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Table of Contents 1. General Information ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this Manual ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Maintenance of This Manual ........................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Nondiscrimination ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Confidentiality & Disclosure ......................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Disclosure Restriction ........................................................................................................... 2 2. Definitions and Acronyms ................................................................................................................ 4 3. Things You Need to Know ............................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Child Care Assistance ................................................................................................................. 9 3.1.1 Child Care Assistance Program Background ........................................................................ 9 3.1.2 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) & State Median Income (SMI) ................................................. 9 3.1.3 Family Copayments .............................................................................................................. 9 3.1.4 CCA Eligible Child Care Providers...................................................................................... 10 3.1.5 Child Care Assistance Payments and Rates ...................................................................... 10 4. Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements ........................................................................................... 11 4.1 Applicant and Child Identity ....................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Applicant Relationship to Child .................................................................................................. 11 4.3 Age of Child ............................................................................................................................... 11 4.4 State Residency......................................................................................................................... 11 4.4.1 Residency Verification ........................................................................................................ 11 4.4.2 Temporarily Out of Home ................................................................................................... 12 4.5 Identity, Citizenship, and Alien Status ........................................................................................ 12 4.5.1 Citizen Status ..................................................................................................................... 12 4.5.2 Caretaker Identity and Household Language ...................................................................... 13 4.6 Social Security Number (SSN) .................................................................................................... 13 4.7 Cooperation with the Division of Child Support (DCS) ................................................................. 13 4.7.1 Good Cause for Not Cooperating with DCS ........................................................................ 13 4.7.2 DCS Sanctions ................................................................................................................... 14 4.7.3 Resolving DCS Non-cooperation Sanctions ....................................................................... 14 4.7.4 Cooperation with DCS when Adding Children .................................................................... 14 4.7.5 Ending Cooperation with DCS ............................................................................................ 14 4.8 Minimum Work/School Requirement .......................................................................................... 14 4.9 Other General requirements ...................................................................................................... 15