Section R986-700-710 - Household Assistance Unit, Income, and Asset Limits for Employment Support Child Care(1) For the purposes of this section, "common facilities" means essential household utilities including water, electricity, heating, and other utilities, or parts of a physical structure including kitchen, restroom, and other portions of a residential building shared by a household or group of individuals.(2)(a) Except as provided in this section, Rule R986-200 is used to determine who must be included as part of the household assistance unit to determine income that must be counted to establish the household's eligibility. (i) Determining household composition for an ES CC household may be different from determining household composition for a FEP or FEPTP household.(ii) Employment Support CC follows the parent and the child. If a parent in the household is ineligible for ES CC, the entire household assistance unit is ineligible.(3) Household Assistance Unit. (a) An eligible child and one or more of the following residing in the same structure with common facilities is considered a household assistance unit: (iii) unrelated adults with a child in common; or(iv) unrelated adult with legal custody of a child.(b) Any person living on the same property or at the same address and sharing common facilities with other individuals is part of a household assistance unit, even if the person lives in a separate structure.(c) An absent parent or provider is part of the household assistance unit if the Department determines that the individual does not have a separate address, or lives in a structure without common facilities separate from the household.(d) Notwithstanding Subsection R986-700-710(3)(a), a parent under the age of 18 with an eligible child is a household assistance unit, even if the parent under the age of 18 lives with a parent or guardian and shares common facilities.(e) A specified relative may not opt out of the household assistance unit when determining eligibility for CC.(f) Recipients of SSI benefits are included in the household assistance unit.(g) Foster care parents, their children and foster care children may not opt out of the household assistance unit when determining eligibility for CC.(4) Countable Income. (a)(i) If both parents are living in the household, the income of both parents is counted.(ii) If only one parent lives in the household, only the income of that parent is counted as income.(b) The income of each specified relative in the household must be counted.(c) The income of each foster parent in the household must be counted.(d)(i) Child support is counted as unearned income of the child, even if it exceeds the amount ordered by a court or ORS, if the payment is made directly to a parent or member of the household.(ii) If a child support payment is paid to a third party, only the amount up to the court or ORS ordered child support amount is counted.(e)(i) If a non-applicant parent pays a portion of the child care costs directly to the applicant parent, that amount is counted as income.(ii) If the non-applicant parent pays the child care provider directly, that amount will be deducted from the amount the provider reports to the Department as the charge for the child.(e) SSI benefits paid to an SSI recipient are not countable income.(f) The earned income of a child who is not a parent is not counted.(g) An independent living grant paid by DHHS to a minor parent is not counted as income.(5) Income deductions allowed on a monthly basis. (a) The first $50 of child support received by the family.(b) Court ordered and verified child support and alimony paid out by the household.(c) $100 for each person with countable earned income.(d)(i) $100 automatic medical deduction.(ii) The medical deduction does not require proof of expenditure.(6)(a) The household assistance unit must meet the CCDF asset limit.(b) The household's countable income, less applicable deductions in this section, must be at, or below, a percentage of the state median income as determined by the Department.(c) The Department will adjust the percentage of the state median income as funding permits.(d) The state median income used to determine eligibility and copayment amounts are available on the Department's website.Utah Admin. Code R986-700-710
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-10, effective 5/1/2015Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-8, effective 4/1/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-18, effective 8/25/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-10, effective 6/1/2019Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-14, effective 7/1/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-04, effective 2/8/2023