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______________________________________________________________________________ DIVISION OF WELFARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Child Care Policy Manual Minor Child — A person under the age of 18 years old. Minor Parent — An individual who is under the age of 18, has never been married, and is pregnant or the natural parent of a dependent child. Monthly Obligation — The amount of the child support payment, which the non-custodial (absent parent) parent has been ordered to pay each month. Non-Custodial Parent (NCP) — A parent absent from the home or the parent without primary custody. Needs Standard — Basic needs of TANF families represented by a figure predetermined by the State of Nevada according to the number of persons in the assistance household group. This figure represents food, clothing, housing, utilities, and incidentals. Incidentals include such things as transportation (other than job training or medical transportation), telephone, laundry, medical supplies not paid by Medicaid, home remedies, recreation, and household equipment. Needy Caretaker (NCT) — An adult whose needs are included in a TANF grant because they are within the required degree of relationship and are financially eligible according to TANF policy (e.g., grandmother, aunt, uncle, etc.) Note: Two adult relatives (e.g., aunt/uncle/grandmother/grandfather) cannot be included as needy unless they have dependent children of their own and meet TANF deprivation requirements. Nevada Child Care System (NCCS) — The computer system used by the contractors to manage the child care program. New Employees of Nevada (NEON) – A program designed to help mandatory TANF participants, possessing various degrees of job readiness and experience, gain employment through assessments, education, life skills, and/or a community work experience program. The NEON program also provides support services in the form of work-related clothing, work-related tools, transportation assistance, and/or work permits. Nevada QUEST Card — Nevada’s EBT card. It is a plastic debit card with the QUEST logo and PAN on the front. A magnetic strip on the back allows the customer access to their account when connected with a four-digit secret PIN. Non-Needy Caretaker (NNCT) —A relative, other than a legal parent, who is not requesting assistance for themselves but is requesting assistance only for a relative child(ren). Notice of Action (NOA) – A document that is provided to the customer any time a change is made to their current case, or an action is taken on a new case. NV Kids – An updated computer system that is used to manage child support cases in Nevada. Out-of-School Time (OST) – A program (not an OSR), that operates for ten (10) or more hours per week, is offered on a continuing basis, that provides supervision of children who are of the age to attend school from kindergarten through 12th grade and provides regularly scheduled structured and supervised activities where learning opportunities take place. Glossary [7] MTL 01/24 July 1, 2024