RSA He-C 6910.11 - Child Care Assistance Waitlist
(a) When annual
departmental cost projections reflect that available funds will be
over-expended for the current fiscal year, a waitlist shall be established,
consisting of all families determined eligible for child care scholarship, for
the provision of additional child care scholarships.
(b) The following children shall be exempt
from the waitlist in (a) above:
(1) Children
whose parent applies for employment-related child care scholarship within 92
calendar days of the child's preventive or protective services
closing;
(2) Children in families
currently receiving TANF benefits or children whose parent applies for
employment-related child care scholarship within 92 calendars days of the
parent's TANF closing; and
(3)
Children currently experiencing homelessness as defined in
He-C
6910.03(h) or children whose parent
applies for employment-related child care scholarship within 92 calendar days
of finding housing after experiencing homelessness.
(c) DHHS shall not pay for child care
services provided to a child while the child is on the waitlist.
(d) A family shall comply with all
eligibility requirements and be determined eligible in accordance with
He-C
6910.06,
He-C
6910.07,
He-C
6910.08, and
He-C
6910.10 before being placed on the waitlist.
(e) A family whose child is on the waitlist
shall be subject to redetermination of child care scholarship every 12
months.
(f) A family whose child is
on the waitlist shall report and verify all changes required by
He-C
6910.14.
(g) If a family fails to maintain eligibility
status, the child shall be removed from the waitlist and child care scholarship
eligibility shall be terminated.
(h)
If a child has been removed from the waitlist, pursuant to (g) above, the
family shall re-apply and be determined eligible for child care scholarship
prior to the child being added back to the child care scholarship waitlist. The
new eligibility period begin-date, according to
He-C
6910.10(f), shall determine the
child's position on the waitlist.
(i) The waitlist shall be prioritized into
the following groups:
(1) The first priority
group shall include:
a. Children in families
whose monthly gross income is at or below 100% of FPG; and
b. Siblings of children who are members of a
currently eligible assistance group with an enrolled child care provider who
are actively receiving assistance; and
(2) The second priority group shall include
all other children determined eligible for child care scholarship who do not
meet the criteria of the first priority group in (1) above.
(j) Eligible children shall be added to the
waitlist according to the eligibility period begin-date as described in
He-C
6910.10(f).
(k) As funds become available, funds shall be
released to offer child care scholarship to children on the waitlist in
priority order, as follows:
(1) According to
the begin-date of the family's eligibility period according to
He-C
6910.10(f); and
(2) Alternating between:
a. Two children from the first priority group
in (i)(1) above; and
b. One child
from the second priority group in (i)(2) above.
(l) When child care scholarship becomes
available to a child on the waitlist, the parent shall receive notification
stating the following:
(1) The date that the
child has been released from the waitlist;
(2) The date in (1) above shall be the date
that funds are available for payment; and
(3) That no payment shall be made for child
care services received prior to the date in (1)
above.
Notes
#7723, eff 7-1-02 (from He-C 6910.09); 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
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