DAR File No. 38953

Workforce Services, Employment Development

Section R986-700-719

Job Search Child Care (JS CC)

Notice of Proposed Rule

(Amendment)

DAR File No.: 38953
Filed: 11/13/2014 04:41:40 PM

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The purpose of this amendment is to provide for child care while a client is looking for a job.

Summary of the rule or change:

The Department is looking for ways to provide continuity of child care. When a parent is separated from a job, the parent may return to a new job quickly and if the child can stay with the same provider while the parent searches for a job it is beneficial. This assistance is only available for a maximum of two months and only for one parent households where the parent had been working in the previous month. It also helps child care providers better plan for and care for the children.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

• Subsection 35A-3-310(3)
• Subsection 35A-1-104(4)
• Section 35A-1-104

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

This applies to federally-funded programs so there are no costs or savings to the state budget.

local governments:

This applies to federally-funded programs so there are no costs or savings to local governments.

small businesses:

There will be no costs to small businesses to comply with these changes because this is a federally-funded program.

persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:

There will be no costs to persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local government entities to comply with these changes because there are no costs or fees associated with these proposed changes.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

There are no compliance costs for this change to anyone, including persons affected by this change.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

There are no compliance costs associated with this change. There are no fees associated with this change. There will be no cost to anyone to comply with these changes. There will be no fiscal impact on any business.

Jon Pierpont, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Workforce Services
Employment Development
140 E 300 S
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111-2333

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Suzan Pixton at the above address, by phone at 801-526-9645, by FAX at 801-526-9211, or by Internet E-mail at spixton@utah.gov

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

12/31/2014

This rule may become effective on:

01/07/2015

Authorized by:

Jon Pierpont, Executive Director

R986. Workforce Services, Employment Development.

R986-700. Child Care Assistance.

R986-700-719. Job Search Child Care (JS CC).

(1) JS CC is available to a client who is otherwise eligible for child care but is separated from his or her job and meets the eligibility criteria.

(2) JS CC is available for a maximum of two additional months provided the client:

(a) was employed at least 32 hours per week and was separated from his or her job;

(b) was receiving ES CC or Transitional Child Care (TR CC) in the month of the job separation and;

(c) reports the job loss within 10 days and requests continued child care payments while searching for a job. In that case, the client will be eligible for one additional month of child care. The month of the job loss does not count.

(3) If the client verifies the job loss in a timely manner, as directed by the Department, a second month of CC will be paid while the client looks for a job.

(4) The JS CC extension is only available once in a rolling 12 month period even if the client received only one month of JS CC assistance.

(5) A client is not eligible for JS CC if the client has two or more jobs and is separated from one or more of them but still has one job working 15 hours per week or more.

(6) Two parent households are not eligible for JS CC.

(7) JS CC will be paid at the same rate the client was receiving in the month of the job separation unless the client changes his or her child care provider.

(8) A client who is receiving TR CC when the job separation occurs, and meets the requirements of this section, can be eligible for a maximum of two months of JS CC but those two months will count against the six month maximum under TR CC as provided in R986-700-707. If the job separation occurs in the last month of TR CC, the client can be eligible for JS CC which would be in addition to the TR CC.

 

KEY: child care

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [October 1, 2014]2015

Notice of Continuation: September 8, 2010

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-3-310