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Subject: Families First Child Care Policy 23.22 Date of Last Review: 11/16/2023 Effective Date: 12/01/2023 Date of Next Review: 11/16/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 3 of 5 b. Child Care Payment Assistance will not be given to a two (2) parent family if one (1) parent is able and appropriate to provide care in the home. c. Child Care will not be provided to a minor parent who is an eligible child if the minor's parent is able to provide the care. 2. Child Care Payment Assistance is available, if needed, on the first day of participation in an activity, employment, or while the parent or caretaker attends Family Focused Solutions (FFS) assessment. 3. Child Care Payment Assistance is potentially available for all adults if they are in a work and/or education activity, and/or while a parent is in a drug/alcohol or mental health treatment program. a. If the adult is exempt from the work requirements, he/she may still be able to receive Child Care Payment Assistance if he/she volunteers for a work activity or agrees to FFS assessment. b. Child-only caretakers, ineligible non-citizens, and SSI recipients are unable to volunteer. 4. Child Care Payment Assistance cannot be provided prior to the approval for Families First. Child Care Payment Assistance will be available to the caretaker when participating in an activity during the required ten (10) day compliance period to cure a sanction. 5. Families First caretakers who are non-compliant with their work and/or educational activity will be phased out with ninety (90) days of Child Care Payment Assistance. • If the caretaker makes contact, either during the conciliation period or within ten (10) calendar days of adverse action and is determined to have had good cause for the non compliance situation, the Eligibility Counselor will reinstate the original twelve (12) month Child Care Payment Assistance certificate. 6. If a Families First case is closed for any reason other than non-compliance with the work and/or educational activity, the AU will receive the remainder of the original twelve (12) month certificate. 7. At the time of Families First approval, Child Care Payment Assistance may be provided back to the date of application for the time that the caretaker was working a minimum of thirty (30) hours and the approved provider has not already been paid for services.