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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 02/2022 Verification – Eligibility redetermination 7.6 - For new family members, require verification of factors required to be verified at initial application such as identity, age and relationship. See Chapter 7.3 (Verification – Initial application). • Citizenship or immigration status for at least one child or verification that at least one child is attending care in a setting subject to public education standards if changed since the last eligibility determination. - Verification includes, but is not limited to: birth certificate, permanent resident card, passport, or visa. • Cooperation with Child Support Enforcement and Assignment. • Inconsistent information, if related to eligibility. • Any other factor required to be verified at initial application that has changed since the last eligibility determination. See Chapter 7.3 (Verification – Initial application) 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). The following are requirements to authorize care: • Employment and education/training status including employment and/or class schedule must be verified. See Chapter 7.27 (Schedule verification – Employment and education). • School schedule for every child who needs child care and attends school must be provided if there is a change in the schedule or the school attended. See Chapter 7.30 (Schedule information – Child’s school schedule). Changes in family circumstances during the 12-month eligibility period Workers do not need to reconstruct the family’s prior 12-month eligibility period at redetermination. If a family has submitted all verification needed to show they meet eligibility requirements at redetermination process the redetermination. If there are questions about whether the family remained eligible throughout the previous 12-month eligibility period, consider this separately from the redetermination. • Determine if required changes were not reported during the 12-month eligibility period. Consider the family’s reporting status when determining whether a change was required to be reported. • Determine if verification is needed of changes that were required to be reported. If verification is needed, request verification and allow 15 days for the family to return verification. See Chapter 7.1 (Verification due dates). • If the family received more child care than they were eligible for, you may need to assess a family overpayment. Do not end eligibility or delay redetermination processing. See Chapter 14 (Overpayments) to determine when to assess an overpayment.