R6-5-4916. Special Eligibility Criteria

A. Transitional Child Care 1. Former Cash Assistance participants who are attempting to achieve independence from the Cash Assistance program, who need Child Care Assistance for employment, and who are otherwise eligible shall receive up to 24 months of Transitional Child Care Assistance. 2. The former Cash Assistance participant shall have received Cash Assistance in Arizona in at least one month and shall apply for Child Care Assistance within six months after the Cash Assistance case closure date. 3. The former Cash Assistance participant and any other parent or responsible person in the household shall need Child Care Assistance to maintain employment. 4. The most recent Cash Assistance case closure shall not have been due to a sanction for Jobs or Child Support noncompliance, and the Cash Assistance participant shall not have been sanctioned due to intentional program violation (IPV) at the time of the most recent Cash Assistance case closure. B. Cash Assistance Diversion Participants. 1. Applicants for Cash Assistance who are diverted from long-term Cash Assistance through the Cash Assistance Diversion program shall be treated as Cash Assistance participants during the three-month period that the Cash Assistance Diversion payment covers. 2. Cash Assistance Diversion participants shall be eligible for Child Care Assistance for employment activities without regard to income as prescribed in R6-5-4914(A) during the three-month Diversion period. 3. Cash Assistance Diversion participants shall be eligible for Child Care Assistance for job search activities during the three-month Diversion period. 4. Cash Assistance Diversion participants shall be eligible for Transitional Child Care after the three-month Diversion period if the income eligibility requirements in R6-5- 4914(B) and the TCC requirements in subsection (A) of this provision are met.