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15 79. Substantiated Child Abuse: Cases of child abuse occurring in child care settings that have been confirmed by law enforcement and/or the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS) or a state authorized agency. 80. Summer Care: Child care for eligible children during the summer months, when primary school settings are not in session. 81. Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A monthly payment to a person for having a medically proven physical or mental condition that causes marked and severe functional limitations that are expected to last at least twelve (12) months in duration. Unlike Social Security Benefits, SSI benefits are not based on prior work or a family member’s prior work. SSI is considered as countable income for eligibility purposes. 82. Teen Parent: Any student parent under the age of eighteen (18) who is either enrolled in high school full-time or attending a full-time educational program. 83. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): A federal subsidy program that provides time-limited benefits to eligible families. 84. Temporary Change: A temporary change is defined as temporary job loss, or if a working parent is temporarily absent from employment due to extended medical leave, has changes in seasonal work schedule, or if a parent is enrolled in a training or educational program that is temporarily not attending classes between semesters. Assistance will not be terminated due to a temporary change. 85. Temporary Long-Term Absences: A child’s absence of more than sixty (60) days due to special circumstances such as chronic illness of the child, custody situation that requires the child to spend extended time with a non-custodial parent, or a temporary move out of state. If pre-approved by DECCD, the CCPP certificate will not be terminated. 86. Terminated Child Care Certificate: A certificate that has been used as payment for child care services for a period of time and is no longer valid. 87. Toddler: Any child who is more than twelve (12) months old but less than 36 months old. 88. Transitional Child Care (TCC): A period of time that is up to twenty-four (24) months of subsidized child care for eligible parents, issued by the MDHS Division of Economic Assistance to assist parents in making a successful transition from TANF to self- sufficiency. 89. Underutilization of Child Care Certificate: Occurs when a parent who has been approved for a child care certificate fails to utilize child care services for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or more with no correspondence with the child care center and/or the Division of Early Childhood Care & Development (DECCD) 90. Unintentional Program Violation (UPV): An improper payment made on behalf of a parent/guardian to a child care provider, due to a misunderstanding of policy or an unintended error on the part of the parent or child care provider. 91. Vendor Payment: A payment made on behalf of a household by a third party to the household's creditors or a person or organization providing a service to the household. Vendor payments are not countable as income.