GENERAL BENEFITS

1. (a) Subsidized child care is provided for a child whose family meets financial and nonfinancial eligibility requirements.
2. (b) Subsidized child care is available to an otherwise eligible child who is under 13 years of age.
3. (c) Subsidized child care will continue until the eligibility agency completes the family’s next scheduled annual redetermination when a child turns 13 years of age between redeterminations.
4. (d) Subsidized child care is available to an otherwise eligible child who is 13 years of age or older but under 19 years of age and who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
5. (e) A former TANF family is eligible for a child care subsidy under this chapter as specified in § § 3042.111—3042.122 (relating to former TANF families).
6. (f) The Department, through the Department’s contract with the eligibility agency, will direct funding for various populations, including individuals who formerly received TANF benefits and foster children.

Cross References

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3042.72 (relating to verification of child’s incapability of caring for himself); 55 Pa. Code § 3042.145 (relating to domestic and other violence); and 55 Pa. Code § 3042.146 (relating to homelessness).