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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 09/2020 Termination 8.15 Terminate child care assistance when: • The family asks you to close their case. • A member of the family has been disqualified for committing an Intentional Program Violation (IPV). See Chapter 13.6 (Disqualification for wrongfully obtaining assistance – Families). • The family is no longer eligible. There are different eligibility requirements at redetermination than during a family’s 12-month eligibility period. Send a notice of termination to the family at least 15 calendar days before closing the case. See Chapter 12.3.12 (Termination notices - Family). Reasons a family is no longer eligible during the 12-month eligibility period There are limited reasons families lose eligibility during the 12-month eligibility period. Do not apply redetermination eligibility requirements during the 12-month eligibility period. During the 12-month eligibility period, you must terminate a family’s eligibility when: • Income exceeds 85 percent of State Median Income (SMI). • Assets exceed $1 million. • Extended Eligibility period ends and there is no authorized activity. • All available job search hours outside of an Employment Plan have been used and there is no authorized activity. • Copayment has not been paid. • The family moves out of state. • There are no eligible children in the household. • The only parent in the household has been temporarily absent for more than 60 days AND the parent is not in an authorized activity OR their Extended Eligibility period has ended. See Chapter 5.6 (CCAP family – Temporary absence). • The family’s MFIP eligibility ends, they are not eligible for TY and there is not funding for BSF. • The family’s one year suspension period has expired. • It is discovered and verified during the 12-month eligibility period that the family did not meet eligibility requirements at application or redetermination. Note: Due to 12-month eligibility policy, MEC² will not generate ineligible results. Contact your policy specialist. Terminating eligibility around the redetermination due date If any of these termination reasons occur when the redetermination biweekly period is available in the approval package, ineligible results are not available to be approved. Workers must follow the following workaround: • Close the family’s Service Authorization with a 15-day adverse action notice using the closing reason “Care is no longer authorized.”