Public Assistance Eligibility; Child Care Subsidy; Food Assistance; Employment
and Training Program; HB 2094
HB 2094 continues the existing statutory requirement that parents cooperate with child
support services administered by the Department for Children and Families (DCF) as a
condition of receiving a child care subsidy and maintains the periods of ineligibility for a child
care subsidy for non-cooperation. The bill requires the Secretary for Children and Families
(Secretary), or the Secretary’s designee, to review a parent’s child support compliance at certain
specified times. The bill also amends law pertaining to eligibility requirements for the food
assistance program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) to require work
registrants ages 50 through 59 without dependents who are not exempt under federal law to
participate in an employment and training program.
The bill also makes technical amendments to remove duplicative language defining
“non-cooperation” and to replace references to “child care benefits” with “child care subsidy” in
continuing law that governs the assignment of support rights to the Secretary by applicants and
recipients of a child care subsidy when cooperating with child support services.
Non-cooperation with Child Support Services; Child Care Subsidy Disqualification
Timing of Child Support Compliance Reviews
The bill requires the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, to review the child support
compliance of parents applying for or receiving a child care subsidy, upon application for a child
care subsidy, after 12 months of continuous eligibility for the subsidy and following such 12
months of continuous eligibility when the Secretary renews or redetermines a parent’s eligibility
for the subsidy.
Periods of Ineligibility
The periods of ineligibility for a child care subsidy for a parent’s failure to comply with
child support services are the same as in current law, with an additional condition that non-
compliance reviews occur at the specific times outlined in the bill.
The periods of ineligibility for a child care subsidy for non-compliance with child support
services in continuing law are:
●First penalty, three months and cooperation with child support services prior to
regaining eligibility;
●Second penalty, six months and cooperation with child support services prior to
regaining eligibility;
●Third penalty, one year and cooperation with child support services prior to
regaining eligibility; and
●Fourth penalty, ten years.
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The bill amends law pertaining to eligibility requirements for SNAP. The bill requires DCF
to assign work registrants ages 50 through 59 without dependents who are not exempt under 7
USC § 2015(d)(2) to an employment and training program as a condition of participation in
SNAP. Under current law, only able-bodied adults ages 18 through 49 without dependents and
individuals who are not employed at least 30 hours per week are required to participate in an
employment and training program to receive SNAP benefits.
[Note: 7 USC § 2015(d)(2) is a federal law that exempts the following work registrants
between the ages of 16 and 59 from a work requirement:
●An individual currently subject to and complying with a work registration
requirement under another federal program or the federal-state unemployment
compensation system;
●A parent or other member of a household with responsibility for the care of a
dependent child under six years of age or of an incapacitated person;
●A bona fide student enrolled at least half-time in any recognized school, training
program, or institution of higher education (except that any such person enrolled
in an institution of higher education must meet additional requirements);
●A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation
program;
●An individual employed a minimum of 30 hours per week or receiving weekly
earnings that equal the federal minimum hourly rate, multiplied by 30 hours; or
●A person between the ages of 16 and 18 who is not a head of a household or
who is attending school, or enrolled in an employment training program, on at
least a half-time basis.]
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