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158 December 31. In June, Aziz stops working for the child care provider. He is placed in an Approved Activity Search Period (ACTS). Omar will continue to attend the same child care provider, but Aziz is no longer eligible for the employee discount after his last day of employment on June 18. When Aziz reports this to the local agency, the agency worker ends the current authorization on June 30 and starts a new authorization on July 1 that does not include any discount. The agency worker also issues an ad hoc payment for the additional amount that Aziz is eligible for due to not receiving the discount for the last 12 days of June.

A change in the provider’s regulation category, such as a change from certified to licensed or vice versa, can affect the provider’s category that is used in the subsidy calculation at the beginning of the next month.

Note: For information about how changes in Licensing/Certification can affect the authorization, please see Changes in Licensing/Certification User Guide (DCF-P-5271).

This section last updated 10/1/2023

Section 18.6.4 Departmental Mass Changes The annual updates to the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) used in eligibility determination and copayment calculation can result in a change to the family's FPL and resulting copayment per hour. The update may cause the family to move to a lower Copayment Period as of the effective date of the annual updates but cannot result in the family moving to a higher Copayment Period.

An update to the Wisconsin Shares County and Tribal Subsidy Maximum Rates (see 18.5.1) can impact the maximum rates used for the subsidy calculation as of the effective date of the new Maximum Rates. Unlike copayments and FPL amounts, maximum rates are not updated annually.

Note: New FPL numbers and Maximum Rates are published with an effective date of the first of the following month.

This section last updated 10/1/2023

Section 18.7 Subsidy and Registration Fee Availability Wisconsin Shares subsidy for ongoing authorizations and registration fees for future months are loaded to the parent’s EBT card the evening of the last day of the month. When an authorization begins in the current month or a past month, the funds are usually loaded to the EBT card the night that the agency worker writes the authorization. Registration fee funds will also load overnight when the fee is entered for the current month or a past month.