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REV. JUNE 28, 2011 NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CCS PROGRAM MANUAL LETTER # 53-2011 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 392 NAC 3-003

Clients who declare to be U.S. citizens and meet all other eligibility requirements must be given a reasonable opportunity to present satisfactory documentation of citizenship or nationality. Benefits must not be denied, delayed, reduced, or terminated pending receipt of the requested citizenship verification. Reasonable opportunity is defined as ten days from the date documentation was requested. The Department may authorize one additional ten-day extension for verification if the necessary information has been requested by the client. If the Department has requested verification, such as an out-of- state birth certificate, benefits will not be denied or terminated while awaiting receipt. Once a client has declared s/he is a U.S. citizen or national and has provided all other information to determine eligibility, benefits must be provided.

If the client is not cooperating in providing information, the client must be closed. {Effective 6/28/11} 3-003.01 Verification of Alien Status: When a client states that one or more of the children are aliens, the worker must require the client to present verification for each alien. If the client has documentation containing an alien registration number, the worker must verify the alien status using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system. For further verification procedures, see 392-000-301. 3-004 Residence: To be eligible for Child Care Subsidy, a client must be a Nebraska resident. A resident is defined as an individual living in the state voluntarily with the intent of making Nebraska his/her home. Migrants and itinerant workers are considered residents of Nebraska if they are living in Nebraska and entered the state to seek employment or to fulfill a job commitment. 3-005 Income: 3-005.01 Categories of Eligibility: There are five categories of eligibility, depending on income: 1. Current Family (CF); 2. Low Income Family (LF); 3. Low Income Sliding Fee Schedule (LC); 4. Transitional (TCC); and 5. Without Regard to Income (WI). 3-005.01A Current Family (CF): Those individuals and family members who are current recipients of an Aid to Dependent Children grant and those individuals whose needs were taken into account in determining the needs of ADC recipients are eligible as current family, "CF." This includes families where one or more members are not included in the ADC unit because of receipt of SSI/AABD. Families who are eligible as CF are automatically eligible for Child Care Subsidy with no copay.

Recipients of medical assistance only are not eligible under this category. If a member of the family receives SSI and the rest of the family does not receive ADC, the family must qualify as Low Income Family (LF) (see 392 NAC 3-005.01B) or Low Income Sliding Fee Schedule (LC) (see 392 NAC 3-005.01C).