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31 Child Care Workers shall refer to the Education Research Guide available on FUSION for guidance on researching programs meeting approved requirements. 3. For former VIEW participants, training as approved and monitored by the VIEW worker as part of VIEW Transitional Employment and Training, or 4. For former recipients of TANF (VIEW or non-VIEW), job search activities, to include networking, searching, and interviewing for a job.

C. Child Care for Children Not in TANF Assistance Unit

Transitional Child Care services include needed child care for children who were not in the TANF assistance unit but who are dependent upon the parent, including:

1. TANF-capped child; 2. A child who receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI), if the parent was on the TANF grant and if the child would have been in the public assistance unit were it not for the receipt of SSI; 3. Children who were not in the TANF Assistance Unit but who are financially dependent upon the parent who was in the TANF Assistance Unit.

D. Notice of Transitional Child Care

The LDSS must inform the former TANF recipient that Transitional Child Care is available. An automated letter is generated by VaCMS and is sent by the LDSS to each parent whose TANF case is closed. The letter informs the parent of potential eligibility for Transitional child care.

E. Transitional Eligibility Period

The Transitional eligibility period for former TANF recipients starts on the first day of the month following closure of the TANF case and ends 12 months later. In situations where notification from the TANF program does not permit the timely change in program category, the case may remain in the TANF program category for one month to give the LDSS time to set up Transitional services. This does not change the transitional period. VaCMS validates that the Transitional period is not greater than 12 months from the begin date.

End of the Transitional Period

Thirty days before the end of the Transitional period, the Child Care Worker will receive an alert in VaCMS. The Child Care Worker must run eligibility no earlier than 30 days before the transitional end date under the Fee or applicable program category. If the locality has a Fee waitlist at this time, the child target and/or funds will transfer from the mandated budget line to Fee. The locality should request an increase in funds and/or targets for the Fee budget line in VaCMS via an allocation request. The request should include the following information: • Affirmation that the case is currently in approved status, • The budget line the authorization is transferring from, and • The budget line the authorization is transferring to.