Workers need information about when a child resides in the CCAP parent household in order to accurately determine authorized hours. See Chapter 9.1 (Child Care Authorization).

Verification of the parenting time arrangement/custody schedule is not required.

Information about a child’s parenting time arrangement/custody schedule is required for every child who resides in multiple households. See Chapter 5.6 (CCAP Family - Temporary Absence).

Information is needed at application and redetermination to authorize care. See Chapter 7.3 (Verification - Initial Application) and Chapter 7.6 (Verification - Eligibility Redetermination).

Information about a child’s parenting time arrangement/custody schedule is also required when there is a change in the parenting time/custody schedule during the 12-month eligibility period to make changes to the authorized hours. See Chapter 8.3 (Reporting Requirements). Authorized hours can increase or decrease based on the change in parenting time arrangement/custody schedule. See Chapter 9.12 (Authorization Changes During the 12-Month Eligibility Period).

When authorizing care, consider the days that the child resides in the CCAP parent household while the parent is participating in an authorized activity.

Acceptable ways to get parenting time/custody schedule information

Common ways to get parenting time arrangement/custody schedule information include, but are not limited to:

· Parenting time/Custody schedule information provided by the family on the application, redetermination or change report form.

· Written parenting time/custody schedule information from the family.

· Verbal parenting time/custody schedule information from the family documented in a case note.

· Court documents

Failure to provide parenting time/custody schedule information

Information about the parenting time/custody schedule is needed to determine the appropriate number of hours of care to authorize at application, redetermination or when a change in parenting time/custody schedule results in a need for increased or decreased hours during the 12-month eligibility period. Information of the parenting time/custody schedule is NOT a condition of eligibility. If information of the parenting time/custody schedule is not provided care should not be authorized for that child. If care is not authorized for any children, the case is suspended. See Chapter 8.9 (Suspending).

Legal authority

Minnesota Statutes 142E.11