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Financial Assistance may be retroactive for up to 30 days provided a child was with a licensed, registered or certified child care provider and the primary caretaker(s) can satisfactorily document that the parent was eligible and had a service need during that period of time.

III B Duration of Eligibility

Eligibility for child care services on the basis of a Service Need of “employment”, “self- employment”, “training”, “special health needs” or “family support” will be re- determined annually. Protective Services child care may be authorized as one component of a case plan for a period of time up to a maximum 12 months or as determined by the social worker in the Family Services Division case plan.

Eligibility in all Service Need categories may be re-determined at more frequent intervals at CDD’s discretion when a family’s circumstances change significantly or a case plan is revised following a case review.

III C Eligibility for Child Care when a Child is not Living with the Primary Caretaker

When a child is not residing with a primary caretaker and is not committed or institutionalized, eligibility is established only if the Primary Caretaker’s income meets “Income Eligibility Standards” and the caretaker with whom the child is residing meets “Service Need Requirements.” All other regulations pertaining to families and the primary caretaker apply.

III D Eligibility Re-determination

A family’s eligibility for financial assistance shall be reviewed and re-determined annually. The Designated Authority shall notify families that their eligibility period is ending no less than one month before eligibility terminates.

IV A Responsibilities of Eligible Families

Eligible families have the following responsibilities in order to continue enrollment in the Child Care Financial Assistance Program.

Eligible families shall report, within 10 working days to the Designated Authority the following:

1. Changes in circumstances that may affect their need for child care financial assistance; 2. All changes in income, living situations, family and household make up, changed hours of care and changes in child care provider;