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Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Chapter 7. Family Definition and Determining Income Eligibility Revised 08/01/2024

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i. an average income of the three months prior to application, ii. an average of six months prior to application, or iii. an average that includes three months prior to the application and three months of anticipated future income.

If the child care worker uses an alternate budgeting method, the worker must document why the base period is not representative and how the child care worker determined what is representative. Include the calculations in the documentation.

2. Project using the best available information about the number of hours, rate of pay, and frequency of pay expected to be received over the certification period.

i. Nonrepresentative income includes new income that was not previously available to the household but is now or will be available to the household during the certification period. New income can include the following but is not limited to:

• New employment. • Increase / Decrease in rate of pay. • New position with same employer. • Increase/ Decrease in work hours.

If the new income provided is representative, use the appropriate base period income to average gross income.

ii. If new income is not representative due to the household not receiving a full month’s income, it may be necessary to project income for future months. Project income by using the best available information about the number of hours, rate of pay, and frequency of pay expected to be received over the certification period.