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Child Care Quick Guides

Last Updated December 2, 2025

Main article to Link to Child Care Quick Guides

Subject: Child Care Subsidy Topics: Actual Income, Anticipated Income, Authorization, backing off authorization, change action, Child Care, copay, copay effective date, Copayment, daycare, Job search, provider change, quick guide, refresh case, walking up child care

Income – Actual vs. Anticipated

Last Updated August 12, 2026

Provides information regarding when to use Actual or Anticipated Income or both.

Subject: Programs, SNAP Topics: Actual, Actual Income, Anticipated, Anticipated Income, Income, MICAL, monthly benefit amount, New Employment, SNAP, Unfinished Issuance

Initial Denial with 2nd Month Certification

Last Updated August 12, 2026

Instructions regarding cases that have a denial in the month of application, but can be certified the month after.

Subject: Programs, SNAP Topics: Actual Income, Anticipated Income, Certification, Denial, Earned Income, Exceeds Agency Guidelines, Expedited Services, Initial Denial, Other State, over income, Resources, SNAP, terminated income

Income

Last Updated September 3, 2026

Policy Links Regarding Income

Subject: AFS Policy, Applications & Tools Topics: Actual Income, Anticipated Income, Deductions, Disregards, Earned Income, In-kind Income, Income, Income Exclusions, MAGI, Policy, Self-employment, Unearned Income