N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6910.10 - Eligibility Determination and Length of Time
(a) When an
application has been made in accordance with
He-C
6910.04 and all required verification has been
submitted as described in
He-C
6910.09, the District Office staff shall make a
determination of eligibility for child care scholarship .
(b) If at the time of the initial application
interview all required verifications have not been submitted, the district
office staff shall give the applicant notification of all outstanding
verification(s).
(c) The
notification in (b) above shall state that the applicant shall submit the
required verification(s) to the district office staff within 10 calendar days
of the date of the notification , or the application shall be denied.
(d) An eligibility determination for child
care scholarship shall be made:
(1) Within 30
calendar days of the date of application; or
(2) Within 7 calendar days of the date of
application for expedited child care as set forth in
He-C
6910.05.
(e) Eligibility for an expedited child care
scholarship shall terminate 30 days after the date of application. If the
applicant is determined eligible for child care scholarship , the expedited
period of time shall be applied toward the 12-month period of
eligibility.
(f) The application
date or the child care provider link date, whichever is later, shall be used to
determine the:
(1) Twelve- month eligibility
certification period; and
(2)
Effective date of payment for child care .
(g) Non-financial eligibility for child care
scholarship shall be determined as follows:
(1) Determine the composition of the
assistance group which shall include all of the following individuals residing
in the same dwelling:
a. All children under
18 years of age who have a biological, foster, step, or adoptive relationship;
b. All children up to the age of
20 who have a biological, foster, step, or adoptive relationship if they are
attending primary or secondary school or equivalent pursuant to
RSA
167:80, IV(b); and
c. Any adult who has a biological, foster,
step, adoptive, caretaker relative , or legal guardianship relationship to any
child in a. above;
(2)
Determine if the applicant is either:
a.
Engaged in one of the activities listed in He-C 6910. 07(f); or
(3) Determine that both parents are engaged
in at least one of the activities described in
He-C
6910.07(f), if living together and
are in the same assistance group ; and
(4) Determine, if the applicant if a NHEP
participant , that he or she is eligible under
He-C
6910.08.
(h) Financial eligibility for child care
scholarship shall be determined by the district office pursuant to
He-C
6910.06(a) as follows:
(1) Determine the family size, which shall be
the same number as members in the assistance group ;
(2) Calculate the monthly gross income of the
assistance group by adding together all assistance group members' monthly gross
earned and unearned income, except for:
a.
Income specifically excluded in
He-C
6910.06(c); and
b. Self-employment income, which shall be
added as net income as described in
He-C
6910.06(d); and
(3) Compare the result obtained in (2) above,
using the appropriate family size as determined in (1) above, to the monthly
gross income amount described in
He-C
6910.06(b) as follows:
a. If the assistance group 's total monthly
gross income does not exceed the monthly gross income amount described in
He-C
6910.06(b), then the family shall be
determined financially eligible for child care scholarship ; or
b. If the assistance group 's total monthly
gross income does exceed the monthly gross income amount described in
He-C
6910.06(b) for the appropriate family
size, the family shall be determined not financially eligible for child care
scholarship and the application shall be denied.
(i) If the assistance group meets
the non-financial and financial requirements described in (g) and (h) above and
He-C
6910.06 and
He-C
6910.07, then the application shall be approved and
the family shall be eligible for child care scholarship .
(j) Notification shall be mailed to the
applicant as described in
He-C
6910.12 as soon as an eligibility child care
determination is made, but no later than 30 days from the date of the
application.
(k) The eligibility
period for child care scholarship shall begin as described in (f) above and was
received at the district office in paper form, via telephone, e-mail, or
through NH Easy-Gateway to Services, NH's online benefit application and
management system at https://nheasy.nh.gov/#/, if the family was determined
eligible;
(l) Notification shall be
mailed to the applicant as described in
He-C
6910.12 as soon as an expedited child care eligibility
determination is made, but no later than 7 days from the date of the
application.
(m) The eligibility
period for child care scholarship shall not exceed 12-months.
(n) A parent shall receive up to 92 calendar
days of job search when a parent is job searching due to a permanent job loss,
cessation of training program , or educational program or stops participating in
a mental health or substance misuse treatment program . If the parent does not
engage in one of the activities in
He-C
6910.07(f)(1), (3), (4),(5), or (6)
child care shall close at the end of 92 calendar days .
(o) A parent shall be considered employed, in
a training or educational program , or participating in a mental health or
substance misuse treatment program during the current 12- month eligibility
period as long as the parent (s) is:
(1) On a
medical leave due to his or her own health or caring for the other parent of
the common child living in the household or another child living in the
household;
(2) Experiencing a
seasonal break in employment according to regular industry work
seasons;
(3) On a student holiday
or break from a training or educational activity; or
(4) Experiencing any other reduction in work,
training or education hours as long as the parent (s) is still working or
attending a training or educational program .
(p) For expedited child care , the eligibility
period shall:
(1) Continue if verification is
provided within 30 calendar days and eligibility is determined; or
(2) Terminate on day 30 if verification is
not provided within 30 calendar days .
(q) A child shall be excluded from the
payment for child care scholarship if he or she does not meet any one of the
following:
(1) The citizenship criteria of
He-C
6910.09(c);
(2) The age criteria of
He-C
6910.07(b)(3)(c);
(3) A child experiencing a verified
disability or significant special need criteria of
He-C
6910.07(e); or
(4) No payment was made on the child 's behalf
for child care services rendered in the previous 60 days .
(r) The family shall have 30 days from the
date in (j) above to arrange for child care with an enrolled provider and
complete and return a Form1863, titled "Child Care Provider Verification,"
(April 2020) pursuant to He-C 6914.
(s) If the family fails to comply with (r)
above, child care eligibility shall be terminated except when DHHS has
authorized one 30-day extension for one of the following circumstances:
(1) The family is unable to find child care
within 30 days with assistance from a child care resource and referral
agency
(2) The parent or child has
an in-patient hospital stay during the 30-day period; (3) The information or
data contained in Form 1863 was incorrect or no data has been entered by DHHS
establishing a child care link;
(4)
There was an error made in determining child care eligibility; or
(5) The family 's chosen child care provider
has completed the enrollment requirements in accordance with
He-C
6914.04 within 30 days , but the provider enrollment
determination has not been made according to
He-C
6914.04.
(t) Prior to the end of the eligibility
period , the family shall request a redetermination of eligibility in accordance
with He-C
6910.15 in order to continue to receive child care
scholarship .
(u) If the parent is
no longer participating in any combination of
He-C
6910.07(f)(1)-(6), the parent shall
be granted continued assistance for up to 92 calendar days . Child care shall
terminate if the parent does not reengage in
He-C
6910.07(f)(1)-(6).
(v) Continued assistance shall be granted
only when employment, training, educational program , or mental health or
substance misuse treatment program is terminated.
Notes
#7357, eff 9-1-00; ss by #7723, eff 7-1-02; (See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6910) #9474, eff 6-29-09; amd by #9770-A, eff 8-25-10; ss by #10120, eff 5-7-12
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