HAR §17-799.1-19. Waitlisted applicants

(a) If an application has been approved but all available funds have been obligated, the applicant shall be placed on a waitlist in chronological order of when the department received the approved application. (b) Waitlisted applicants shall be provided written notification as referenced in subsection 17-799.l-21(b). (c) While on the waitlist, the applicant may be required to update information contained in the application. (d) Availability of funding shall be reevaluated periodically by the department during the State fiscal year to determine if funding is available to enroll waitlisted applicants. (e) Upon determining funds are available, the department shall select waitlisted applicants by the chronological order of the waitlist as described in subsection (a) and, if there are not enough funds for all waitlisted applicants, then the department will further determine priority groups in the following order from the highest priority to lowest: (1) Children eligible to enter kindergarten by the end of the specified program year; (2) Children who are three years old by July 31 of the specified program year; and (3) Children who are two years old by July 31 of the specified program year. Waitlisted applications shall be income-ranked from lowest to highest within their priority group, by dividing their monthly gross income by five hundred per cent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines in effect for the specified program year for a family of the same size, as updated for the specified program year. Waitlisted applicants shall be selected in order from lower- to higher-income family units within each priority group. 799 . 1-28 363\ID- §17-799.1-20 (f) Upon selection of an applicant from the waitlist, the department shall then provide notification of program enrollment as established in section 17-799.1-21. (g) Waitlisted applicants selected for program enrollment shall meet all eligibility requirements as established in section 17-799.1-7. (h) The waitlisted applicant shall not be eligible for the initial payment until the later of: (1) The month that requirement of section 17- 799.1-lO(b) is met; or (2) The eligible child's first month at the preschool that meets the requirements of section 17-799.1-11. (i) If the waitlisted applicant is unable to meet requirements of subsections (g) and (h), the department will notify the applicant of the denial of the application, and the department shall proceed to the next available waitlist applicant pursuant to subsection ( e) . (j) Assignment of applicants t~ th~ waitlist shall be final and conclusive. [Eff MAY i 9 2026 (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-181) (Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346-181) §17- 799.1-20 Denial, reduction, suspension, or termination of child care payments. (a ) The department may take adverse action to de ny, reduce, suspend, or terminate child care payment s when the conditions of this section apply: (1) The applicant or family unit does not complete the process of applying or determination of eligibility within the timeframe specified by the department's notice pursuant to section 17-799 . 1-21, or withdraws the application; (2 ) The departme nt receives the application outside o f the application period f o r the specified program year; {3 ) The applicant or family unit does not sign, date, or submit a compl e ted application form or report f o rm as prescribed by the department; 799.1-29 "' 3 6 '3@ - §17-799.1-20 (4) The applicant or family unit does not submit verifying documentation requested by the department; (5) The child does not meet the eligibility requirements referenced in subsection 17- 799.1-7(b); (6) The family unit does not meet the eligibility requirements referenced in subsection 17-799.1-7(e); (7) Conditions initially present in the family unit situation have changed and child care is no longer needed; (8) The family unit is unable to use child care and another service must be planned for; (9) The preschool no longer meets the accreditation requirements referenced in section 17-799.1-12 and child care payments were previously calculated at the higher rate for an accredited care service; (10) The family unit used unauthorized care pursuant to section 17-799.1-11; (11) The family unit voluntarily requests discontinuance of child care payments; (12) The family unit fails to comply with mandatory reporting requirements pursuant to section 17-799.1-17; (13) The family unit is no longer eligible for child care payments; (14) The family unit cannot be located; (15) The family unit fails to utilize child care payments in accordance with subsection 17- 799.1-4(c) and does not reconcile any resulting overpayments in accordance with section 17-799.1- 23; (16) The family unit fails to provide the required eligibility documentation pursuant to 17-799.1-7(h), and two months have passed from the first calendar day of the initial month of presumptive eligibility for the family unit; (17) The family unit does not complete the report form for continued eligibility within the 799.1-30 §17-799.1-21 (18) {b) when: ( 1) { 2) timeframe specified by the department's notice pursuant to section 17-799.1-21; or The department determines pursuant to section 17-799.1-24 that there are insufficient funds to maintain all children receiving care. The department may suspend child care payments The designated preschool does not meet program qualification requirements referenced in section 17-799.1-11 and the family unit must find a different approved preschool; The child has absences that are unexcused for more than five consecutive days (3) The family unit fails to comply with requirements referenced in subsection 17- 799.1-lO(b); (4) The payment amount is determined to be zero; or (5) A natural disaster or emergency is declared by the federal, state, or county government. [Eff MAY 2 9 2026 ] (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-181) {Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346-181)