Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - SOCIAL SERVICES › Article 49 - CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE › Section R6-5-4912 - Eligible Activity or Need

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Eligible activities and needs for Child
				Care Assistance are described in this subsection:
1. Employment. Full or part-time employment
				for monetary compensation;
2. Self
				Employment. Full or part time self employment for monetary
				compensation.
3. Education and
				Training Activities with Minimum Work Requirement. A client who is employed
				shall be eligible to receive Child Care Assistance for education and training
				activities as prescribed in subsections (A)(3)(a), (b), and (c).
a. Post-secondary education in a college or
				trade school.
i. The client is employed an
				average of at least 20 hours per week, per calendar month.
ii. A self-employed client meets the 20-hour
				work requirement if the client's monthly net profit, divided by the current
				minimum wage standard, equates to the average 20-hour weekly work
				requirement.
iii. The education or
				training activity is related to the client's employment goal.
iv. The client's educational level is
				freshman or sophomore as defined by the educational institution, or the
				educational activities are in pursuit of an Associate Degree, or the client is
				in training at a vocational or trade school.
v. The client shall maintain satisfactory
				progress in the educational activity and remain in good standing, as defined by
				the educational institution.
vi.
				The client has not received more than the lifetime limit of 24 months of Child
				Care Assistance for education and training activities. Child Care Assistance
				authorized for educational activities before August 1, 1997, does not count
				toward the 24-month limit.
vii.
				Countable months toward the 24-month limit are those calendar months in which
				the Department authorized additional child care services for education and
				training needs; the Department shall not calculate the 24-month limit based on
				monthly usage.
viii. The client
				assumes full responsibility for employment goals and educational choices made;
				the Department is under no obligation to provide Child Care Assistance until
				educational or employment goals are attained.
ix. The Department shall authorize Child Care
				Assistance for actual class time, time between classes as determined by the
				Department, and travel time to and from school only.
x. Correspondence courses, home study
				courses, and study time are not eligible educational activities for Child Care
				Assistance.
b. High
				School, G.E.D., E.S.O.L., and Remedial Educational Activities for Adults age 20
				and Older.
i. The client is employed an
				average of at least 20 hours per week, per month.
ii. A self-employed client meets the 20-hour
				work requirement if the person's monthly net profit, divided by the current
				minimum wage standard, equates to the average 20-hour weekly work
				requirement.
iii. The educational
				or training activity is related to the client's employment goal.
iv. The client shall maintain satisfactory
				progress in the educational activity and remain in good standing, as defined by
				the educational institution.
v. The
				client has not received more than the lifetime limit of 12 months of Child Care
				Assistance for education and training activities described in this Section.
				Child Care Assistance authorized for educational activities before August 1,
				1997, does not count toward the 12-month limit.
vi. Countable months toward the 12-month
				limit are those calendar months in which the Department authorized additional
				child care services for education and training needs. The Department shall not
				calculate the 12-month limit based on monthly usage.
vii. The client assumes full responsibility
				for employment goals and educational choices made; the Department is under no
				obligation to provide Child Care Assistance until educational and employment
				goals are attained.
viii. Allowable
				educational activities are: attendance at high school, G.E.D. or E.S.O.L.
				classes, or remedial educational activities as determined allowable by the
				Department.
ix. The Department
				shall authorize Child Care Assistance for actual class time, time between
				classes as determined by the Department, and travel time to and from school
				only.
x. Correspondence courses,
				home study courses, and study time are not allowable educational activities for
				DES Child Care Assistance.
c. Cash Assistance participants who are
				sanctioned due to Jobs noncompliance are ineligible for Child Care Assistance
				for education and training activities in any month when a Jobs sanction is
				applied to the Cash Assistance case, unless the education and training
				activities are Jobs approved.
4. Teen Parents in Education and Training
				Activities. Teen parents are eligible for Child Care Assistance for education
				and training activities according to the following criteria:
a. The teen parent is under age 20.
b. The teen parent is attending high school,
				G.E.D., or E.S.O.L. classes, or remedial educational activities in pursuit of a
				high school diploma.
c. Child Care
				Assistance for teen parents for the educational activities described in this
				Section is not time-limited. The teen parent shall continue to receive
				assistance for the educational activity if eligibility criteria are met and
				until the teen parent:
i. Receives a diploma
				or certificate; or
ii. Attains the
				age of 20 years, whichever occurs first.
d. If the teen parent attends post-secondary
				educational activities, the eligibility criteria outlined under "Post-
				Secondary Education" in subsection (A)(3)(a) shall apply.
e. The Department shall authorize Child Care
				Assistance for actual class time, time between classes as determined by the
				Department, and travel time to and from school only.
f. Correspondence courses, home study
				courses, and study time are not allowable educational activities for Child Care
				Assistance.
g. Cash Assistance
				participants who have been sanctioned due to Jobs noncompliance are ineligible
				for Child Care Assistance for education and training activities in any month
				that a Jobs noncompliance sanction is applied to the Cash Assistance case,
				unless the education and training activities are Jobs approved.
5. Participation in Jobs Approved
				Activities. Individuals participating in the Jobs Program and who receive Cash
				Assistance shall be eligible for Child Care Assistance if the following
				criteria are met.
a. The individual is
				referred by a Jobs Program Specialist to CCA for Child Care
				Assistance.
b. The individual is
				required to contact a local DES Child Care Office to notify CCA of the
				selection of a provider, and to cooperate with CCA to arrange child care
				services.
c. The Child Care service
				authorization shall be based on the days and hours of the approved Jobs
				activity as specified by the Jobs Program Specialist in the Jobs
				referral.
d. Jobs participants
				shall receive Child Care Assistance for Jobs approved educational and training
				activities only. Educational and training activities that are not Jobs approved
				are not eligible activities for Child Care Assistance for Jobs
				participants.
6. Unable
				or Unavailable to Provide Care. Clients who are unable or unavailable to care
				for their own children for a portion of a 24-hour day are eligible for Child
				Care Assistance according to the following criteria.
a. Clients who are unable to care for their
				own children due to a physical, mental, or emotional disability are eligible
				for Child Care Assistance when the diagnosis, inability to care for the
				children, and anticipated recovery date (or the date of the next medical
				evaluation) have been verified by a licensed physician, certified psychologist,
				or certified behavioral health specialist.
b. The Department shall authorize Child Care
				Assistance to cover:
i. The amount of time the
				client is unable to care for the child; and
ii. The amount of time needed for ongoing
				treatment for the specified condition as verified by the physician, certified
				psychologist, or certified behavioral health specialist.
c. Child Care Assistance shall not cover
				intermittent and routine appointments that are not part of an ongoing treatment
				plan.
d. Clients participating in a
				drug rehabilitation program are eligible for Child Care Assistance to
				participate in activities as specified by the drug rehabilitation
				program.
e. Clients participating
				in a court-ordered community service program are eligible for Child Care
				Assistance to support required community service participation as specified by
				the court.
f. Clients who are
				residents of a homeless or domestic violence shelter are eligible for Child
				Care Assistance based on shelter residency, and on verification provided by an
				authorized representative at the shelter. Child Care Assistance shall cover:
i. The days and hours that the client is
				unavailable to provide care to their own child due to participation in
				shelter-directed activities as verified by an authorized representative of the
				shelter; and
ii. The days and hours
				that the client is unable to provide care to the client's own child due to a
				physical, mental, or emotional disability as verified by a licensed physician,
				certified psychologist, or a certified behavioral health specialist.