N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6910.13 - Limitation of Child Care Scholarship in Certain Situations

Insofar as funding and resources allow, child care scholarship shall continue if the family meets the program requirements of He-C 6910, except as follows:

(a) For families for which a job search activity is approved for one or more parents the following shall apply:

(1) Each parent shall be allowed a maximum of 92 calendar days of child care scholarship in order to engage in job search or engage in job search and seek housing in the same week;

(2) Child care scholarship shall terminate at the end of 92 calendar days if the parent or parents in job search have not engaged in one of the activities in He-C 6910.07(f),(1),(3),(4),(5), or (6);

(3) A parent shall engage in employment, an employment related training or educational program, NHEP, basic education, or participating in a mental health or substance misuse treatment program activity before a new job search shall be granted as a new activity or 6 months shall lapse between job search activities; and

(4) If both parents are engaged in a job search, but they began job search on different dates, child care scholarship shall terminate on the date which is the end of the earlier 92 calendar day job search period, if one or both parents have not engaged in one of the activities in He-C 6910.07(f),(1),(3),(4),(5), or (6) during the job search;

(b) A parent participating in NHEP shall be subject to the limitations identified in He-C 6910.08;

(c) A parent who is not receiving TANF financial assistance shall be eligible for child care scholarship during the training program or course of study when the training or educational program or course of study:

(1) Prepares the parent for employment;

(2) Leads to a degree or certificate in a specific field of employment;

(3) Does not exceed 104 weeks of child care scholarship payment in a lifetime;

(4) Is not a single course apart from a degree or certificate program; and

(5) The program leads to a degree or certificate at the associate's level or lower;

(d) For the parent receiving TANF financial assistance and not participating in the NHEP work program, the training program or course of study:

(1) Shall comply with the requirements in (c)(1) through (4) above; and

(2) Could result in a degree or certificate at the associate's or bachelor's level;

(e) Families in which a parent is engaged in basic and alternative educational activities, which lead to a high school diploma or equivalent, or increase literacy levels, shall not be subject to the 104 week lifetime limit for training and educational programs, contingent upon the parent's ongoing satisfactory progress as defined in He-C 6910.03(as) in one of the following programs:

(1) High school diploma program;

(2) High School Equivalency Testing (HiSET) program;

(3) Remedial or basic education program; or

(4) English as a second language;

(f) Families not receiving TANF financial assistance who are participating in work-study or internship shall:

(1) Be considered to be employed; and

(2) Have any income received from the work-study or internship counted as part of the assistance group's monthly gross earned income in the determination of assistance in accordance with He-C 6910.09(f);

(g) DHHS shall not pay child care scholarship when a parent is participating in a pre-requisite course in preparation for a post-secondary education or training program except in the case of a nursing program, in which case the prerequisite courses shall be limited to 2 and shall count towards the 104 week lifetime limit;

(h) If the provider's link with a specific child is terminated due to non-payment for the dates of child care services rendered within the past 60 days, the department shall send notification informing the parent of the termination of the provider's link between the child and the provider;

(i) When the provider has not billed for services rendered within the past 60 days, the parent shall submit the new provider verification Form 1863 "Child Care Provider Verification" (May 2020) identified in He-C 6910.09(h) within 10 days of the date of the notification in (i) above; and

(j) If the family fails to comply with (i) above, child care scholarship shall be terminated.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6910.13

#7723, eff 7-1-02; amd by #8377, eff 6-21-05;(See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6910) #9474, eff 6-29-09; ss by #10120, eff 5-7-12

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 28, Filed July 13, 2017, Proposed by #12221, Effective 7/10/2017, 7/10/2027. Amended by Volume XL Number 27, Filed July 9, 2020, Proposed by #13063, Effective 7/1/2020, Expires 7/1/2030