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Department
of Human Services Families
First Online Policy Manual Child Care |
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33.7 |
QUALIFICATION FOR TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE (TCC), ASSISTANCE ENDS WHEN… |
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Transitional Child Care Assistance ends
when: ·
Eligibility
for TCC ends. ·
The family’s
gross monthly income exceeds 60% of the State Median Income for that size
family. ·
The
caretaker no longer fulfills the work requirement. ·
A
participant who is employed and/or in an education/training program for at
least 20 hours at the time TCC
eligibility begins, fails to raise his/her hours to meet the requirement
within 30 calendar days (of the date he/she qualified for TCC). ·
A participant’s
activity hours fall below the required 30 hours and the participant does not
regain the required hours within 30 calendar days. ·
A
participant fails to pay late parent fees after attempts by the provider and
the child care specialist to collect the fees or to set up a repayment
plan. The provider will continue to
receive state reimbursement while the provider and child care specialist
attempt to collect the fees and while the repayment plan is being developed. Note: if
the participant agrees to try and increase his/her hours but fails, he/she
will no longer qualify for TCC. The
agreement to make the attempt just gives the individual more time to meet the
qualifications. Participants who
refuse to attempt to increase their hours will not qualify, at the time of
the refusal. If the AU does not qualify for TCC at the time of FF closure but later
qualifies during the 18-month eligibility period, payments will begin at that
time. Child care assistance will
continue for the remainder of the eligibility period as long as the AU
qualifies for TCC payments. There is no requirement for a set period of time to receive cash
assistance prior to case closure in order to be eligible for TCC. For example, if a Families First case is
closed after just one month of assistance, the family is eligible for
Transitional Child Care. If a participant who is receiving TCC reapplies for Families First and
is determined to be ineligible for cash assistance, the participant will
continue to be eligible for the remainder of the original 18 months of
TCC. For example, a participant who
has used eight months of TCC reapplies for Families First and is determined
ineligible, the participant is eligible for the remaining ten months of the
original 18 months of TCC. A Families First AU is eligible for 18 months of TCC each time the AU
closes. For example, an AU has used
six months of TCC, reapplies for Families First and is approved. At a later date, Families First assistance
closes and the AU is again eligible for 18 months of TCC. |
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