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care providers is known as the CCPS. The CCPS interfaces with JAWS nightly.

10062 Volume III | Chapter 10 JAWS-to-CCPS Interface The DEA and the DECCD developed a daily interface between the JAWS and the CCPS systems to share child care data and process child care transactions electronically. This allows TWP participants quick access to child care services. The JAWS-to-CCPS interface to issue and terminate child care certificates runs daily after the close of business. The following business day, parents/caretaker relatives and child care providers are electronically notified via their email address on file with DECCD.

12-Month Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) Eligibility Period

In accordance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), parents or needy caretaker relatives who are determined eligible to participate in the CCPP will receive a minimum of twelve (12) months of eligibility for assistance provided that the parents or needy caretaker relatives remain eligible. The 12-month eligibility period begins on the date that the client is determined eligible. At the end of the 12-month eligibility period, the DEA case manager will determine if the TANF participant is compliant with all the requirements of the TANF program and the CCPP eligibility requirements in order to remain eligible for child care assistance. If the participant is no longer eligible for the TANF CC or the TCC program but has not yet received the full twelve (12) months of CCPP services, the case manager will close the TANF CC. The participant will receive a provisional certificate from DECCD for the remaining months of the current TANF CC certificate. The participant will continue to receive CCPP services until the end of the provisional certificate, during which the participant may submit an application to continue to receive CCPP services from DECCD.

Note: The DECCD CCPP application may be subject to the availability of funds if the participant is no longer eligible for the TANF program.

If the participant is receiving TCC and becomes ineligible during the eligibility period, the case manager will close the TCC. DECCD will issue a provisional.

If the participant is no longer eligible for the TANF or the TCC program and has already received the full twelve (12) months of CCPP services, DECCD will terminate all services with a two (2) weeks’ notice. The notice will contain information about the CCPP application process and eligibility requirements.

Referral Types Two types of referrals are used to track TANF child care services, TWP CC and TCC. • TWP CC is available, if needed, for a child living with a parent or needy caretaker relative who is satisfactorily participating in the TANF Work Program and for non-needy caretaker relatives who are employed and need assistance with child care expenses for a TANF eligible child living in the home. Eligibility for TWP CC may begin after the parent has been assigned to an allowable work activity by MDES. (Child care assistance is not available during the TANF Orientation appointment, the TWP Work Registration process, or during the assessment interview with MDES. The participant is responsible for making child care arrangements for their children.)