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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 05/2023 Cooperation with child support 4.9 Applicants and participants must cooperate with Child Support for all minor children in the CCAP family with an absent parent at application and redetermination. If a family does not cooperate at application and redetermination, they are not eligible for child care assistance unless the parent has claimed good cause. See Chapter 4.9.6 (Child Support good cause claim). Note: A family is not required to cooperate with Child Support for biological parent(s) of an adopted child or for a child with absent parent(s) that has had their parental rights terminated as the absent parent(s) no longer has parental responsibility to the child. Cooperation with Child Support may include: • Establishing paternity. • Establishing a support order. • Modifying a support order. • Enforcing of an existing support order. • Providing all known information relevant to the absent parent such as name, address, social security number, phone number, place of employment or school, and the names and addresses of any relatives. • Appearing at interviews, hearings, and legal proceedings. • Submitting to genetic tests, including genetic testing of the child, if under a judicial or administrative order. • Providing additional information necessary to cooperate in good faith with the Child Support agency. Determining cooperation status Consider a family to be cooperating at application or redetermination when: • There is an open Child Support case in PRISM for each child with absent parent(s) coded as being in cooperation, OR • The Referral to Support and Collections (DHS-3163B) (PDF) form is completed when there is no open Child Support case in PRISM, OR • The Child Support agency determines that a closed case does not require new forms. In this situation, the family met cooperation requirements when the original form was completed.

When there is no open Child Support case in PRISM or the local Child Support agency determines that a closed case in PRISM requires new forms, send the Cooperation with Child Support Enforcement (DHS-2338) (PDF) and the Referral to Support and Collections (DHS-3163B) (PDF). The family must complete the Referral to Support and Collections (DHS-3163B) (PDF) to meet cooperation requirements for Child Care Assistance. If the family is claiming good cause, they must also complete the Cooperation with Child Support Enforcement (DHS-2338) (PDF). The family can request good cause at any time. See Chapter 4.9.6 (Child Support good cause claim).