2003 Minnesota Statutes

     119B.025 Duties of counties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Factors which must be verified.  (a) 
 The county shall verify the following at all initial child care 
 applications using the universal application: 

    (1) identity of adults; 

    (2) presence of the minor child in the home, if 
 questionable; 

    (3) relationship of minor child to the parent, stepparent, 
 legal guardian, eligible relative caretaker, or the spouses of 
 any of the foregoing; 

    (4) age; 

    (5) immigration status, if related to eligibility; 

    (6) social security number, if given; 

    (7) income; 

    (8) spousal support and child support payments made to 
 persons outside the household; 

    (9) residence; and 

    (10) inconsistent information, if related to eligibility. 

    (b) If a family did not use the universal application to 
 apply for child care assistance, the family must complete the 
 universal application at its next eligibility redetermination 
 and the county must verify the factors listed in paragraph (a) 
 as part of that redetermination.  Once a family has completed a 
 universal application, the county shall use the redetermination 
 form described in paragraph (c) for that family's subsequent 
 redeterminations.  

    (c) The commissioner shall develop a recertification form 
 to redetermine eligibility that minimizes paperwork for the 
 county and the participant. 

    Subd. 2.    Social security numbers.  The county must 
 request social security numbers from all applicants for child 
 care assistance under this chapter.  A county may not deny child 
 care assistance solely on the basis of failure of an applicant 
 to report a social security number. 

    HIST: 1Sp2003 c 14 art 9 s 9