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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 08/2021 Transition Year Extension (TYE) 4.3.9 Transition Year Extension (TYE) was designed to provide continuous child care assistance to families who complete their 12 months of Transition Year (TY), continue to be eligible, but cannot be moved into Basic Sliding Fee (BSF) because there are no funds available. Transition Year Extension is available for the time necessary for families to be moved from the BSF waiting list to BSF child care assistance. Agency actions when Transition Year ends When the Transition Year period ends and the family remains eligible for child care assistance and there is a waiting list for Basic Sliding Fee, approve a subprogram switch from Transition Year to Transition Year Extension. The family should remain on the Basic Sliding Fee waiting list as Priority Five. There is no time limit on Transition Year Extension as long as the family remains eligible. Do not count Transition Year Extension families as Transition Year families on the waiting list. Families that lose Transition Year Extension eligibility If a family becomes ineligible while on Transition Year Extension, Transition Year Extension ends. The family should be removed from the Priority Five waiting list and must re-apply as a new applicant. Reapplying after Transition Year Extension ends When a family loses their eligibility for Transition Year Extension and re-applies for child care assistance, the family: • Becomes a new applicant for CCAP and is subject to the 47 percent entrance level AND • Is no longer eligible to receive Transition Year Extension child care so should be assessed for Basic Sliding Fee

o If funds are available at the time the new application is received, approve Basic Sliding Fee.

o If there is a waiting list for Basic Sliding Fee at the time the new application is received, deny the application for no funding available and add the family to the Basic Sliding Fee waiting list effective the date of the application. Place the family in the highest priority group for which the family qualifies based on information in the new application. Note: The family should not be determined as a Priority Five waiting list category when the family reapplies for assistance after losing eligibility for Transition Year Extension. Example Consider this example: The Transition Year period ends in March, and the family remains eligible for CCAP. There is a Basic Sliding Fee waiting list. Approve a subprogram switch from Transition Year to Transition Year Extension starting April 1. The family must be on the Priority Five waiting list. While on Transition Year Extension,