Department of Human Services Child Care Certificate Program Online Policy Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter	Section	Subject		Updated
1		CHILD CARE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
	1.1	Child Care Sub-programs
	1.2	Eligible Providers
	1.3	Provider Payments
2		CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
	2.1	Eligible Children
	2.2	Citizenship and Eligible Alien Status
	2.3	Verification of Citizenship/Alien Status
	2.4	Participant Identification
	2.5	Child Immunizations
3		FAMILIES FIRST CHILD CARE
	3.1	Child Care Disregard Option
	3.2	Parent Eligibility for Families First (FF) Child Care Assistance
	3.3	Five-Day Compliance Period
	3.4	Families First Exemption Due to Lack of Child Care
	3.5	Terminating Eligibility or Services for FF Child Care
	3.6	Special Provider Payment Procedures for FF
4		TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE (TCC)
	4.1	TCC Eligibility
	4.2	Parent Work Participation Qualification Requirements
	4.3	Limited Work Requirements
	4.4	Special Employment Policies
	4.5	Special Household Situations
	4.6	Parent Co-Pay Fees
	4.7	Reasons for Termination - TCC
	4.8	Parent Qualification Termination Notices
	4.9	Special Provider Payment Procedures for TCC
	4.10	Providers Not Eligible to Receive Certificate Payment
5		AT-RISK CHILD CARE FOR TCC EXPIRATIONS (ACC)
	5.1	Eligibility Start Date
	5.2	Parent Work Participation Qualification Requirements
	5.3	Limited Work Requirements
	5.4	Special Employment Policies
	5.5	Special Household Situations
	5.6	Parent Co-pay Fees
	5.7	Reasons for Termination - ACC
	5.8	Parent Qualification Termination Notices
6		AT-RISK CHILD CARE FOR CHILD-ONLY CARETAKERS (ARCO)
	6.1	Caretaker Work Participation Qualification Requirements for ARCO
	6.2	Limited Work Requirements
	6.3	Special Employment Policies
	6.4	Special Household Situation
	6.5	Parent Co-pay Fees
	6.6	Special ARCO Situations
	6.7	Reasons for Termination
	6.8	Parent Qualification Termination Notices
7		LOW-INCOME CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE
	7.1	Parent Work Participation Qualification Requirements
	7.2	Limited Work/Education/Training Hours
	7.3	Special Employment Policies
	7.4	Special Household Situations
	7.5	Parent Co-Pay fees
	7.6	Reasons for Termination
	7.7	Application Process for Low-Income Assistance
8		DIVERSION CHILD CARE
	8.1	Diversion Payments
	8.2	Criteria that Qualifies a Client for Diversion Child Care Program
	8.3	Determining Eligibility for Diversion Child Care (three months)
	8.4	Exception to Partial Month of Eligibility
	8.5	Special Requirements of Diversion Payment
	8.6	Special Household Situations
	8.7	Child Support Cooperation
	8.8	Parent Co-Pay Fees
	8.9	Termination of Qualification/Eligibility for Diversion Child Care
	8.10	Special Provider Payment Procedures for Diversion
	8.11	Providers Not Eligible to Receive Certificate Payment
9		TEEN PARENT ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE (TPACC)
	9.1	Eligibility Start Date
	9.2	Parent Work participation Qualifications Requests for TPACC
	9.3	TPACC Eligibility Criteria
	9.4	Parent Co-Pay Fees
	9.5	Management of TPACC Program
	9.6	Termination Reasons for TPACC
	9.7	Implementation and Enrollment Procedures
10		DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES CHILD CARE
	10.1	DCS Referrals
	10.2	Setting up a TCCMS Case for State Custody Child (SSC)
	10.3	Setting up a TCCMS case for Non-State Custody Child (SNC)
	10.4	Handling of DCS Cases
	10.5	Utilization of Funds and Reporting to DCS
11		WORK REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS
	11.1	At Application – Transitional, At-Risk, and Low-Income Programs
	11.2	Bridge or Gap coverage After Initial Approval
	11.3	Childbirth, Major Surgery, and Major Illness
12		INCOME ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION POLICY
	12.1	Sources of Monthly Gross Income to be Considered
	12.2	Sources of Income Not to be Counted
	12.3	Income Deductions
	12.4	Household Resources Not to be Counted as Income
	12.5	Determining and Entering Gross Monthly Income
	12.6	Acceptable Sources for Verification of Income
13		DETERMINING FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SIZE
	13.1	Mandatory Members of the Family Household Unit
	13.2	Determining Other Household Members and Situations
	13.3	Verification of Relationships and Ages
	13.4	TCCMS Encoding Policy on Family Members
	13.5	Special Situation – Deployed United States Soldiers
14		LOW-INCOME DIAGNOSED DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY ASSISTANCE
	14.1	Diagnosed Disability
	14.2	Developmental Delay
	14.3	Program Scope
	14.4	Verification of Developmental Delay
	14.5	Authorizing Schedule Types for Developmental Delay
15		APPEALS
	15.1	Policies
	15.2	Appeals Timeframes
	15.3	Procedures
16		CASE MANAGEMENT
	16.1	Child Care Application and Parent Agreement Form
	16.2	Case Documentation
	16.3	Redetermination Procedures Policy
	16.4	Monitoring Child Absences
	16.5	Child Transferring Providers
17		PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
	17.1	Parent Consumer Education
	17.2	Program Abuse and Fraud
	17.3	Interpretive Language Services
	17.4	Confidential Caseload Policy
	17.5	Public Records Policy
	17.6	Voter Registration Policy
	17.7	Low-Income Waiting List