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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 1/2021 Changes in residence 8.1.15 Moving within your county Household impacts Update the family’s address in MEC². Verification of the move is not required until the family’s next redetermination. Authorization impacts Most within county moves will not impact an authorization unless other factors have changed, such as a change in activity or provider. Moving to a different county Household impacts Update the family’s address in MEC². The original county should request address or residency verification but should not take any negative action if verification is not received. For additional policy guidance, see Chapter 4.24 (Moving between counties). During a family’s 12-month eligibility period If a family moves during their 12-month eligibility period, the new CCAP agency must not: • Reduce the authorized hours. - Authorized hours must not be reduced solely because of the move. - Authorized hours can be reduced if the family meets the criteria for reducing hours during the 12- month eligibility period. See Chapter 9.12 (Authorization changes during the 12-month eligibility period) for information about when authorized hours can be reduced, • Increase the family’s copayment, OR • Require verification of changes during the 12-month eligibility period that do not impact the family’s eligibility. - If the new county realizes required verifications are missing from the physical case file, agencies should first contact the original county to determine if the original county has the verification. If the original county does not have the verification, the agency can request verification from the family. If the family does not submit the verification, eligibility and authorization continues until redetermination. - For BSF cases, including Portability Pool cases, the new county must not issue a Service Authorization until the agency has address or residency verification. • Reassess an education plan outside an Employment Plan that was approved by the previous CCAP agency. The education plan approved by the previous CCAP agency is considered approved through the family’s 12-month eligibility period. See Chapter 4.6.6.9 (Education outside an Employment Plan).