2. Employed KTAP Recipients Who Are KWP Work Eligible Individuals;

MS 0610 (2)

The Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) is operated by service agents who are contracted by the Cabinet. The list of the service agents and counties each serve is located at http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dcc/apply.html.

A. Eligibility for CCAP is determined by service agents for all individuals except for those who are:

1. Participants in the Kentucky Works Program (KWP) including sanctioned individuals participating in order to cure a penalty;

2. Employed KTAP recipients who are KWP work eligible individuals;

3. Receiving child protective services from the Division of Protection and Permanency; or

[4. KTAP teen parents attending high school or pursuing a general equivalency degree (GED).

B. Eligibility for a single parent employed an average of 20 hours per week or a couple employed a combined average of 40 hours per week is determined by the service agents.

C. Eligibility for CCAP for employed KTAP recipients and KWP participants is determined by the KWP case manager or KTAP worker. Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and Kinship Care relatives needing CCAP are referred to a service agent for an eligibility determination.]

D. The CCAP serves:

1. KTAP recipients, including teen parents, who need child care while employed or participating in KWP;

[2. KTAP recipients who need child care in order to work when KTAP is discontinued and income remains at or below the CCAP gross income limits. These individuals may be eligible for CCAP until the next redetermination after the KTAP discontinuance;

3. Families with children receiving protective services and are referred for child care by Protection and Permanency; or

4. Low income families.]

E. To receive CCAP payments, a child care provider must be:

1. Licensed;

2. Certified; or

3. Registered. Persons living in the same household as the child needing the services CANNOT receive CCAP payments for caring for that child.

F. Family Support staff may address the child care needs of applicants and recipients by:

1. Approving child care benefits for KTAP recipients using form DCC-85A, KTAP Approval for Child Care Assistance. Refer to Volume IIIA MS 5270 for specific instructions for approval of CCAP for KWP participants and employed KTAP recipients; or

[2. Referring recipients of SNAP, Medicaid, child only KTAP cases without a work eligible adult, or Kinship Care benefits who request child care assistance to the designated service agent staff for an eligibility determination. Form DCC-86, Referral for Low-Income Child Care Assistance, is used for this purpose.

Field staff send referrals and exchange information with the service agents by e-mail to the Division of Child Care centralized mailbox at CHFS DCBS DCC 85 or by typing the e-mail address, .]

G. A summary of the CCAP for workers is contained in form DCC-113, Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) Information for Workers. This information is accessible at https://chfsnet.ky.gov/dcbs/dcc/Pages/DCCFormsLibrary-ListView.aspx