An excluded time facility is a type of living arrangement which affects the determination of state residence and the county of financial responsibility. Examples include, but are not limited to, a halfway house, foster home, battered women’s shelter, treatment program or rehabilitation facility.

The financially responsible county or tribe for a person who lives in an excluded time facility or receives excluded time services is the county or tribe in which the person lived, in non-excluded time status, immediately before entering an excluded time facility. For example, a person lives in County A, directly enters a facility in County B, and then transfers to a facility in County C. County A remains financially responsible.

If a person enters an excluded time facility or begins to receive excluded time services during the two-months of Unitary Residency, your county or tribe remains financially responsible until the person is in non-excluded time status for two full calendar months. The change in financially responsible county or tribe occurs on the first of the month after the second full calendar month the person is in non-excluded time status.

If a person leaves an excluded time facility or stops receiving excluded time services, your county or tribe remains financially responsible for two full calendar months after the move. The change in financially responsible county or tribe occurs on the first of the month after the second full calendar month the person is in non-excluded time status.

If a person who is not a Minnesota resident moves to Minnesota and directly enters an excluded time facility, the county of financial responsibility is the county where he/she signed the Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program Application DHS-3550-ENG (PDF) if:

Families residing in excluded time facilities need to verify the address or county of residence where they lived immediately prior to entering the excluded time facility. Have the family provide an address where they can receive mail while in the excluded time facility or receiving excluded time services. Note: mailing address does not require verification. See Chapter 7.3 (Verification – Initial Application).

Legal authority

Minnesota Statutes 256G.02
Minnesota Statutes 256G.03