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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 07/2021 Temporary ineligibility 8.6 When Temporary Ineligible (TI) status must be used Agencies must reserve a family’s position in CCAP by placing them in Temporary Ineligible (TI) status in some situations. Required situations include: • When a parent is on an unverified temporary break from their activity at redetermination and their activity meets the minimum requirements that apply at redetermination. A parent must meet the minimum activity requirements that apply at redetermination when they return to their activity in order to move out of Temporary Ineligible status. - If the activity is employment, Temporary Ineligible status cannot exceed 90 days. When the 90th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the timeframe is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. - If the activity is education, Temporary Ineligible status for this reason cannot exceed one academic quarter or semester as determined by the educational institution. • Families whose increased income from active military service makes them ineligible. Continue Temporary Ineligible status until the person is deactivated from military service. • When a family experiencing homelessness does not meet all of the requirements at the end of the three month period, the case must be put into Temporary Ineligible (TI) status with a 15 day notice. This allows the family additional time to meet program requirements. When Temporary Ineligible (TI) status can be used at the agency’s option When a family has been receiving child care assistance and a change makes them ineligible AND you believe the ineligibility to be temporary and do not know when the temporary ineligibility will end, agencies can reserve the family’s position in CCAP. Optional situations include, but are not limited to: • Participants who do not have an eligible activity following their Extended Eligibility period. Temporary Ineligible status cannot exceed 90 days. When the 90th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the timeframe is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. • Participants who do not have an eligible activity at the end of 240 hours of job search. Temporary Ineligible status cannot exceed 90 days. When the 90th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the timeframe is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. If a new calendar year starts while a family is on Temporary Ineligible status after job search ends, the case should remain on Temporary Ineligible status until activity requirements at application or redetermination are met. See Chapter 4.6.6.3 (Job search at application or redetermination). • Families who reach the end of the one-year suspension period due to not having a child care provider. Temporary Ineligible status cannot exceed 90 days. When the 90th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the timeframe is extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.