923.02 Continued Eligibility for Job Search during the 12 Month Eligibility Period (FAM)

SR 17-12 Dated 07/17

Previous Policy

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During the 12 month eligibility period allow a 92 day job search for each parent when the following occurs:

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Permanent loss of employment;

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Cessation of training or educational program; or

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NHEP is in sanction or closes.

 

Job search verification is not required for continued eligibility for the job search activity. However, verification for job search is required at initial eligibility and at redetermination. The level of service authorized for the activity prior to the continued eligibility for the 92 day job search will remain the same during the continued eligibility for the 92 day job search period, unless the parent(s) requests a decrease.

 

If the 92 calendar day continued eligibility period for job search extends beyond the 12 month redetermination date, the parent must complete the redetermination process and a new 12 month eligibility period will be determined.

 

On or before the 92nd day of Job Search, if the parent reports and verifies an employment or training or educational activity, the cost share is re-evaluated (and may change but cannot exceed that of the most recent 12 month eligibility determination) and 12 month eligibility will continue.

 

A parent cannot request an increase in service level for job search during the 12 month continued eligibility period. A parent may request a decrease in service level at any time. 

 

If at the end of the 92nd day of job search there is no employment, training or educational activity verified, the child care case will close on the 92nd day even if the 92nd day rolls into the next eligibility period.

 

Job search cannot be authorized back-to-back. Parent(s) must engage in employment, an employment related training or educational program, NHEP or basic education activity or 6 months must pass before a new job search can be authorized as a new activity.

 

If both parents are engaged in a job search, but began job search on different dates, Child Care Scholarship will terminate on the date which is the end of the earlier 92 day job search period, if one or both parents has not secured an employment, employment related training or educational activity during the job search.

 

References: He-C 6910.13 (a)(1)-(4), 45 CFR 98.20