eligibility-and-enrollment-continuity-of-care-12-month-eligibility

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a)(1). (Plan Question 2.5.2a) • The Lead Agency's policy for discontinuing assistance for excessive unexplained absences does not include multiple attempts to contact the family and provider, as required by 98.21(a)(5)(i)(A). (Plan Question 2.5.3cii) Overall Target Completion Date: 05/31/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a)(1). (Plan Question 2.5.2a) 05/31/2026 2 The Lead Agency will revise Title 392 regulations. 01/31/2025 3 The Lead Agency will work with the state’s eligibility systems to make changes that will allow for a 12-month eligibility period for each child. 03/31/2025 4 Training and guidance documents will be updated. Lead Agency staff will receive training on the new process. 04/30/2026 5 12-month eligibility will be fully implemented. 05/31/2026 6 The Lead Agency's policy for discontinuing assistance for excessive unexplained absences does not include multiple attempts to contact the family and provider, as required by 98.21(a)(5)(i)(A). (Plan Question 2.5.3cii) 05/31/2026 7 Lead Agency staff will be trained to make three attempts to contact families if a provider reports the child has unexplained absences for more than three consecutive days. Lead Agency staff training will be updated, and a memo to Lead Agency staff will be sent. 04/30/2025