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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 08/2021 Suspending 8.9 A case can be suspended if the family remains eligible for child care assistance, but child care is not needed or cannot be authorized. A case can be suspended for up to one year. Suspension examples include, but are not limited to: • School age children not needing care during the school year. • Cost of care is less than the family’s copayment. • During their 12-month eligibility period, a student is on break between quarters or semesters including summer breaks. See Chapter 9.1.2 (Authorizing care-Students) for more information about suspending care for students on break. - Schedule Reporters must have their case suspended during the break if the education is their only activity. - 12-Month Reporters may ask to have their case suspended if they do not want child care during the break. • During their 12-month eligibility period, a participant is on a parental leave from their job. See Chapter 9.15.3 (Care During Temporary Breaks from Authorized Activities). - Schedule Reporters must have their case suspended during the leave if the job is their only activity. - 12-Month Reporters may ask to have their case suspended if they do not want child care during the leave. • During their 12-month eligibility period, a participant is temporarily laid off from their job. See Chapter 9.15.3 (Care During Temporary Breaks from Authorized Activities). - Schedule Reporters must have their case suspended while they are laid off if the job is their only activity. - 12-Month-Reporters may ask to have their case suspended if they do not want child care while they are laid off. • The family has not identified a provider. • A family starts living with their provider. See Chapter 11 (Providers). • A family’s legal nonlicensed provider does not meet group size or age category requirements. • All children in the family are temporarily absent (such as in foster care or visiting relatives for the summer). See Chapter 5.6 (CCAP Family - Temporary Absence). • At application, redetermination and the end of job search, the family meets all eligibility requirements but has not provided employment and/or class schedules for each adult family member. Proof of employment and/or class schedules is not a condition of eligibility but is needed to authorize child care appropriately. See Chapter 7.3 (Verification - Initial Application). For information about activity verification requirements during the 12-month eligibility period, see 7.4 Verification (12-Month Eligibility Period). • A parent becomes employed at a licensed family home or starts providing care as a legal nonlicensed (LNL) provider with no other authorized activity. See Chapter 9.15.21 (Children of Child Care Providers). • At application and redetermination, the family meets all eligibility requirements but there is no information about school schedule for every child who needs child care and attends school. See Chapter 7.30 (Schedule Verification - Child's School Schedule). • At application or redetermination, a parent in a family is on a verified temporary break from their activity, and the activity meets the minimum activity requirements that apply at application or