Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The
department determines a consumer's family size for:
(a) Single parents, including a minor parent
living independently, by counting the consumer and the consumer's
children;
(b) Unmarried parents who
have:
(i) At least one mutual child, by
counting both parents and all of their children living in the
household;
(ii) No mutual children,
by counting the unmarried parents and their respective children when living in
the same household as separate WCCC households;
(c) Married parents, by counting both parents
and all of their children living in the household;
(d) The following individuals by counting
only the children and only the children's income:
(i) Legal guardians verified by a legal or
court document;
(ii) Adult
siblings, step-siblings, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, grandparents, any of
these relatives with the prefix "great," such as a "great-nephew"; or
(iii) In loco parentis custodians who are not
related to the child as defined in WAC
110-15-0003;
(e) Parents who are out of the household
because of employer requirements, such as training or military service, and
expected to return to the household, by counting the consumer, the absent
parent, and the children;
(f)
Parents who are voluntarily out of the household for reasons other than
requirements of the employer, such as unapproved schooling and visiting family
members, and is expected to return to the household, by counting the consumer,
the absent parent, and the children;
(g) Parents who are out of the country and
waiting for legal reentry into the United States, by counting only the consumer
and children residing in the United States;
(h) Incarcerated parents who are not part of
the household by counting them when determining income and eligibility;
and
(i) Incarcerated parents
residing at a Washington state correctional facility whose children live with
them at the facility, by counting them and their child as their own
household.
(2) When
households consist of the consumer's own children and other children identified
in subsection (1) (d) of this section, the household may be:
(a) Combined into one household; or
(b) Kept as distinct households for the
benefit of the consumer.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.060 and
43.215.070. WSR 17-23-017, §
170-290-0015, filed 11/3/17,
effective 12/4/17. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW,
RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42,
2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, §
170-290-0015, filed 8/24/11,
effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
170-290-0015, filed 10/28/09,
effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as §
170-290-0015, filed 3/27/08,
effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.12.340,
74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c
25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0015, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04,
effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.13.085. WSR 02-12-069, §
388-290-0015, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0015, filed
12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.
