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CCAP MANUAL LETTER 3909 May 1, 2025 Manual Letter 3909

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3. The marriage occurred in another country and the marriage was considered valid according to the law of the country where the marriage was contracted, unless the marriage violates the strong public policy of North Dakota. Note: Polygamous marriages violate the strong public policy of North Dakota.

5. Basic Eligibility Alignment 400-28-20-40 CCAP Workforce Benefit

Households who have at least one caretaker participating in employment as an employee in a ND licensed or ND tribally licensed or registered child care setting that is open and operating child care services a minimum of 25 hours a week can be eligible for CCAP with a waived co-payment. Households applying for CCAP who have verified employment in a licensed or certified child care program are eligible to have all household income excluded, if they meet all other eligibility requirements. In households with two caretakers, the second caretaker does not need to be in an allowable activity.

Child Care employees must work at least 25 hours per week at a ND licensed child care program or ND tribally licensed program. The employee must have their employer complete a SFN 354, which will serve as verification of their employment. Providers who are Approved Relatives, Self-Declared, or out-of-state licensed are not eligible to have employees who would qualify.

Owners of a licensed child care program do not qualify for the CCAP Workforce Benefit, unless their children attend a different licensed child care program.

At the time employment ends, or the license for the child care program ends or hours are reduced below 25 hours a week, it must be reported within 5 days by the household or the employer. Income will no longer be waived for these households, and co-payments will be determined the month following the month of employment ending. If there is no other known allowable activity the household must be allowed three months of continued assistance. The three months of continued assistance begins in the month following the month of the employment ending. CCAP will be closed for any household with monthly gross income, minus allowable deductions over 85% SMI for the household size. Note: Maternity leave is allowable exception for hours to reduce below the minimum 25 hours a week.

Example 1: A two caretaker household applies for CCAP in July. An SFN 354 is turned in for one caretaker. The other caretaker is not in an allowable activity. The SFN 354 is reviewed and it is determined that one