(1) If applicants or reapplicants meet one of the qualifiers of the priority list and otherwise meet all eligibility requirements of Part II or III of this chapter, they will not be placed on the waitlist 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) Foster children;

(d) Families that include a child with special needs;

(e) Families with teen parents (under age 22) who are not living with a parent or guardian, and who are attending a high school full-time that has an on-site child care center;

(f) Families 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 DCYF 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 30 days and:

(i) Have reapplied for subsidies; and

(ii) Have household income of 60 percent of the SMI or below.

(2) As provided in WAC 110-15-0001, 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 waitlist 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, applicants and reapplicants not belonging to a group on the priority list will have their names placed on the waitlist upon approval of eligibility. Names will be placed on the waitlist based on their application or reapplication dates and served as funds become available.

(4) For applicants and reapplicants who remain on the waitlist for 12 months or longer, new eligibility determinations will be required when subsidy child care becomes available.