Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program
Article 3 - Provisions for Families
7 AAC 41.315 - Family application

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 41.315

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) A family seeking to participate, or to continue participation, in the PASS program and receive child care assistance must submit an application to the designee serving the community where the family resides or participates in an eligible activity and participate in an in-person or telephonic interview. If no designee serves that community, the family may apply to the department.

(b) Application for program participation must be made on a form prescribed by the department and must be submitted to the department or a designee, as appropriate, for review and an eligibility determination. The application must be determined to be acceptable and complete by the department or designee. Following submission of the application, the department will review the application for completeness and, within 10 days after the department or designee receives the application, notify the applicant of any omissions or additional information required. A complete application must be received by the department or a designee within 30 days after the application submission, unless a later due date is identified in a notice from the department or a designee.

(c) A complete application tor child care assistance under this chapter must include the following information, as applicable:

(1) for each parent of the family, the name, mailing address, telephone number, electronic mail address, if any, marital status, and aliases;

(2) for each individual in the family, the name, date of birth, and relationship of the individual to the parent of the family;

(3) for each parent in the family, a copy of the parent's current government-issued photo identification;

(4) for each working parent in the family receiving wages or a salary, the name and address of the parent's employer, start date of the parent's employment, the parent's work schedule, the parent's hourly wage or hourly wage equivalent, the parent's frequency of pay, and verification of the parent's gross earnings;

(5) for each working parent in the family engaged in a business as described in 7 AAC 41.312(2),
(A) a copy of each current business license under AS 43.70 possessed by the parent; and

(B) verification of the parent's profits and net income from the business;

(6) for each parent in the family attending school, the name of the program in which the parent is enrolled, the parent's date of enrollment in the program, the date on which the parent anticipates completing the program, verification of the parent's enrollment in the pro-am, and verification of the amounts and terms of financial aid, if any, that the parent has received or anticipates receiving to participate in the program;

(7) for each member of the family, all sources and amounts of unearned income, the frequency with which that income is received, and documentation verifying all amounts of unearned income;

(8) for each child of the family for which child care assistance is requested, proof of the child's age and citizenship or alien status;

(9) for each child in the family subject to a child custody arrangement, the terms of the custody arrangement;

(10) for each child in the family attending an elementary school, pre-elementary school under 4 AAC 60, or Early Head Start or Head Start program under 42 U.S.C. 9831-9852c, the name of the elementary school, pre-elementary school, or Early Head Start or Head Start program that the child attends, and the days and hours of the day during which the child attends the elementary school, pre-elementary school, or Early Head Start or Head Start program;

(11) the name of the eligible child care provider the family has selected;

(12) the signature of each parent in the family declaring that the information provided is true, accurate, and complete, and authorizing release of information by other state agencies or private organizations or individuals for purposes of obtaining verification of program eligibility; and

(13) a certification that the family's assets do not exceed $1,000,000.

(d) In an application submitted to continue participation, a family may meet the requirements of (c)(3), (8), and (9) of this section by confirming that documents previously submitted in connection with an approved application remain true and correct. An application to continue participation received from a family in which a parent has been determined temporarily incapacitated or away from the child or children due to participating in an eligible activity must meet the criteria specified in 7 AAC 41.360.

(e) A family may delay submitting documentation required under (c)(3), (8), and (9) of this section by a period of an additional 30 days from the initial application submission if verification is provided to the department that the family is homeless, is displaced from the family's normal residence due to a state or federally declared disaster, or experiences fire, flooding, or other damage or destruction to the family's home that renders the home uninhabitable.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.25.001

AS 47.25.051

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