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CCFAP Regulation Memo

9 Issue date 06/28/24

A family must have a monthly gross income at or below levels established in the Child Care Financial Assistance Schedule to be eligible for assistance. The income schedule, on a sliding fee scale, is based on a combination of actual monthly gross income and the number of family members. The schedule will be updated periodically as funds allow by the Child Development Division to reflect changing levels in federal poverty and state median income guidelines. The most current income eligibility schedule may be accessed through the Child Development Division website.

Gross income includes all payments from any source received by a primary caretaker(s) or their child(ren), with the exception of children’s wages. Income received from the following sources is excluded in determining income eligibility:

1. Income received from the sale of real or personal property (house, car, boat, stocks, bonds) unless the primary caretaker(s) was engaged in the business of selling such property, in which case the net proceeds will be counted as income from self- employment; 2. Withdrawal from bank deposits; 3. Money borrowed; 4. Tax refunds including Renters Rebate and Earned Income Credit; 5. Public assistance income (such as income received in DCF Economic Services Division’s financial assistance programs, including but not limited to Food Stamps, Medicaid, Fuel Assistance, Reach Up, Reach First, and Postsecondary education program payments, General Assistance and Emergency Assistance);

6. Value of USDA donated foods and home produce consumed by the family; 7. Wage, salary or other earned income of a person under age 18 living in the household who is not the primary caretaker; 8. Loans, grants, scholarships or work-study income received for training or education; 9. Incentive payment for training or education or other programs or activities authorized in a Reach Up plan or other case plan; 10. Supplemental Security Income (SSI); 11. Child Support paid out on a regular basis to another household; 12. Adoption assistance payments under Title IV-E of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 or under the State’s Adoptions Assistance Program; 13. Payments to foster parent(s) from DCF’s Family Services Division to subsidize the care and maintenance of a foster child; 14. Self-employment business expenses other than depreciation charges, Section 179, per current IRS procedures;