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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 05/2023 Extended eligibility 9.15.6 • If the parent is not participating in an authorized activity at the end of Extended Eligibility, the agency can approve the case to close or place the case on Temporary Ineligible (TI) status. See Chapter 8.6 (Temporary Ineligibility). • A parent in a two-parent household on Extended Eligibility due to unable to care status that expired either needs to re-verify unable to care status or be in an authorized activity by the end of Extended Eligibility period. Extended Eligibility at application or redetermination A parent that met eligibility requirements at application or redetermination and had a permanent activity end after the application or redetermination date is eligible for Extended Eligibility when their authorized activity ended. Workers must take the following steps in MEC2 to put the parent into Extended Eligibility at application or redetermination: • Approve the application or redetermination with the activity/activities without an end date • Once the case is approved eligible, go back into the earliest period that you want to end the activity • Go into the Activity (Employment, Education, or Support Activity) that you want to end • Click Edit to put into edit mode and enter an end date • Click save. Extended Eligibility will populate with begin date and expires date three months out. An MFIP or Transition Year family requesting retroactive care would not be eligible for Extended Eligibility if the parent’s activity ended before the child care assistance application date. Authorization and payments during Extended Eligibility During the Extended Eligibility period, do not reduce the number of hours authorized unless the family asks for a reduction. Do not increase the number of hours authorized. Continue to pay for child care during the Extended Eligibility period. Give a 15-day adverse action notice before terminating care at the end of the Extended Eligibility period. New activity reported If a parent reports that they have started a new activity prior to the end of their Extended Eligibility period, the family continues to be eligible (under the 12-month eligibility policies) and the case moves out of Extended Eligibility. • Verification of the new activity is not required to move out of Extended Eligibility. For Schedule Reporters, verification of the schedule is required to determine how many hours to authorize. Workers must request schedule verification and allow 15 days for the family to return schedule verification before taking an adverse action to reduce or end the Service Authorization. See Chapter 7.4 (Verification - 12-Month Eligibility Period).