Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. [Repealed,
26 SR 253]
Subp. 2.
Basic
sliding fee allocation.
The commissioner must allocate money from the child care fund
for the basic sliding fee program as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.03,
subdivisions 6 to 9. By July 1 of each year, the commissioner must notify all
county, Tribal, and human services boards of their allocations under the basic
sliding fee program, including the amount available for payment of
administrative expenses.
Subp.
3. [Repealed, 26 SR 253]
Subp.
4.
Reallocation of unexpended or unencumbered funds.
The commissioner must reallocate unexpended or unencumbered
funds according to items A to D.
A.
The commissioner may reallocate unexpended or unencumbered funds following the
first, second, and third quarters of the allocation period as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.03,
subdivision 5. Following the fourth quarter of the allocation period, the
commissioner must review county and Tribal expenditures under the basic sliding
fee program and must reallocate unearned allocations to counties and Tribes
that had direct service earnings in excess of their allocation.
B. The amount reallocated to any county or
Tribe must be based on direct service earnings in excess of its allocation. The
amount reallocated must not be greater than the direct service earnings in
excess of allocation minus the county's or Tribe's fxed local match to be
calculated as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.11,
subdivision 1.
C. If the amount of
funds available for reallocation is less than total county or Tribe direct
service earnings in excess of allocations, the reallocated funds must be
prorated to each county and Tribe based on the ratio of the county's or Tribe's
direct service earnings in excess of its allocation to the total of all county
and Tribal direct service earnings in excess of their allocation.
D. If the amount of funds available for
reallocation is greater than total county or Tribe direct service earnings in
excess of allocations under the basic sliding fee program, the funds remaining
after the basic sliding fee reallocation must be carried forward and added to
the funds available for allocation in the next allocation period.
Subp. 5.
Families eligible
for assistance under the basic sliding fee program.
To the extent of available allocations, an applicant is
eligible for child care assistance under the basic sliding fee program
if:
A. the applicant meets eligibility
requirements under part
3400.0040;
B. the applicant is not a MFIP or DWP
participant; and
C. the family
meets the income eligibility requirements specified in Minnesota Statutes,
section
119B.09.
Subp. 9.
Child care responsibility when
family moves.
A. When a family
receiving child care assistance from the basic sliding fee program moves to a
new county or moves to an area served by a Tribal CCAP agency in Minnesota, the
original county or Tribal CCAP agency must continue to provide child care
assistance to a family for two full calendar months after the family's move if
the family needs child care and remains eligible for the basic sliding fee
program. Before a family transfers to a Tribal CCAP agency, the family must
meet the Tribal CCAP agency's criteria for families that the Tribal CCAP agency
serves. The limitation in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.09,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), regarding the family's household
income at program entry does not apply when a family receiving assistance moves
to another county or moves to an area served by a Tribal CCAP agency and
continues receiving assistance from the new county or Tribal CCAP
agency.
B. If there is a waiting
list for the basic sliding fee program in the receiving county or Tribal CCAP
agency when the county or Tribal CCAP agency assumes responsibility for the
family after two full calendar months following the family's move, the
receiving county or Tribal CCAP agency must fund child care assistance for the
family through the portability pool while the family remains eligible. An
eligible family must continue to receive child care assistance through the
portability pool until the family is able to receive child care assistance
through the receiving county's or Tribe's basic sliding fee program.
C. If there is no waiting list for the basic
sliding fee program and funds are available, the receiving county or Tribal
CCAP agency must immediately move the family into the county's or agency's
basic sliding fee program when the county or agency assumes responsibility for
the family after two full calendar months following the family's move according
to Minnesota Statutes, section
256G.07,
subdivision 1.
Subp. 10.
Continued eligibility under basic sliding fee program.
A CCAP agency must not refuse to provide continued child care
assistance to a family receiving assistance through the basic sliding fee
program when there is a change in the family's financial or household status as
long as the family continues to meet the eligibility requirements in this part
and the general eligibility requirements in part
3400.0040. Except for the job
search time limit under Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.10,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a); the education time limit in Minnesota Statutes,
section
119B.10,
subdivision 3, paragraph (b); the extended eligibility period in Minnesota
Statutes, section
119B.105;
and the time limit to submit proof of eligibility under Minnesota Statutes,
section
119B.025,
subdivision 1, paragraph (d), a CCAP agency must not set a time limit for
eligibility under the basic sliding fee program.
Statutory Authority: MS s
119B.02;
119B.04;
119B.06;
256.01;
256H.01
to 256H.19
