Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0008 - Child Care - Purchase of Service › Chapter 1 - CHILD CARE, PURCHASE OF SERVICE GENERAL › Section 1-8 - Eligibility Factors

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Each factor of
				eligibility shall be verified.
(b)
				Approved cases shall include documentation in the case file as to how each
				eligibility factor was met and the amount of payment.
(c) The application shall be denied or
				assistance terminated when eligibility cannot be determined because the
				applicant/recipient refuses to provide the requested documentation or the
				written consent to obtain the documentation.
(d) Denied cases shall include documentation
				in the case file of the reason(s) for the denial.
(e) The following eligibility factors shall
				be met:
(i) Eligible persons.
(A) Child care assistance shall be available
				for a child who is under age 13 years, a child over 13 who has special needs,
				is developmentally delayed, is physically or mentally incapable of caring for
				himself or herself as verified by a physician or licensed or certified
				psychologist, or under court supervision.
(B) Child care assistance is available only
				to children who live with their parent(s)/caretaker(s) when the
				parent(s)/caretaker(s) is participating in an approved activity outside the
				home.
(C) Child care assistance
				shall be available only when the child(ren)'s parent(s)/caretaker(s)
				participates in at least one (1) of the following approved activities outside
				the home:
(I) Employment;
(II) Employment Training program;
(III) Educational program, including high
				school or high school equivalency;
(IV) POWER work requirement;
(V) SNAP E & T activity; or
(VI) Temporary Job Search.
(D) Child care assistance shall be
				available for a child(ren) in a two (2) parent/caretaker assistance unit when
				both parents/caretakers are participating in an approved activity during the
				same hours.
(E) Child care
				assistance shall be available for a child(ren) in a two (2) parent/caretaker
				assistance unit when one (1) parent/caretaker is disabled and unable to care
				for the child(ren) if:
(I) Child care is
				necessary to allow the other parent/caretaker to maintain employment;
(II) The disability and the
				parent/caretaker's inability to care for the child(ren) is verified by a
				medical professional;
(III)
				Verification has been submitted to document the parent with the disability is
				following prescribed medical treatment; and
(IV) The assistance unit is pursuing and
				accepting any other available resources to move the assistance unit toward
				self-sufficiency.
(F)
				Child care assistance shall not be available to an assistance unit if fraud
				against DFS has been established in a court of law or by a DFS hearing officer.
				The assistance unit is ineligible until all penalties have been served and full
				restitution has been made.
(G)
				Child care assistance is not available when the parent(s)/caretaker(s) fails to
				remain eligible for POWER, SNAP or Medicaid by noncooperation with program
				requirements. The client is ineligible for child care assistance until he/she:
(I) Cooperates with the POWER, SNAP or
				Medicaid program requirements; or
(II) Has not received a POWER payment within
				30 days and becomes employed 20 or more hours per week.
(H) Child care assistance is available for a
				child(ren) whose parent(s)/caretaker(s) is attending an approved educational
				program, including college undergraduate study when:
(I) The parent(s)/caretaker(s) is making
				satisfactory progress;
(II) The
				educational program does not exceed the first associate or baccalaureate degree
				unless the associate degree was received while the parent(s)/caretaker(s) was
				pursuing a baccalaureate as the original employment goal; and
(III) The parent(s)/caretaker(s) has been
				receiving child care while working on an associate degree program for no more
				than three (3) years, or no more than six (6) years while working on a
				baccalaureate degree. When the parent(s)/caretaker(s) has been employed and has
				been working an average of more than 30 hours per week while attending school,
				the length of time to complete an associate's degree may be extended to five
				(5) years and a baccalaureate degree to eight (8) years.
(I) Child care assistance is available for a
				child(ren) whose parent(s)/ caretaker(s) is self-employed and working outside
				of his/her home.
(J) Child care
				assistance is available for a foster child(ren) whose foster parent(s) is
				participating in an approved activity.
(K) A minor parent(s) who lives with his/her
				parent(s) may receive child care assistance if the minor parent(s) and her/his
				parent(s) are all working or attending an educational program during the same
				hours.
(L) Child care assistance is
				not available to fugitive felons.
(M) Child care assistance is available when
				an overpayment has been established and the parent(s)/caretaker(s) is in
				compliance with the repayment agreement or made full restitution unless the
				parent(s)/caretaker(s) has been found guilty of fraud in a court of law or by
				the DFS hearing officer.
(N) Child
				care assistance is available for a child(ren) living in an assistance unit
				whose income is within the Sliding fee Scale in Appendix A:
(I) The assistance unit shall qualify for
				assistance in step one (1) through step four (4) at the initial eligibility
				determination; and
(II) The
				assistance unit shall may continue to receive assistance in steps five (5) and
				six (6) when the gross income has increased due to employment.