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7. Manual Section 2.13 items 2, 3 and 4 have been updated to allow CPS- IN and CPS-OUT cases can get up to 52 weeks of child care. 8. Manual Section 2.19 This section added to provide information about the Homeless child care category. 9. Manual Section 2.20 This section added to provide information about the Family Literacy child care category. 10. Manual Section 4.1 Revised to include that connections, from connection cards received, are also made for dates indicated in the memo field by eligibility staff. 11. Manual Section 6.11 Revised to include a time limit of 5 days for correcting desk review errors/improper payments. 12. Appendix 1 Updated to include new income guidelines for 2015 – 2016 and revised the exit guidelines effective May 1, 2016 to coincide with 85% State Median Income (SMI). 13. Appendix 2 Update to include the new income guidelines for 2015 – 2016 and revised the exit guidelines effective May 1, 2016 to coincide with 85% State Median Income (SMI). 14. Appendix 3 Updated to reflect the provider rate increases which were effective February 1, 2016.
Vol 024-Revisions 07.01.15 1. Manual Section 2.1.6 Added section C and re-lettered the section to allow for same sex marriages to be considered when determining the family household unit when determining eligibility for child care. 2. Manual Section 2.9 May 2015 transitional child care, year 2 (TCC2) policy was restored to allow families working full-time to get full-time child care, previous policy only allow for part-time child care. All cases that were currently receiving TCC2 were reviewed. If the eligibility worksheet indicated that the families were eligible for full-time child care then the child care services were reconnected to begin receiving full-time child care on or around June 1, 2015. 3. Manual Section 2.12.3 Section deleted since information is in the following two sections. Reminder of 2.12 has been re-numbered. 4. Manual Section 2.12.5 Foster care child care policy has been expanded to allow for the foster parent to be working, in school/training, or disabled.