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5. Manual section 2.1.7, a bullet was added indicating that if only the yearly salary is provided, use the yearly salary and divide by 12 to get the gross monthly income. 6. Deleted Work Number from all identified sections of the manual as Work Number is no longer an available resource. 7. Manual section 2.1.9 Language added: If the applicant indicates that they are not receiving the child support on a regular basis, you may not count the CS income. 8. Manual section 2.1.4 under Presumptive eligibility changed six weeks of full time care to 12 weeks of full time child care to allow them time to obtain the wage information from their new employer. 9. Removed all manual sections and references to STARS as STARS is no longer a valid program. 10. Changed all Family Independence and FI language to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and TANF. 11. Manual Section 2.13, added language: Cases in the investigative phase are not eligible to apply for child care. The case must be in an open/active status. 12. Added Section 2.1.8 Graduated Phase Out 13. Added Section 2.13.7 Child Care After Adoption 14. Added to section 2.13.9 of the manual: If the minor foster child (in the case of a teen parent) is in a group home or shelter and has an open/active foster care case, services may be provided if the foster child is working, attending school or is working in conjunction with attending school. The application would be entered in the teen parent’s name and their income would be counted. 15. Added language to section 2.19 Homeless Child Care that limits a maximum of 2 consecutive years of funding at the same address. Exceptions to policy may be made on a case by case basis with approval from the Program Manager. 16. Added section 2.22 CCDF/DISC Funding category. 17. Added section 2.23 Early Head Start Child Care Partnership category. 18. Added section 2.24 CCDF-CR Funding. 19. Section 3.2.2 added language on coordinating changes of pseudo social security numbers e with the designated staff to update the pseudo social security number to the actual number in order to align the changes with the SVL.