Child Care Notice Text
TANF budget closing (714) – The parent/caretaker receives a letter of potential eligibility for a child care allowance under former TANF. The letter advises the parent/caretaker to contact the local ELRC to find out if the family qualifies for help with child care costs.
TANF and SNAP budget opening (715) – The parent/caretaker receives a letter of potential eligibility for a child care allowance. The letter advises the parent/caretaker to contact the local ELRC to find out if the family qualifies for help with child care costs.
Child Care ineligibility (716) – TANF and SNAP budgets are opened and determined ineligible for child care allowances. The notice advises the parent/caretaker to contact the local ELRC to find out if the family qualifies for help with child care costs under another program.
Child Care Stop/Discontinue (717) – TANF and SNAP budgets previously determined eligible are now ineligible for child care allowances. The notice for child care ineligibility is sent. The notice advises the parent/caretaker to contact the local ELRC to find out if the family qualifies for help with child care costs under another program.
A manual PA/FS 162 notice is sent to deny a child care request from an ineligible household when one of the above notices does not apply. The CAO will continue to use the PA/FS 162 notice until a revised PA/CC 162 becomes available.
Example: Mr. and Mrs. V and their 12- and 15-year-old children are active TANF. Mrs. V participates in a 30-hour-per-week approved work-related program, and Mr. V is temporarily incapacitated and provides child care. At the time of application, a notice of ineligibility for child care allowances was provided. On Nov. 10, Mrs. V called the County Assistance Office (CAO) reporting that Mr. V wants to volunteer to attend 20 hours per week of training and is requesting child care for her now 13-year-old child. The CAO reviewed the child care eligibility with Mrs. V and she reports that both children are in good health and not in need of any specialized care. The CAO narrates Mrs. V’s child care request in the case comments and issues a PA/FS 162 with the reason for denying child care with the proper citation.
ELRC eCIS Alerts
087 - Change reported to the ELRC - Review Change. The alert is provided to inform the CAO that the ELRC received information that may not have been reported to the CAO.
Example: “Employment record entered in PELICAN for Co/Rec xxxxxxxxx.”
088 - Enrollment Changes in ELRC– Ck cc elig - (Check Child Care eligibility). The alert is provided to inform the CAO that the ELRC received information that has affected enrollment in ELRC.
Example: “Client xxxxxxxxxx in Co/Rec xxxxxxxxx Ineligible - 10 day consecutive absence.”.
Reissused November 6, 2020, replacing November 15, 2013