Child Care and Development Fund, Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
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States may serve families when parents are working, in education or training, or when children are receiving protective services. |
By statute, States may serve families when parents are working, in education or training, or when children are receiving protective services. The income level of such families may not exceed the eligibility levels set by the State and the Federal maximum of 85 percent of the State Median Income (SMI) for a family of the same size. CCDF services may be provided up to age 13, or age 19 for children who are under court supervision or are mentally or physically incapable of self-care. States must give priority to children with special needs and to children from very low-income families and are required to define "special needs" and "very low-income" in their State Plans. States can also give priority to other categories of children.
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