# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 14 — Child and Family Day Care

### Chapter 06 — Child Care Subsidy Program

#### Regulation .08 Service Groups.

*COMAR 13A.14.06.08*

A. Except that primary consideration within a service priority shall be given to a family requiring CCS Program services for a child with a disability or evidence of homelessness, provision of CCS Program services to a family shall be made according to established service priorities, which are:

  (1) Priority 1, the highest service priority, which includes individuals who are receiving TCA and are:

    (a) Job searching;

    (b) Participating in a job readiness activity that has been verified by FIA; or

    (c) Participating in an approved activity for at least 20 hours per week;

  (2) Priority 2, which includes individuals who are participating in an approved activity and are in compliance with TCA program requirements when their case closed and:

    (a) Who have received TCA at any time within the prior 6 months;

    (b) Who are no longer eligible for TCA; and

    (c) Whose family income is less than or equal to the amounts listed for copayment levels A through J in Regulation .03H of this chapter, for the family's size; and

  (3) Priority 3, the lowest service priority, which includes individuals who are participating in an approved activity and:

    (a) Who are not TCA applicants or recipients; and

    (b) Whose family income is less than or equal to the amounts listed for copayment levels A through J in Regulation .03H of this chapter, for the applicant's family size.

B. If the CCS Program is reduced because of insufficient funds:

  (1) The order of the priorities shall be applied in reverse for terminating services; and

  (2) Within each service priority, services shall be terminated beginning with customers meeting income eligibility level J criteria, as set forth at Regulation .03H of this chapter, and, if necessary, proceeding in reverse order to income eligibility level A.