The applicant or recipient is required, as a condition of
eligibility, to cooperate in providing necessary information and verification
to establish eligibility.
(1) Before
authorizing the initial child care payment, the CAO will determine the
following:
(i) Whether the child care is
necessary to participate in a work-related activity.
(ii) The expected charge.
(iii) The date the service is needed by the
participant.
(iv) The date that
payment for the service is required under the provider's usual payment policy
or practice.
(2) When the
parent/caretaker provides verification to the Department that indicates a
change in eligibility, payment will be reduced, terminated or increased, as
appropriate, upon issuance of appropriate notice to the parent/caretaker, in
accordance with §§
133.4 and
168.101 (relating to procedures;
and appeal and fair hearing).
(3)
Child care costs shall be verified monthly on a form specified by the
Department or by a written statement signed by the provider or by a collateral
contact by the Department with the child care provider.
(4) A collateral contact will be used
whenever necessary to ensure that payment is made in advance of the date that
payment is required by the child care provider consistent with §
168.1(b)(3)
(relating to policy on payment of child care). When a child care payment is
authorized based on a collateral contact with or by a written statement from
the provider, verification of the charge for child care on a form specified by
the Department shall be submitted to the Department within 30 days of the first
day child care costs were incurred. The Department will assist the client, as
needed, to obtain a completed verification form from the provider. Failure to
provide verification within the specified time period could result in
nonauthorization of the child care payment.
(5) Verification of factors other than cost
relating to the need for child care shall consist of collateral contacts with,
or written statements from, employers, prospective employers, physicians,
licensed psychologists, school officials, training providers or pay stubs.
Information previously verified need not be reverified unless it is subject to
change.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 168.41 amended January 8, 1999, effective
2/1/1999, 29 Pa.B. 271; amended
March 31, 2000, effective 4/1/2000, 30 Pa.B. 1743; amended December 29,
2006, effective 12/30/2006, 36
Pa.B. 7961.
The provisions of this § 168.41 amended under Articles
II, IV and VII of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201-211,
401-493 and
701-703).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
168.1 (relating to policy on
payment of child care).
