LAC 28:CLXV.513. Prioritization of Funding and Waiting List [Formerly §509]

A. Prioritization. A household shall be prioritized for funding if the household has members who are: 1. recipients of Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) who are participating in the Strategies to Empower People (STEP) Program; 2. children in foster care; 3. children requiring special needs care, as special needs care in defined in §103 of this bulletin; 4. children experiencing homelessness; 5. children actively participating in an early head start-child care partnership (EHS-CCP). B. Prioritized households shall be funded and not added to the waiting list. C. Waiting List. A statewide waiting list of eligible households shall be established and maintained. Households added to the waiting list shall be added in chronological order based on the date the household’s completed application is received by the department. As slots become available, the household that has been on the waiting list the longest shall be selected from the waiting list and considered for current eligibility. D. The department has the authority to implement an application freeze based on the lack of available child care funds to operate CCAP.