Caretaker Temporarily Out of Home 400-28-35-10

(Revised 10/1/20 ML #3574)

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NDCC 50-33-04

A household with one caretaker who is living apart from the children either in state or out of state, due to allowable employment, allowable education or training, uniformed service, medical condition may be eligible for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in the month they leave. Child care incurred until the time they leave can be covered and CCAP is closed at the end of the month they leave.

The new caretaker(s) with whom the child(ren) resides must apply. If the new caretaker applies and incurs child care costs in the month the first caretaker‘s CCAP was closed, child care for the new caretaker can be paid starting from the date the child(ren) reside with the second caretaker and incur child care costs.

Should the first caretaker return home and the child(ren) resides with that caretaker, CCAP for the second caretaker must be closed at the end of that month. The child care costs for the second caretaker would be paid only through the date the children were residing in that home. The first caretaker must reapply and child care costs for the first caretaker could be paid starting from the date the children were residing in that home.

A household with two caretakers where one of the caretaker’s is temporarily living apart from the other caretaker and child(ren), either in state or out of state, due to allowable employment, allowable education or training, uniformed service or medical condition is not considered absent from the home as long as he or she continues to function as a caretaker; even if the level of support or care is reduced. Child care costs can be paid while the remaining caretaker is participating in an allowable activity. Both caretakers are counted as a household members and all gross countable income and allowable expenses are used to determine CCAP income eligibility.

In families with two caretakers, CCAP may pay for child care costs of a caretaker participating in an allowable activity for the children remaining in the home, when the other caretaker is temporarily out of the home due to a state approved medical condition of either the caretaker or of a child in the Child Care Assistance Unit .

The family must obtain verification from a medical provider supporting the medical condition of the member of the filing unit, and provide the information to the eligibility worker. The information must be forwarded to the CCAP State Determination Team for a decision.

The CCAP State Determination Team will render a decision and notify the eligibility worker if the request has been approved or denied. If approved, the CCAP State Determination Team will determine the length of the approval.

When the caretaker and member of the filing unit with the medical condition are back in the home, the CCAP must be closed, unless otherwise eligible.