WSR 17-22-101 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING [Filed October 30, 2017, 4:28 p.m., effective November 30, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Implement SSB 5883 revisions to the working connections child care program priority groups. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 170-290-2210. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-19-094 on September 19, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: October 30, 2017. Heather Moss Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-09-042, filed 4/14/17, effective 5/15/17)
WAC 170-290-2210 Eligibility.
(1) If the applicant or reapplicant meets one of the qualifiers of the priority list and otherwise meets all eligibility requirements of Part II or III of this chapter, the applicant or reapplicant will not be placed on the wait list and will be eligible to receive WCCC subsidies. The priority list includes:
(a) Families applying for or receiving TANF;
(b) Families receiving TANF and working to cure a sanction;
(c) ((Reapplicants who received subsidies within the last thirty days and:
(i) Have reapplied for subsidies; and
(ii) Have household income of two hundred percent federal poverty level or below.)) Foster children;
(d) Families that include a child with special needs;
(e) Families with teen parents (under age twenty-two) who are not living with a ((parent/guardian)) parent or guardian, and who are attending a high school full-time ((with)) that has an on-site child care center;
(f) Families ((that are homeless according to the McKinney-Vento Act definition; and
(g) Families that include a child enrolled in Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership slots.)) with a child residing with a biological parent or guardian who have received child protective services, child welfare services, or a family assessment response from DSHS in the past six months and has received a referral for child care as part of the family's case management; and
(g) Reapplicants who received subsidies within the last thirty days and:
(i) Have reapplied for subsidies; and
(ii) Have household income of two hundred percent federal poverty level or below.
(2) As provided in WAC 170-290-0001, WCCC is administered to the extent of available funds. If available funds are insufficient to allow all priority groups to not be placed on the wait list and be eligible to receive WCCC subsidies, only the highest ranked groups that can be served within available funds will be prioritized. The priority groups are ranked in the order listed in subsection (1) of this section, highest to lowest.
(3) If funds are not available, an applicant or reapplicant not belonging to a group on the priority list will have their name placed on the wait list upon approval of eligibility. The name will be placed on the wait list based on the date of the application or reapplication and served as funds become available.
(4) If the applicant or reapplicant remains on the wait list for twelve months or longer, a new eligibility determination will be required when subsidy child care becomes available.
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