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18 Homeless clients

1. Required to submit an online application. Must include the application number if submitted by an approved agency serving homeless families. 2. Eligibility for CCPP shall be determined by MDHS and/or an approved agency serving homeless families. 3. Must meet the definition of homeless as defined by McKinney Vento Act. 4. Homeless children who receive child care payment assistance shall be granted a 10- business day grace period to receive documentation of immunizations. The grace period will begin on the date the child's subsidy voucher is approved for services in a child care facility that provides CCDF subsidy assistance.

Children meeting the definition of Protective Services

1. Referred only by the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services (MDCPS). These are children that are court ordered to receive Protective Services from the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS). 2. Eligible for child care services without regard to the income of the guardian. 3. Children in custody of MDCPS shall receive funding based on the referral date entered by the case manager. 4. Children may qualify under this definition due to declared emergency conditions and shall receive funding based on the application approval date. 5. Children in foster care who receive child care payment assistance shall be granted a ten (10) day grace period from the date of admission into a child care payment- approved program to obtain the necessary immunization records. Payment for these children during the grace period shall not be considered an error or an improper payment. The timeframe for immunizations is established by the MSDH for the enforcement of health, safety, and welfare.

Teen parents

1. Must complete a CCPP application. The teen parent must make the application in his/her own name as a family unit separate from his/her parent. 2. Must be enrolled full-time in high school or attending a full-time educational program. 3. If the teen parent is living with his/her parent(s), the parent(s) of the teen must meet the work requirement or be enrolled full-time in an educational/training program; however, income of the parent(s) of the teen parent should not be counted. 4. If the parent of the teen meets the special needs requirement (as described in Chapter 5: Parent Eligibility Requirements), the work requirement is waived. 5. If the teen parent has been legally emancipated from his/her parent(s), the teen parent must meet the work requirement or be enrolled full-time in an educational/training program.