Do Not Apply Income Form to a Participant if Their Start Date is After the Effective Date of the Income Form

This feature is for sponsors that need to collect income forms to place participants into a tier or free/reduced/paid category, specifically:

• Child Care Centers other than Head Start
• Family Child Care Homes that are Tier II and want to claim children at Tier I rates or any time a provider wants to claim their own child
• Adult Day Care Centers

This feature does not have any impact on site types that do not collect income form, such as at-risk afterschool programs, emergency shelters, or head start programs.

Sponsors have the option to check a participant start date against an income form to determine if that income form should apply to them or not. For example, a parent completes an income form in January 2024 and the household is certified as being in the “Reduced” category. Then in March, they enroll a new infant but do not complete a new income form.

• Leave this box unchecked if you want the infant’s meals to be included at the “Reduced” level.

• Check this box if you want the infant’s meals to be included at the “Paid” level until a new income form is collected.