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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 07/2023 Redetermination processing - Reinstatement 10.6.10 biweekly period after the 15-day notice. The time period with the higher authorized hours is not an overpayment unless the family failed to report a change timely. Caseworkers should reference the MEC² User Manual > Service Authorizations > Reduction of Hrs to a Provider Requiring a 15-Day Notice Workaround to correctly reduce authorized hours with a 15-day notice. Basic Sliding Fee (BSF) waiting list If a complete redetermination form and all required verifications are received within 30 calendar days after the case closes, the family is not subject to the Basic Sliding Fee waiting list. Some families receive child care assistance while on the Basic Sliding Fee waiting list. If a complete redetermination form and all required verifications are received within 30 calendar days after the case closes: • Minnesota Family Investment Program/Diversionary Work Program (MFIP/DWP) Child Care for Student Parents child care can be approved back to the date the case closed. The family remains on the waiting list. • Transition Year (TY) child care can be approved back to the date the case closed. The family remains on the waiting list. • Transition Year Extension (TYE) child care can be approved back to the date the case closed. The family remains on the waiting list. • Portability Pool (PP) child care can be approved back to the date the case closed. The family remains on the waiting list. Eligibility The family must meet all eligibility requirements to have their case reinstated. If the family does not meet all eligibility requirements the case must remain closed. A family may meet all eligibility requirements for part, but not all, of the time between the case closing for no redetermination and when the worker processes the redetermination. If the family met all eligibility requirements for part of the time: • If all eligibility requirements are met for a period of time directly after the case closed, but are not met at a later date, reinstate the case. • If all eligibility requirements are not met for the time period directly after the case closed, the case remains closed. Suspended and temporary ineligible cases If a complete redetermination form and all required verifications are received within 30 calendar days after a suspended case closed for no redetermination, reinstate the case back to the date the case closed, as long as the family has not exceeded the one-year time limit for suspension. If a complete redetermination form and all required verifications are received within 30 calendar days after a temporary ineligible case closed for no redetermination, reinstate the case back to the date the case closed, as long as the family has not exceeded the time limit for temporary ineligibility.