Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart B - Eligibility for Services › Chapter 3042 - SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE ELIGIBILITY › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3042.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Adjusted family income
-Gross countable
						family income, minus allowable deductions.
Annual income
-The family's adjusted
						monthly income, multiplied by 12 months.
Appeal
-A written or oral request by a
						parent, caretaker or individual acting on behalf of a parent or caretaker for a
						hearing under Chapter 275 (relating to appeal and fair hearing and
						administrative disqualification hearings), indicating disagreement with a
						Departmental or eligibility agency action or failure to act that affects the
						family's eligibility for subsidized child care.
Application
-A signed, dated request by a
						parent, caretaker or individual acting on behalf of a parent or caretaker for
						subsidized child care.
CAO-County Assistance Office
-The local
						office of the Department responsible for the determination of eligibility and
						service delivery in the Cash Assistance, Medical Assistance and Supplemental
						Nutrition Assistance Programs.
CRNP
-Certified registered nurse
						practitioner.
Caretaker
-An individual who has legal
						custody of the child or any one of the following individuals who lives with and
						exercises care and control of the child:
(i) A foster parent.
(ii) A grandparent.
(iii) A great-grandparent.
(iv) An aunt.
(v) An uncle.
(vi) A sibling who is 18 years of age or
					 older.
Child care
-Care instead of parental care
						for part of a 24-hour day.
Collateral contact
-A form of
						verification in which the eligibility agency obtains information from a third
						party.
Copayment
-The weekly amount the family
						pays for subsidized child care.
Department
-The Department of Human
						Services of the Commonwealth.
Disability
-A physical or mental
						impairment that precludes a parent or caretaker from participating in work,
						education or training.
Disqualification
-The prohibition against
						receipt of subsidized child care that results from fraud or an intentional
						program violation.
Domestic and other violence (domestic
						violence)
- Includes one of the following:
(i) A physical act that results in, or
					 threatens to result in, physical injury to the individual.
(ii) Mental abuse, including stalking,
					 threats to kidnap, kill or otherwise harm people or property, threats to commit
					 suicide, repeated use of degrading or coercive language, controlling access to
					 food or sleep, and controlling or withholding access to economic and social
					 resources.
(iii) Sexual
					 abuse.
(iv) Sexual activity
					 involving a dependent child.
(v)
					 Being forced as the caretaker or relative of a dependent child to engage in
					 nonconsensual sexual acts or activities.
(vi) A threat of, or attempt at, physical or
					 sexual abuse.
(vii) Neglect or
					 deprivation of medical care.
Education
-An elementary school, middle
						school, junior high or high school program including a GED program, an HSE
						degree, charter school, cyber school and any other program approved by the
						school district or the Department of Education.
Eligibility agency
-The entity designated
						by the Department with authority to purchase subsidized child care and
						determine a family's eligibility and copayment.
Eligibility determination
-A decision
						regarding whether a family qualifies for the subsidized child care program and
						a determination of the copayment.
Eligibility redetermination
-An annual
						review by the eligibility agency to determine if a family continues to qualify
						for subsidized child care, including a review of the copayment.
Employment
-Working for another
						individual or entity for income.
FPIG-Federal Poverty Income
						Guidelines
-The income levels published annually in the
Federal
						Register
by the United States Department of Health and Human
						Services.
Family
-The child or children for whom
						subsidized child care is requested and the following individuals who live with
						that child or children in the same household:
(i) A parent of the child.
(ii) A caretaker and a caretaker's
					 spouse.
(iii) A biological,
					 adoptive or foster child or stepchild of the parent or caretaker who is under
					 18 years of age and not emancipated by marriage or by the court.
(iv) An unrelated child under the care and
					 control of the parent or caretaker, who is under 18 years of age and not
					 emancipated by marriage or by the court.
(v) A child who is 18 years of age or older
					 but under 22 years of age who meets both of the following:
(A) Is enrolled in at least one of the
					 following:
(I) Adult basic
					 education.
(II) English as a second
					 language course work.
(III) A high
					 school or a GED program.
(IV) An
					 HSE degree.
(V) An internship,
					 clinical placement, apprenticeship, lab work or field work required by a
					 training institution.
(VI) A
					 post-secondary program leading to a degree, diploma or certificate.