Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Notice to family of eligibility.
At the time that a family's MFIP or DWP case closes, the
county or Tribal agency serving the family's MFIP or DWP case must send the
family written notice of the family's potential eligibility for transition year
child care.
Subp. 2.
Eligibility.
A. A family must
only use transition year child care assistance to support employment , a job
search , and an approved education or training program that meets the
requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.10.
A family is eligible for transition year child care if the family meets the
conditions in subitems (1) to (4).
(1) The
family's MFIP or DWP case has closed.
(2) At least one caregiver in the family
received MFIP or DWP in at least one of the six months immediately preceding
the month in which the family's MFIP or DWP case was closed.
(3) The family meets the income eligibility
requirements specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.09,
subdivision 1.
(4) The child meets
the definition of a family under Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.011, subdivision
13; or the child received, or would have been eligible to receive, an MFIP or
DWP grant.
B. A family
becomes eligible for transition year child care on the date that the family's
MFIP or DWP case closes and continues to be eligible for 12 consecutive months.
A family's temporary ineligibility for, suspension of, or failure to use child
care assistance during the transition year does not suspend the transition year
period.
C. A former MFIP or DWP
participant may apply for transition year child care at any time during the
transition year and, notwithstanding the application date, must receive
retroactive transition year child care assistance according to Minnesota
Statutes, section
119B.09,
subdivision 7.
D. If a family was
receiving child care assistance when the family's MFIP or DWP case closed, the
family's child care assistance continues until the next redetermination as long
as the family meets the transition year eligibility criteria in item
A.
Subp. 3.
Loss of
transition year child care eligibility.
A. A family in which all caregivers have been
disqualified from receiving MFIP or DWP due to fraud is not eligible for
transition year child care assistance.
B. A county or Tribal CCAP agency must end a
family's transition year child care assistance if the family meets one or more
conditions for termination under part
3400.0183, subpart
2.
Subp. 4.
Reestablishment of MFIP or DWP eligibility during transition year
period.
If a transition year family reopens the family's MFIP or DWP
case during the transition year period and subsequently meets the conditions in
subpart 2, the family qualifes for a new 12-month transition year period. A
family who receives one month of MFIP or DWP assistance and who meets the other
conditions in subpart 2 is eligible for another 12-month transition year
period. To receive child care assistance while receiving MFIP or DWP, a family
must meet the MFIP child care requirements under part
3400.0080.
Subp. 5. [Repealed, 26 SR 253]
Subp. 6. [Repealed, 26 SR 253]
Subp. 7. [Repealed, 33 SR695]
Subp. 8. [Repealed, 26 SR 253]
Subp. 9. [Repealed, 26 SR 253]
Subp. 10.
Transition year
extension.
A. A family must only use
transition year extension child care assistance to support employment, a job
search, and an approved education and training program that meets the
requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.10.
B. A family that meets the requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.011, subdivision
20a, and all other applicable child care assistance eligibility requirements is
eligible for transition year extension child care assistance.
C. A family's transition year extension child
care assistance begins after the conclusion of 12 consecutive months of the
family's transition year. Child care assistance continues for a family as long
as the family continues to meet child care assistance eligibility
requirements.
D. A family's
transition year extension child care assistance continues until:
(1) basic sliding fee child care assistance
funding becomes available;
(2) the
family starts receiving MFIP or DWP assistance; or
(3) the family no longer meets child care
assistance eligibility requirements.
E. A CCAP agency considers a family a new
applicant when the family requests child care assistance after a transition
year extension ends.
Statutory Authority: MS s
119B.02;
119B.04;
119B.06;
256.01;
256H.02; 256H.035; 256H.055
