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Table of Contents CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GUIDANCE MANUAL .................................................. 1 REVISED GUIDANCE .............................................................................................................. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1. CHILD CARE SUBSIDY OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 9 1.1. Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.2. Program Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 21 A. Program Administration .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 B. Program Goals ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 C. Families and Children to Be Served ......................................................................................................................................... 22 E. Legal Base ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.3. Expectations for Local Departments of Social Services ......................................................................................... 23 A. Community Coordination ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 B. Training Requirements for Child Care Workers and Supervisors ............................................................................................ 23 SECTION 2. CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM CATEGORIES ........................................................................................ 25 2.1 TANF Child Care Subsidy ....................................................................................................................................... 26 A. Eligibility Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26 B. Supporting an Approved Activity ............................................................................................................................................ 26 C. Dependent Care Disregard for TANF Recipients ..................................................................................................................... 27 D. TANF Child Care for Additional Children (non-TANF recipient children) ................................................................................. 27 E. VIEW Sanction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 F. VIEW Participant in a Non-Active Component ........................................................................................................................ 27 2.2 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) Child Care ......................... 29 A. Eligibility Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29 B. Supporting Approved Activity ................................................................................................................................................. 29 2.3 TANF Transitional Child Care ................................................................................................................................ 30 A. Eligibility Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 B. Supporting Approved Activity ................................................................................................................................................. 30 C. Child Care for Children Not in TANF Assistance Unit ............................................................................................................... 31 D. Notice of Transitional Child Care ............................................................................................................................................. 31 E. Transitional Eligibility Period ................................................................................................................................................... 31 F. Funding ................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 G. Diversionary Assistance ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.4 Head Start Wrap-Around Child Care .................................................................................................................... 33 A. Eligibility Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 B. Supporting Approved Activity ................................................................................................................................................. 33 C. Verification of Enrollment ....................................................................................................................................................... 33 D. Authorization for Siblings ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 E. Authorization During the Summer .......................................................................................................................................... 34 F. Waitlist .................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 2.5 Fee Child Care Program ........................................................................................................................................ 35 A. Eligibility Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................... 35 B. Supporting Approved Activity ................................................................................................................................................. 35 C. Child Care for Children in Foster Care ..................................................................................................................................... 35 2.6 Waitlist ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 A. Screening ................................................................................................................................................................................ 37 B. Placement on Waitlist ............................................................................................................................................................. 39 C. Priority on the Waitlist ............................................................................................................................................................ 39 D. Updating Waitlist .................................................................................................................................................................... 40 E. Notification after Waitlist Screening ....................................................................................................................................... 40 F. Family’s Right to Apply for Services ........................................................................................................................................ 41 G. Serving Families from the Waitlist .......................................................................................................................................... 41 H. Reinstating Families to the Waitlist ......................................................................................................................................... 42 I. Waitlist Case Transfers ............................................................................................................................................................ 42 J. General Information ................................................................................................................................................................ 42 SECTION 3. CASE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 44