Ariz. Admin. Code § 6-5-4904

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024

Section R6-5-4904 - Access to Child Care Assistance

A. Application for Child Care Assistance.

1. Any person may apply for Child Care Assistance by filing, either in person or by mail, a Department-approved application form with any CCA office.

2. The application file date is the date any CCA office receives an identifiable application. An identifiable application contains, at a minimum, the following information:

a. The legible name and address of the person requesting assistance; and

b. The signature, under penalty of perjury, of the applicant or, if the applicant is incompetent or incapacitated, someone legally authorized to act on behalf of the applicant.

3. In addition to the identifiable information described in subsection (A)(2), a completed application shall contain:

a. The names of all persons living with the applicant and the relationship of those persons to the applicant, and

b. All other eligibility information requested on the application form.

B. Request for Child Care Assistance.

1. Cash Assistance participants who need Child Care Assistance for employment activities are not required to complete an application.

2. Child Care Assistance for Cash Assistance participants may begin effective the start date of the eligible activity but not earlier than the date that the participant requests Child Care Assistance from a local CCA office after the Department has verified eligibility criteria.

C. Referral for Child Care Assistance.

1. Jobs Participants. Cash Assistance participants in Jobs-approved work participation activities who request child care shall be referred by the Jobs Program for Child Care Assistance.

2. Child Protective Services Families (CPS). CPS shall refer families that CPS deems eligible for Child Care Assistance on a case-by-case basis.

3. CPS and DDD Foster Families - CPS or DDD shall determine eligibility for and refer children in the care, custody, and control of DES who need child care services as documented in a foster care case plan.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-4904

Adopted effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 92, effective December 31, 2006 (Supp. 06-4).

The following Section was adopted under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74(A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.