This memo is informational only. It alerts DTA staff about a memo that was sent by the Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) to the Child Care Resource Referral (CCRR) agencies on December 18, 2003. This is the text from that memo:

The Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) and DTA have agreed to the following changes in child-care procedures. This memo describes how to facilitate the processing of child-care requests for current and former TAFDC recipients.

BEACON Release 2.1.10, deployed on July 19, 2004 issued significant changes to the child-care authorization window and the child-care referral and authorization form. This memo provides details about these two issues.

The Child Care Referral notice (formerly called a Child Care Authorization) is a system-generated document used by a recipient to secure child care services through the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (CCR&R). There is also a paper version (BEA/CCA) for use when the system-generated document is unavailable or inappropriate, such as child care for EA homeless families. BEACON Increment 2.1.13 will have a revised Child Care Referral notice (Attachment A).

This memo is issuing changes to Field Operations Memo 2005-1. Some instructions contained in that memo have been changed and the Child Care Referral notice (system-generated and paper version) will be modified. BEACON Increment 2.1.14 will have the modified Child Care Referral notice (Attachment A).

This memo informs TAO Staff about the EEC child care policy changes; and that these changes do not impact DTA policies and procedures. Changes include provision of vouchers up to two weeks prior to the start of an ESP component, child care for post-secondary education, reduced verification requirements for transitional child care, and child care for maternity leave for employed recipients.

There are no fees, sliding scale or otherwise, for TAFDC recipients' child care vouchers.

Sanctioned TAFDC recipients are entitled to child care if needed to cure the sanction. Case workers must authorize it in these situations.

Child care for community service placements; lack of child care as good cause once community service placement has been approved.

Child care during breaks in activity and for noncitizens.

Child care: eligibility for self-employed TAFDC recipients; eliibility for recipients working at child care centers; coding recipients engaged in child care as Child Care worker or babysitter on Beacon. 

EAEDC; lump sum income; TAFDC: Child care for teen parent in foster care; All programs: how to count personal property for asset limit purposes.

EBT card replacement; Americorps workers not eligible for child care; funeral benefits for family cap child; Food Stamp program: Short-term disability payments as earned or unearned income; SSFSP issues.

EBT issues; child care for family cap children; summer child care for school-age children; NPA Food Stamps exclusion of vehicle used by disabled household member.

TAFDC for SSI recipients on zero SSI grants;  Transitional child care not available where children still receive TAFDC; EA 12 month rule exceptions;  child care during TAFDC recipient's maternity leave from employ,ent.