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______________________________________________________________________________ DIVISION OF WELFARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Child Care Policy Manual previous CPS agency intervention and separation. Placement may be out-of-home with a relative/ fictive kin or in-home with a safety plan in place. Households qualifying under the “Voluntary Plan” or “Reunification Plan” categories will not be subject to a Wait List, when one is in place at the program level. Households qualifying under these categories will also be allowed up to 90 days (after approval) to provide verifications that are not readily available or easily obtainable. 103.2 Wait List If sufficient funds are not available, the Child Care & Development Program Chief may implement a wait list. To be placed on the wait list, the parent/caretaker must complete an Application for Child Care Assistance, Form 2151-WC, and be prescreened for eligibility. For purposes of placement on the wait list, the case manager must use client self-declaration and will not pursue independent verification of information. Households placed on the wait list must be categorized by potential funding category and subsidy level. Families within a common funding category and subsidy level must be served based upon the date of application. The oldest application must always be served first and prioritized as determined by the CCDP. Applications from the following Priority Populations are exempt from the wait list and are not subject to a Family Co-Payment Contribution: • New Employees of Nevada (NEON); • Foster/CPS • Households experiencing homelessness; Applications from the following Priority Populations are not exempt from the wait list and are not subject to a Family Co- Payment Contribution. These households will be given precedence and processed in the order by date received upon funding availability. • Wraparound; • Persons who are attending an approved substance use disorder (SUD) treatment or recovery program through the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. All other applications will be processed in chronological order. Once funding is available, households, according to MS 103.1, must be contacted to submit a new application and required verifications. Requests for wait listed households to provide updated information must be sent out a minimum of every three months after the initial application is placed on the wait list. The request for information, updated information received, and any subsequent actions must be documented in the case notes in the child care system. Exception: Adult relatives who have assumed care and control of a child(ren) prior to any action taken by a child protective services agency will not be subject to wait list placement. The child(ren) will be included as a household member of the relative adult’s household. Refer to MS 216.1 regarding traditional group set. 100-Program Overview [3] MTL 01/24 July 1, 2024