N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6910.07 - Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements
(a) To be
eligible for child care scholarship , the child shall be a member of the
assistance group for which the applicant is seeking child care
scholarship .
(b) Each child for
whom child care scholarship is requested shall be:
(1) A resident of the state of New Hampshire,
except for children of migrant workers who qualify as homeless because they are
living in circumstances described in
He-C
6910.03(ag);
(2) A United States (US) citizen or a
non-citizen who meets the criteria for non-citizenship as described in
He-C
6910.09(c)(2);
(3) Less than 13 years of age, except when
the child meets the criteria described in (d) below; and
(4) Linked to only one enrolled
provider .
(c) A child
who turns 13 years of age shall remain eligible until the next
redetermination .
(d) A child shall
not be eligible for child care scholarship when the child turns 13 years of age
within 30 calendar days of the child care application date.
(e) A child aged 13 or over shall not be
eligible for child care scholarship , except when the child , through the age of
17, is a child experiencing verified disability or significant special needs
whose condition limits the child 's ability to care for himself or herself, or
he or she would cause harm to himself or herself or others without supervision
as verified in accordance with
He-C
6910.09(j)(3).
(f) Each applicant requesting child care
scholarship shall be engaged in one or more of the following:
(1) Employment where an applicant shall be
receiving any form of earned income or in-kind compensation for his or her work
(2) Job search where an applicant
is:
a. In compliance with NHEP pursuant to
He-W
637.05;
b.
Registered with the New Hampshire department of employment security job match
system; or
c. In compliance with
New Hampshire's requirements for receipt of unemployment compensation
benefits;
(3)
Participating in a training or education program which is preparatory to
employment, including any internet training or education, subject to the
limitations found in He-C
6910.13(c);
(4) Participating in a basic educational
activity as described in
He-C
6910.13(e);
(5) Participating in one or more approved
NHEP activities indicated on an employability plan as described in He-W 637;
or
(6) A recipient of NHEP or FAP
and be participating in:
a. A mental health
treatment program ;
b. A substance
misuse treatment program ; or
c.
Both a. and b.
(g) The job search in (f)(2) above, shall be
authorized for up to 92 calendar days . If job search is the only activity the
parent engages in prior to the end of the 92 calendar days , child care shall
terminate.
(h) Child care
scholarship shall be available to parents participating in an approved
employment related activity and seeking housing in the same week, who are
without permanent housing as defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 11434a(2) (2011),
subject to the verification requirements of
He-C
6910.09(s).
(i) To be eligible for child care scholarship
when both parents reside with the child (ren), the following shall apply:
(1) Both parents shall comply with (f) above;
or
(2) One parent shall comply with
(f) above and the other shall qualify as a parent with a disability in
accordance with He-C
6910.09(k).
(j) Two adults residing in the same household
regardless of marital status who share a common child shall be counted as one
assistance group , along with all other children who have a biological, foster,
step, or adoptive relationship with each other and either adult.
(k) When an individual is employed solely as
a license-exempt child care provider , his or her child (ren) shall not be
eligible for child care scholarship .
(l) An individual shall be eligible to
receive child care scholarship for the care of his or her own children
following the submission of verification required in
He-C
6910.09(u) if:
(1) The individual's employer is not a
license-exempt child care provider ;
(2) The individual is providing care as a
license-exempt child care provider in the child 's home; and
(3) The employer does not permit the
individual to care for the individual's own children simultaneously with the
employer's children .
(m)
A parent 's authorized service level shall be based on the number of hours per
week child care is needed as determined by:
(1) The number of hours per week the parent
is engaged in an approved employment related activity; and
(2) The number of hours of commute time per
week equal to no more than one hour each day multiplied by the number of days
in a week that the parent (s) is engaged in an employment related
activity.
(n) For
self-employed parents, the authorized service level shall be based on the
number of hours per week child care is needed as determined by:
(1) The number of hours the parent (s) reports
for self-employment when the parent has been continuously self-employed for
less than 2 years; or
(2)
Calculating self-employment when the individual has been continuously
self-employed for 2 years or more, as follows:
a. Dividing the monthly income reported in
He-C
6910.06 by 4.33 and then dividing this amount by the
federal minimum wage to establish the average number of hours of employment
related activity per week; and
b.
The number of hours of commute time per week equal to one hour each day
multiplied by the number of days in a week that the parent is in an approved
employment related activity.
(o) Authorization for the authorized service
level shall be based on the calculation in (m) and (n) above and applied as
follows:
(1) For full time authorized service
level , the number of hours shall be greater than 30 hours;
(2) For half time authorized service level ,
the number of hours shall be greater than 15 and equal to or less than 30; or
(3) For part time authorized
service level , the number of hours shall be between one and 15 hours.
(p) For 2 parent households
eligible to receive child care scholarship , the authorized service level shall
be calculated based on the lowest number of hours that either parent
participates in an approved employment-related activity.
(q) Child care scholarship shall not be paid
for a child under the age of 72 months, or 6 years, when cared for in a
license-exempt child care center program pursuant to
RSA
170-E:2, XI-a.
(r) A legal guardian and the legal guardian
spouse shall be required to be engaged in at least one activity described in
(f)(1)-(6) above.
(s) An individual
registered with a temporary employment agency shall be considered employed as
long as the individual earns one payment within 10 calendar days of an
employment assignment.
Notes
#7357, eff 9-1-00; ss and moved by #7723, eff 7-1-02 (from He-C 6910.06); (See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6910) #9474, eff 6-29-09; ss by #10120, eff 5-7-12
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