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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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If the income information is not collected from the family at the time of eligibility determination, a parental fee cannot be assessed to the family until the next redetermination at the end of the 12-month certification period. If the income information cannot be collected and verified o the application and subsequent services should continue without the income information.

2. CWS When a CWS application is being processed, and the applicant is the child’s biological or adoptive parent, the child care worker must collect and verify income information and enter the income into NC FAST to establish a parental fee.

The parental fee will be waived until the need for CWS ends. Once the CWS need ends, the parental fee can be assessed to the family. If the income information is not collected from the family at the time of eligibility determination, a parental fee cannot be assessed to the family until the next redetermination at the end of the 12- month certification period. If the income information cannot be collected and verified, the application and subsequent services should continue without the income information.

When CWS is the need type to support implementation of

permanent placement and the family is adopting the child, CWS can

no longer be the need type once the adoption final. The adoptive

parents become financially responsible for the child and the CWS

need type ends.