons outside the household. • Residence. - Verification includes, but is not limited to: driver’s license, state ID card, utility bill, mortgage document, current lease, any form of mail provided by the client (except mail addressed to a P.O. Box), or mail sent to the participant from Department of Human Services or the CCAP agency - A forwarding address sticker received at the administering agency from the U.S. Postal Service cannot be used as verification of residence. - For families in excluded time facilities verify the address or county of residence where the family lived prior to entering the excluded time facility. Have the family provide an address where they can receive mail while in the excluded time facility or receiving excluded time services. Note: mailing address does not require verification. See Chapter 4.24 (Moving between counties). - Families that are homeless or without a fixed address are not required to provide a physical address. Verify the county that the family is physically residing in and have the family provide an address where they can receive mail. Verification includes, but is not limited to: a letter from a shelter, a letter from a friend, or a client statement. - See Chapter 7.21 (Verification – Safe At Home Program) for information about address verification for families in the Safe At Home Program. • Inconsistent information, if related to eligibility. For families who may be eligible for the New Spouse Income policy, request verification of marriage date. If verification of the marriage date is not received, eligibility is not impacted but all countable earned and unearned income from both spouses is counted. See Chapter 6.6.3 (New Spouse Income policy). Requirements to authorize care if the family is determined eligible to receive CCAP: • Employment and/or education status of adult family members including employment schedule and/or class schedule must be verified. See Chapter 7.27 (Schedule verification – Employment and education). • School schedule information for every child who needs child care and attends school must be provided. See Chapter 7.30 (Schedule information – Child’s school schedule). • Citizenship and immigration status of all children for whom child care assistance is being sought. - A child who is participating in child care in a setting subject to public educational standards, such as in Head Start or a pre-kindergarten or school-age care program operated under public educational