915 NH CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CRITERIA SR 20-23 Dated 08/20 |
To be eligible for the NH Child Care Scholarship program:
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each child for whom the NH Child Care Scholarship is requested must:
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the gross monthly income of the household must not exceed *220% of the federal poverty guidelines, Tier 1. See Part 935, GROSS MONTHLY INCOME LIMITS. |
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each parent or cohabitating adult who shares a common child, caretaker relative and his/her spouse, or legal guardian and his/her spouse requesting NH Child Care Scholarship must be engaged in one or more of the following activities:
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Exceptions:
*An individual who is employed solely as a license-exempt child care provider is not eligible for NH Child Care Scholarship, unless the child care provider is caring for a child in the child’s own home and the employer will not allow the child care provider to care for the provider’s own child(ren) simultaneously with the employer’s child(ren).
NH Child Care scholarship is not available for NHEP orientation.
Note: When a parent is working for/employed by an DHHS enrolled child care provider and their child attends the same program, NH Child Care Scholarship payment will be allowed to that provider. This would only apply to child care centers or licensed family group providers, where the parent is an additional child care giver to the DHHS enrolled child care provider, even though the parent may be caring for their own child during part of the day.
A two-parent family is eligible when one parent meets the criteria above and the other parent is disabled to the extent they are not able to care for and supervise their children.
For a two-parent family household, require a signed and dated statement from a physician or licensed mental health professional which describes the parent’s condition. The statement must specify that the parent is unable to care for a child because of the disability and the expected duration of the disability. Approval for a disability related benefit is not a substitute for this statement. For chronic non-changing disabilities verification is required only once. For all others, verification is required annually.
Children in a single parent household are not eligible for NH Child Care Scholarship if the single parent is disabled and not participating in an approved activity.
References: He-C 6910.03(af), He-C 6910.06(b), He-C 6910.07(a), (b), (e), (f),(h), (i), (k), (l) and (r), He-C 6910.08, He-C 6910.09(k), RSA 161:2,XII, RSA 167:80,IV(b) and (i), RSA