Or. Admin. Code § 414-175-0011 - Certification Period

(1) The length of the certification period may not be less than 12 months. In the following situations the certification period may be extended beyond the certification end date:

(a) Caretakers in authorized work search and medical leave are limited to no more than three additional months.

(b) Caretakers on military transition are limited to no more than six additional months.

(c) Caretakers who have entered into a contracted slot with Head Start, Early Head Start or the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership program are limited to no more than eleven additional months.

(d) Caretakers who are Categorically Eligible through a determination of TANF eligibility may have their ERDC benefits extended through the end of the TANF benefit period.

(2) ERDC benefits may be terminated mid-certification only if one of the following occur:

(a) There is no longer an eligible child or no longer an eligible caretaker in the need group pursuant to OAR 414-175-0020;

(b) Benefits were determined in error; or

(c) A Caretaker or Authorized Representative in the Need Group requests to terminate their ERDC benefits.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 414-175-0011

ELD 11-2023, adopt filed 06/28/2023, effective 7/1/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329A.500

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329A.500