7 AAC 41.315 - Family application
(a) A family seeking to participate, or to
continue participation, in the PASS program and receive child care assistance
must submit an application to the designee serving the community where the
family resides or participates in an eligible activity and participate in an
in-person or telephonic interview. If no designee serves that community, the
family may apply to the department.
(b) Application for program participation
must be made on a form prescribed by the department and must be submitted to
the department or a designee, as appropriate, for review and an eligibility
determination. The application must be determined to be acceptable and complete
by the department or designee. Following submission of the application, the
department will review the application for completeness and, within 10 days
after the department or designee receives the application, notify the applicant
of any omissions or additional information required. A complete application
must be received by the department or a designee within 30 days after the
application submission, unless a later due date is identified in a notice from
the department or a designee.
(c) A
complete application tor child care assistance under this chapter must include
the following information, as applicable:
(1)
for each parent of the family, the name, mailing address, telephone number,
electronic mail address, if any, marital status, and aliases;
(2) for each individual in the family, the
name, date of birth, and relationship of the individual to the parent of the
family;
(3) for each parent in the
family, a copy of the parent's current government-issued photo
identification;
(4) for each
working parent in the family receiving wages or a salary, the name and address
of the parent's employer, start date of the parent's employment, the parent's
work schedule, the parent's hourly wage or hourly wage equivalent, the parent's
frequency of pay, and verification of the parent's gross earnings;
(5) for each working parent in the family
engaged in a business as described in
7 AAC 41.312(2),
(A) a copy of each current business license
under AS 43.70 possessed by the parent; and
(B) verification of the parent's profits and
net income from the business;
(6) for each parent in the family attending
school, the name of the program in which the parent is enrolled, the parent's
date of enrollment in the program, the date on which the parent anticipates
completing the program, verification of the parent's enrollment in the pro-am,
and verification of the amounts and terms of financial aid, if any, that the
parent has received or anticipates receiving to participate in the
program;
(7) for each member of the
family, all sources and amounts of unearned income, the frequency with which
that income is received, and documentation verifying all amounts of unearned
income;
(8) for each child of the
family for which child care assistance is requested, proof of the child's age
and citizenship or alien status;
(9) for each child in the family subject to a
child custody arrangement, the terms of the custody arrangement;
(10) for each child in the family attending
an elementary school, pre-elementary school under 4 AAC 60, or Early Head Start
or Head Start program under 42 U.S.C. 9831-9852c, the name of the elementary
school, pre-elementary school, or Early Head Start or Head Start program that
the child attends, and the days and hours of the day during which the child
attends the elementary school, pre-elementary school, or Early Head Start or
Head Start program;
(11) the name
of the eligible child care provider the family has selected;
(12) the signature of each parent in the
family declaring that the information provided is true, accurate, and complete,
and authorizing release of information by other state agencies or private
organizations or individuals for purposes of obtaining verification of program
eligibility; and
(13) a
certification that the family's assets do not exceed $1,000,000.
(d) In an application submitted to
continue participation, a family may meet the requirements of (c)(3), (8), and
(9) of this section by confirming that documents previously submitted in
connection with an approved application remain true and correct. An application
to continue participation received from a family in which a parent has been
determined temporarily incapacitated or away from the child or children due to
participating in an eligible activity must meet the criteria specified in
7 AAC 41.360.
(e) A family may delay submitting
documentation required under (c)(3), (8), and (9) of this section by a period
of an additional 30 days from the initial application submission if
verification is provided to the department that the family is homeless, is
displaced from the family's normal residence due to a state or federally
declared disaster, or experiences fire, flooding, or other damage or
destruction to the family's home that renders the home uninhabitable.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.25.001
AS 47.25.051
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