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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 11/2022 Redetermination processing standards 10.6.3 When a parent is on a temporary break from their activity at redetermination, whether they are considered to be in an authorized activity at redetermination depends on whether their return to the activity is verified and if they meet all other eligibility requirements: • If the parent expects to return to their activity, provides verification that they are expected to return and they meet all other eligibility requirements, suspend the case after a 15-day notice. To get eligible results when a parent is on a verified temporary break at redetermination, see Chapter 10.6.8 (Case actions around redetermination). • If the parent expects to return to their activity, does not provide verification that they are expected to return and they meet all other eligibility requirements, place the case in Temporary Ineligible status after a 15-day notice. In this situation, the case MUST be put in Temporary Ineligibility. • If the parent is not expected to return to their activity or does not meet all other eligibility requirements, eligibility ends after a 15-day notice. The case can be put in Temporary Ineligibility. Note: Medical leave policy allowing care to continue for up to 215 hours during the 12-month eligibility period is not considered an authorized activity at redetermination, but the family may qualify for their case to be suspended or put in Temporary Ineligible status based on the above criteria. See Chapter 9.15.3 (Care during temporary breaks from authorized activities) for more information about the medical leave policy. Updating MEC² with redetermination information provided In MEC2, update Case Data windows in the redetermination biweekly period even if changes happened earlier in the 12-month eligibility period. For end dates not previous entered that occurred during the 12-month eligibility period, enter the end date as the day before the redetermination due date. For start dates not previously entered that occurred during the 12-month eligibility period, enter the start date as the redetermination due date. In most cases, do not reconcile what happened in the past 12 months. Changes that were not required to be reported until redetermination are considered timely if reported at redetermination. See Chapter 8.3 (Reporting requirements) for information about the reporting types and requirements. If you have information that indicates a family did not report a required change timely and the change was required to be verified during the 12-month eligibility period, verification is required at redetermination See Chapter 7.6 (Verification – Eligibility Redetermination). Process the redetermination when all required verifications are submitted to complete the redetermination. Reconcile the previous 12-month eligibility as a separate process to determine if an overpayment needs to be established. See Chapter 14 (Overpayments). Termination of eligibility Failure to complete redetermination – termination of eligibility Do not take action to close a case for missing verifications. This includes all verification requirements including verification of satisfactory progress and verification of child support cooperation. Allow MEC² to auto-close the case at the end of the family’s redetermination period for failure to complete the redetermination.