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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 02/2023 Glossary 2 Student training program An education or training program designed to build skills, knowledge and/or work experience. The training time period of regular employment is not student training. Note: For the purposes of excluding student training program income: • Education or training programs do not need to be part of an approved Education Plan or MFIP Employment Plan. • The entity operating an education or training program does not need to meet any particular requirements (for example, it does not need to be a traditional educational institution). • Income from a student training program is not counted regardless of whether the education or training program meets requirements to be an authorized activity. See SCHOOL and Chapter 6.6 (Earned/Unearned Income). Supplemental security income A program operated by the Social Security Administration that provides monthly income to low income people who are aged, blind or have a disability. Suspended When a family is eligible for child care assistance but there is a temporary break when child care assistance is not needed, they can be suspended for up to one year. A family is suspended when they are eligible for CCAP but do not have an active Service Authorization for any child in the household. See Chapter 8.9 (Suspending). Temporary absence A period of time a family member is physically absent from the family’s residence but still included in the household size as he/she intends to return to the residence. See Chapter 5.6 (CCAP Family – Temporary Absence). (Legal Authority: Minnesota Rules 3400.0020, Subp. 40a)