Sec.17b-749-10. Wait list

(a) Assignment to the Wait List

(1) Families shall be assigned to a wait list based on their priority group and the date of application. Families qualifying for more than one priority group shall be assigned to the priority group with the highest likelihood of selection for CCAP participation.

(2) Families assigned to the wait list shall be required to notify the CCAP administrator of changes in address and to submit updated documentation of eligibility upon request by the CCAP administrator. The parent shall have a minimum of fifteen days to supply the requested documentation. Where updated information indicates a change in family circumstances, the CCAP administrator may reassign eligible families to the appropriate priority group or remove ineligible families from the wait list. The parent shall be notified of any changes made to their priority group status or eligibility for the wait list.

(3) Parents shall inform the CCAP administrator in writing of any changes in address.

(b) Selection from the Wait List

(1) As funding becomes available, the CCAP administrator shall select families from the wait list beginning in order of the highest priority group. The family's application shall be processed in accordance with the requirements of section 17b-749-09 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. If the program is not opened to all families within a particular priority group or groups, the CCAP administrator shall select families based on the date of the original application upon which assignment to the wait list was based. Selection from the next lower category may begin only after all families in the higher priority categories have been given an opportunity to participate.

(2) Families shall be notified of their selection from the wait list, of any required actions and the specified time frames for completing the actions. The CCAP administrator shall have the option to specify the effective date of initial eligibility based on funding or other administrative considerations. If a date is specified, the family shall also be notified of the effective date.

(3) The parent shall have a minimum of fifteen days to respond in writing to the notice of selection from the wait list. The family shall be denied if the parent does not respond timely.

(4) Families selected from the wait list may be required to submit a new application and updated verification of family circumstances. Applications of families selected from the wait list shall be processed in a manner identical to applications not assigned to the wait list.

(c) Removal from the Wait List

(1) Families shall be removed from the wait list under the following circumstances:

(A) when the family is selected from the wait list;

(B) if the parent requests removal;

(C) if the parent does not update information when requested or reply timely to the notice of selection from the wait list;

(D) if any mail sent to the parent is returned due to an unreported change in address;

(E) when a change in family circumstances renders the family ineligible; or

(F) if a change in CCAP regulations renders the family ineligible.

(2) At the discretion of the commissioner, families may be removed from the wait list if CCAP is expected to remain closed to the family's priority group for at least twelve months.

(3) Families removed from the wait list shall be issued a denial notice if they are not selected for participation in CCAP.

(d) Closing the Wait List

(1) The commissioner shall have discretion to close the wait list for some or all priority groups. The decision to close the wait list shall be based on available funding, the number of families already assigned to the wait list and the likelihood of selecting newly added families from the list within twelve months.

(2) If the wait list is closed, families for whom funding is not available shall have their application denied.

(3) The commissioner shall have the option of reopening the wait list to some or all of the priority groups if additional funding becomes available or if a sufficient number of families are selected from the list to warrant reopening the list.

(Adopted effective July 10, 2001)