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6.9 SITUATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY PERIOD A client may have the need to add additional children or may want to provide documentation to support full time care when they were previously approved for only part time. The Child Care Scholarship Program will ensure that each child approved receives 12 months of eligibility while not increasing the original client co-pay as a result. A new application is required and a re-determination is only necessary when: • The change causes the client to change from one eligibility category to another, unless the change can be processed according to seamless eligibility policy. • The client gets married and wants to add additional children to services. A new application is NOT required; however, edits may be needed when there are situational changes within the 12-month eligibility period as long as those changes do not lessen the 12-months of eligibility and does not increase the original copay.

Clients experiencing situational changes in their household will be processed based on their individual need as defined below. Per federal CCDF guidelines, The Child Care Scholarship Program will ensure that each child approved receives 12 months of eligibility while not increasing the original client co-pay during those changes.

Note: Situational change requests during any pause in child care applications due to funding will not be processed unless the client is in a protected category.

Note: All TANF recipients must request changes through their workforce consultant, all CPS cases must go through the case manager and all requests for 4K+Siblings must go through the Office of First Steps. However, the process for handling each situational change in the system will be done as indicated below: