Bring child care income limits into line with what states post

changelog.d/child-care-posted-limits.added.md

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+Add Ohio's Child Care Choice Voucher Program and the priority groups that decide which new applicants Georgia's Childcare and Parent Services program serves.

changelog.d/child-care-posted-limits.fixed.md

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+Bring state child care income limits into line with what states post: Alabama's June 2026 limits, with families of eight or more on the chart's last row; Idaho's 130% limit for new applicants from January 2025 and before April 2023; the poverty guideline year that Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, West Virginia and Montana apply; the caps at 85% of state median income that Indiana's and West Virginia's charts print for their largest families; Maryland's initial and continuation scales on the federal fiscal 2025 median that MSDE posts; Missouri's transitional limits; Montana's 185% limit for new applicants from July 2023 and 200% graduated limit from July 2025; Nevada's dated intake and renewal limits, including 130% of the poverty guideline for new applicants from October 2018 through June 2022, and its copay schedules back to 2015; and Georgia's dated limits for new applicants since 2016.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/ccdf/child_care_subsidy_programs.yaml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ values:
     - nh_child_care_subsidies  # New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program
     - pa_child_care_subsidies  # Pennsylvania Child Care Works
     - nj_child_care_subsidies  # New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program
-    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care
+    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care and Child Care Choice Voucher Program
     - nv_child_care_subsidies  # Nevada Child Care and Development Program (CCDP)
     - ny_child_care_subsidies  # New York Child Care Assistance Program
     - ri_child_care_subsidies  # Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ values:
     - nh_child_care_subsidies  # New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program
     - pa_child_care_subsidies  # Pennsylvania Child Care Works
     - nj_child_care_subsidies  # New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program
-    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care
+    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care and Child Care Choice Voucher Program
     - nv_child_care_subsidies  # Nevada Child Care and Development Program (CCDP)
     - or_child_care_subsidies  # Oregon Employment Related Day Care
     - ri_child_care_subsidies  # Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ values:
     - nh_child_care_subsidies  # New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program
     - pa_child_care_subsidies  # Pennsylvania Child Care Works
     - nj_child_care_subsidies  # New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program
-    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care
+    - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care and Child Care Choice Voucher Program
     - nv_child_care_subsidies  # Nevada Child Care and Development Program (CCDP)
     - or_child_care_subsidies  # Oregon Employment Related Day Care
     - ri_child_care_subsidies  # Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dhr/ccsp/income/limit/fpl_continuing.yaml

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 description: Alabama caps continuing-eligibility family income at this share of the federal poverty guideline under the Child Care Subsidy Program.
 values:
   2024-01-01: 2.0
+  # The June 2026 continuing scale stops at the 161-170% column.
+  2026-06-01: 1.7
 
 metadata:
   unit: /1
@@ -9,5 +11,9 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Alabama CCDF State Plan 2025-2027, Section 2.5.2(c)(iii)
       href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2025-2027-CCDF-State-Plan-with-Approval-Letter.pdf#page=39
-    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet
-      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Child-Care-Fact-Sheet-2024.pdf
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, January 1, 2024
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Child-Care-Fact-Sheet-2024.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, January 1, 2026 (Continuing Eligibility Monthly Income Scale, top column 191-200% FPL)
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CHILD-CARE-FACT-SHEET-Jan2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, June 1, 2026 (Continuing Eligibility Monthly Income Scale, top column 161-170% FPL)
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CHILD-CARE-FACT-SHEET-Jun2026-1.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dhr/ccsp/income/limit/fpl_initial.yaml

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 description: Alabama caps initial-application family income at this share of the federal poverty guideline under the Child Care Subsidy Program.
 values:
   2024-01-01: 1.8
+  # The June 2026 scale stops at the 141-150% column and tells new applicants to enter under it.
+  2026-06-01: 1.5
 
 metadata:
   unit: /1
@@ -9,5 +11,9 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Alabama CCDF State Plan 2025-2027, Section 2.2.4
       href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2025-2027-CCDF-State-Plan-with-Approval-Letter.pdf#page=26
-    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet (Initial Eligibility Monthly Income Scale)
-      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Child-Care-Fact-Sheet-2024.pdf
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, January 1, 2024 (Initial Eligibility Monthly Income Scale)
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Child-Care-Fact-Sheet-2024.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, January 1, 2026 (Initial Eligibility Monthly Income Scale, top column 171-180% FPL)
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CHILD-CARE-FACT-SHEET-Jan2026.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, June 1, 2026 (Initial Eligibility Monthly Income Scale, top column 141-150% FPL)
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CHILD-CARE-FACT-SHEET-Jun2026-1.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/al/dhr/ccsp/income/max_family_size.yaml

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+description: Alabama applies the income scale row for this family size to larger families under the Child Care Subsidy Program.
+# Each fact sheet's income scales and fee charts end with one row for families of
+# eight or more.
+values:
+  2024-01-01: 8
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Alabama CCSP largest family size on the income scales
+  reference:
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, January 1, 2024 (family size row ">=8")
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Child-Care-Fact-Sheet-2024.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alabama Child Care Fact Sheet, June 1, 2026 (family size row ">=8")
+      href: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CHILD-CARE-FACT-SHEET-Jun2026-1.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/income/smi_rate/initial_eligibility.yaml

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 description: Georgia limits the Childcare and Parent Services program to new applicants with income at or below this share of state median income.
+
+# DECAL's letters date every change. An emergency waiver raised the limit to 85%
+# from November 1, 2021, through December 15, 2022. The 2024 spending plan's
+# "November 2021 - September 2024" and the governor's "through October 1, 2024"
+# describe the funding window, and DECAL's December 2022 letter and emergency
+# memorandum end the income waiver earlier. DECAL applies each limit by application
+# received date. The model carries no application date, so it moves every new
+# applicant at the first month that starts on or after the effective date.
 values:
+  2016-10-01: 0.5
+  2021-11-01: 0.85
+  2022-12-16: 0.5
+  2024-09-01: 0.3
+  2025-10-06: 0.4
   2026-03-02: 0.5
 
 metadata:
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   reference:
     - title: Georgia CAPS Policy Manual, Section 8.3 (Gross Income)
       href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/0-CAPS_Policy-Manual.pdf#page=49
-    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A - Maximum Income Limits by Family Size (effective March 2, 2026)
-      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (effective October 5, 2026)
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (October 21, 2021), 50% to 85% from November 1, 2021
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_from_Elisabetta_Kasfir_Families_10-21-21.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (December 19, 2022), back to 50% from December 16, 2022
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Parents_Change_in_Income_Limits_12.19.2022.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, CAPS Emergency Policy Memorandum, income limit waiver dates
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS_Emergency_Policy_Memorandum.pdf#page=3
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (September 3, 2024), 50% to 30% from September 1, 2024
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_from_Elisabetta_Kasfir_Families_09.03.2024.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (October 6, 2025), 30% to 40% from October 6, 2025
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Families_Policy_Revisions_10.06.25.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (March 2, 2026), 40% to 50% from March 2, 2026
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Families_Policy_Revisions_03.02.26.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CCDF Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.2.4, 40% of state median income effective October 6, 2025
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/CCDFStatePlan25-27.pdf#page=22

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/income/smi_rate/ongoing_eligibility.yaml

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 description: Georgia limits the Childcare and Parent Services program to enrolled families with income at or below this share of state median income.
+
+# DECAL's June 2018 letter raises the limit at annual redetermination from 50% to
+# 85% on March 26, 2018. Urban Institute's 2016 tables print 85% within the
+# eligibility period and 50% at redetermination before that. The model carries one
+# limit for enrolled families, so it reads 85% at every date.
 values:
-  2026-03-02: 0.85
+  2016-10-01: 0.85
 
 metadata:
   unit: /1
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   reference:
     - title: Georgia CAPS Policy Manual, Section 8.3 (Gross Income)
       href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/0-CAPS_Policy-Manual.pdf#page=49
-    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A - Maximum Income Limits by Family Size (effective March 2, 2026)
-      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (effective October 5, 2026)
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Child Care Providers (June 18, 2018), 85% at redetermination from March 26, 2018
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_from_Elisabetta_Kasfir_6-18-2018.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (March 2, 2026), ongoing limit stays at 85%
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Families_Policy_Revisions_03.02.26.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/income/smi_year_lag.yaml

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+description: Georgia reads the state median income table from this many federal fiscal years before the one in effect for the month under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+
+# Each Appendix A chart prints the date its state median income data took effect:
+# - The charts from October 2020 through October 2023 take up each federal table on
+#   its October 1 start.
+# - The September 1, 2024 chart takes up the fiscal year 2025 table a month early,
+#   at 30% ($26,686 a year for three), so September 2024 reads one year ahead.
+# - The CCDF plan prints the 40% limits that took effect October 6, 2025 on the
+#   fiscal year 2026 table ($3,101 a month for three). The chart effective October 5,
+#   2026 takes up the fiscal year 2027 table. The first days of each October keep the
+#   prior table.
+# The model applies each date at the first month that starts on or after it, so the
+# fiscal year 2026 and 2027 tables take effect in November 2025 and November 2026. No
+# chart before October 2020 survives, so earlier months take each table on October 1.
+values:
+  2015-10-01: 0
+  2024-09-01: -1
+  2024-10-01: 0
+  2025-10-01: 1
+  2025-10-06: 0
+  2026-10-01: 1
+  2026-10-05: 0
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS state median income table year lag
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (effective October 1, 2020), state median income effective October 1, 2020
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20201124060600id_/https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (archived December 8, 2023), state median income effective October 1, 2023
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20231208060145id_/https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (archived March 1, 2025), state median income effective September 1, 2024
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20250301224420id_/https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CCDF Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.2.4, 40% of state median income effective October 6, 2025
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/CCDFStatePlan25-27.pdf#page=22
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (October 6, 2025), 30% to 40% from October 6, 2025
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Families_Policy_Revisions_10.06.25.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Appendix A, Maximum Income Limits (effective October 5, 2026), state median income effective October 5, 2026
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/AppendixA-CAPS%20Maximum%20Income%20Limits%20by%20Family%20Size.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/domestic_violence_in_effect.yaml

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+description: Georgia uses this indicator to determine whether families experiencing domestic violence form a priority group under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+
+# The funding restriction started August 1, 2016 with seven groups. The funding Q&A
+# adds the homeless, domestic violence and very low income groups on October 1, 2016.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: false
+  2016-10-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS domestic violence priority group in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Questions about CAPS Funding Restrictions (2016), three groups added October 1, 2016
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/fundingrestrictionsqa.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/homeless_in_effect.yaml

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+description: Georgia uses this indicator to determine whether families without fixed, regular and adequate housing form a priority group under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+
+# The funding restriction started August 1, 2016 with seven groups. The funding Q&A
+# adds the homeless, domestic violence and very low income groups on October 1, 2016.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: false
+  2016-10-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS homeless priority group in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Questions about CAPS Funding Restrictions (2016), three groups added October 1, 2016
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/fundingrestrictionsqa.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/in_effect.yaml

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+description: Georgia uses this indicator to determine whether the Childcare and Parent Services program requires new applicants to belong to a priority group.
+
+# DECAL restricted funding to priority groups for new applicants from August 1,
+# 2016. The funding Q&A adds the homeless, domestic violence and very low income
+# groups on October 1, 2016, and each of those groups has its own indicator.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: false
+  2016-08-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS priority group requirement in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Questions about CAPS Funding Restrictions (2016)
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/fundingrestrictionsqa.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Policy CAPS/00-7, Section 7.3.1 (revised October 5, 2026)
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/07-CAPS_Policy-Priority%20Groups.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia CCDF Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.2.7
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/CCDFStatePlan25-27.pdf#page=25

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/minor_parent_age.yaml

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+description: Georgia limits the minor parent priority group to parents at or below this age under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+
+# The 2016 funding Q&A names minor parents in school without an age. The revision
+# history of CAPS/00-7 records no change to the age.
+values:
+  2016-08-01: 20
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Georgia CAPS minor parent priority group age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia CAPS Policy CAPS/00-7, Section 7.14 (revised October 5, 2026)
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/07-CAPS_Policy-Priority%20Groups.pdf#page=8
+    - title: Georgia CCDF Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.3.2
+      href: https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/CCDFStatePlan25-27.pdf#page=34

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/pre_k_redetermination_in_effect.yaml

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+description: Georgia uses this indicator to determine whether families of children enrolled in Georgia's Pre-K Program at initial application or the previous eligibility determination must belong to a priority group at redetermination under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+
+# DECAL's July 1, 2024 letter adds the requirement to CAPS/00-7 and CAPS/00-14, and
+# its October 6, 2025 letter removes it. The model applies each date at the first
+# month that starts on or after it, so the requirement covers July 2024 through
+# October 2025.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: false
+  2024-07-01: true
+  2025-10-06: false
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS Pre-K redetermination requirement in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (July 1, 2024), requirement added July 1, 2024
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_from_Elisabetta_Kasfir_Families_07.01.2024.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Georgia DECAL, Letter to CAPS Families (October 6, 2025), requirement removed October 6, 2025
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/Assets/downloads/CAPS_Letter_to_Families_Policy_Revisions_10.06.25.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/decal/caps/priority_groups/student_parent_in_effect.yaml

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+description: Georgia uses this indicator to determine whether student parents form a priority group under the Childcare and Parent Services program.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: false
+  2022-05-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: Georgia CAPS student parent priority group in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: "Georgia CAPS Policy CAPS/00-7, Section 7.16 (revised October 5, 2026) and revision history (May 1, 2022) #page 9-10"
+      href: https://caps.decal.ga.gov/assets/downloads/CAPS/07-CAPS_Policy-Priority%20Groups.pdf#page=9