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• The child will receive 12 months of child care if otherwise eligible. Upon receipt of the child care application and court order, eligibility staff will check CAPSS to verify closure. • Eligibility staff will determine eligibility and key, fund and connect the children to enrolled ABC Quality providers for 12 months of child care. • The internal categorizing funding source used by ABC voucher staff will be KIN GAP. • All applications will be tracked on the Foster Care spreadsheet under the tab Kin Gap Child Care.

2.12 NON-WELFARE LOW INCOME FAMILIES These eligibility categories are used for an eligible client when they do not meet the criteria for: • TANF or TANF CARES, TANF Two-Parent Child Care or TANF - Child Only • TCC1, TCC2, TCC24 or TCC/FS • Child Welfare Child Care.

If funding is available, an individual who is not eligible for the categories listed above may be determined eligible under other funding sources, as long as the following criteria are met: • The applicant must need child care services in order to work or attend school or training. An exception may be made for a family where one parent is working, in school or training and the other parent is disabled, or both parents are disabled, either permanently or temporarily. • The applicant needs a minimum of 15 hours of child care per week. • The family’s total gross income at the time of eligibility shall not exceed 85% of state median income based on family size. • The applicant has a need for child care for a child(ren) under the age of 13 (or child aged 13 -19 with Special Needs). NOTE: A child who turns age 13 during their child care eligibility period will continue to receive services through the end of the current eligibility period.