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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 11/2022 Case actions around redetermination 10.6.8 Contact your policy specialist if you have questions about how a change that occurs around the redetermination period impacts eligibility around redetermination processing. When a parent is on a verified temporary break at redetermination When a parent is on a temporary break at redetermination, the expected return to the activity is verified and all other eligibility requirements are met, the case must be suspended. See Chapter 10.6.3 (Redetermination processing standards). However, MEC 2 fails the activity test at redetermination when the parent is coded in MEC2 as on a Temporary Leave. Follow the guidance in the MEC2 User Manual > System Limitations > Temporary Leave at Redetermination for system guidance to get eligible results in MEC2.

Example: Parent is on parental leave and has verification of an anticipated return to work in October. The worker is processing the redetermination in September. Because the worker has the verification of the return to work and the work meets the minimum activity requirements at redetermination, the family continues to be eligible, but the case will be suspended until the parent returns to work. Follow the guidance in the MEC2 User Manual > System Limitations > Temporary Leave at Redetermination for system guidance to get eligible results in MEC2. Closing a case around the redetermination There are situations in which it is appropriate to close a family’s eligibility during the 12-month eligibility period. See Chapter 8.15 (Termination). If one of these changes occurs when the redetermination biweekly period is available in the approval package, MEC² will prevent termination before the family’s redetermination date. To close the case before the redetermination date, follow guidance in the MEC² User Manual > System Limitations > Close Case When the Redetermination Biweekly Period is Available for system guidance. Approving eligibility results at redetermination MEC2 passes or fails required eligibility tests during the redetermination biweekly period, regardless of whether the Redetermination window has the “Updates Required” status selected, but MEC2 will not allow approval of the ineligible results while the redetermination status is blank, “Incomplete,” or “Not Received.” This ensures the case does not close during the 12-month eligibility period. When the Redetermination window is updated to “Updates Required,” the eligibility tests will apply and results can be approved.

Eligible results approved incorrectly at redetermination If the redetermination was processed without all information about the family’s eligibility at redetermination; the redetermination process in MEC2 is complete. If the family is actually ineligible at redetermination, the system will not generate ineligible results in the redetermination biweekly period, even if changes are entered in the redetermination biweekly period. Contact your policy specialist if the family is ineligible at redetermination but the redetermination has already been processed and approved as eligible.