Caretaker Temporarily Out of Home 400-28-35-10
(Revised 4/1/12 ML #3327)
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NDCC 50-33-04
A household with one caretaker living apart from the children either in state or out of state, due to allowable employment, allowable education or training, or uniformed service may be eligible for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) through the month in which they leave. The case must be closed and the new caretaker(s) with whom the child(ren) reside must apply. Should the first caretaker return home, the case for the second caretaker must be closed and the first caretaker must reapply.
A household with two caretakers where one of the caretaker’s is temporarily living apart from the other caretaker and child(ren), either in state or out of state, due to allowable employment, allowable education or training, or uniformed service, is not considered absent from the home as long as he or she continues to function as a caretaker; even if the level of support or care is reduced. The caretaker is counted as a household member and all gross countable income and allowable expenses are used to determine CCAP income eligibility.
In families with two caretakers, CCAP may pay for child care costs of a caretaker participating in an allowable activity for the children remaining in the home, when the other caretaker is temporarily out of the home due to a medical illness of a member of the Child Care Assistance unit.
The family must obtain verification from a medical provider supporting the medical illness of the member of the Child Care Assistance unit, and provide the information to the eligibility worker. The information must be forwarded to the CCAP State Determination Team for a decision.
The CCAP State Determination Team will render a decision and notify the eligibility worker if the request has been approved or denied. If approved, the CCAP State Determination Team will determine the length of the approval.
When the caretaker and child are back in the home, the child care case must be closed, unless otherwise eligible.
