Implement Indiana Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP / CCDF)

changelog.d/in-ccap.added.md

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+Add Indiana Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP / CCDF).

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

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     - ct_child_care_subsidies  # Connecticut Care 4 Kids
     - de_child_care_subsidies  # Delaware Purchase of Care
     - ia_child_care_subsidies  # Iowa Child Care Assistance
+    - in_child_care_subsidies  # Indiana Child Care and Development Fund Voucher Program
     - ks_child_care_subsidies  # Kansas Child Care Assistance Program
     - ma_child_care_subsidies  # Massachusetts Child Care Financial Assistance
     - me_child_care_subsidies  # Maine Child Care Affordability Program

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml

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     - de_child_care_subsidies
     # Indiana benefits
     - in_ssp
+    - in_child_care_subsidies
     # Connecticut benefits
     - ct_ssp
     # Georgia benefits

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/age_group/infant_max_months.yaml

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+description: Indiana classifies children below this age in months as infants for reimbursement rates under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 12
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF infant maximum age in months
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Provider Manual, CCDF Reimbursement Rate Categories
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Provider-Manual.pdf#page=11

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/age_group/kindergarten_max_months.yaml

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+description: Indiana classifies children below this age in months as kindergarteners for reimbursement rates under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 84
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF kindergarten maximum age in months
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Provider Manual, CCDF Reimbursement Rate Categories
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Provider-Manual.pdf#page=12

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/age_group/preschool_max_months.yaml

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+description: Indiana classifies children below this age in months as three, four, or five year olds for reimbursement rates under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 72
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF preschool maximum age in months
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Provider Manual, CCDF Reimbursement Rate Categories
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Provider-Manual.pdf#page=12

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/age_group/toddler_max_months.yaml

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+description: Indiana classifies children below this age in months as toddlers for reimbursement rates under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 36
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF toddler maximum age in months
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Provider Manual, CCDF Reimbursement Rate Categories
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Provider-Manual.pdf#page=11

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/assets/limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits eligibility to families with assets at or below this amount under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 1_000_000
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF asset limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Section 1.8 Assets Greater Than One Million Dollars
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=31

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/copay/fee_factor.yaml

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+description: Indiana sets the weekly copayment as this share of monthly countable income, by income as a percentage of the federal poverty guideline, for new enrollees under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+
+# Year 1-3 (new enrollee) tier of the Sliding Fee Schedule. PolicyEngine does not
+# track years-on-program at the moment, so only the new-enrollee tier is modeled.
+# Brackets are keyed on income as a ratio of the federal poverty guideline. The
+# published dollar bands span (prior band's ceiling, own ceiling], so each
+# threshold sits just above the prior band's ceiling (+0.0001); an income exactly
+# at a band's ceiling stays in that band (e.g. exactly 100% FPL lands in the zero
+# bracket, exactly 109% in the 101-109% band).
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 0
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0  # 100% FPL or below
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.0001  # 101-109% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0116
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.0901  # 110-118% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.014
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.1801  # 119-135% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0163
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.3501  # 136-140% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0163
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.4001  # 141-150% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0186
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.5001  # 151-160% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0209
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.6001  # 161-170% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0233
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 1.7001  # 171-200% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0302
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 2.0001  # 201-225% FPL
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0372
+  - threshold:
+      2026-04-05: 2.2501  # 226% FPL to maximum state median income
+    amount:
+      2026-04-05: 0.0442
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF weekly copayment fee factor
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Sliding Fee Schedule with Copays 2026
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDFSlidingFeeSchedule_withCopays_2026.pdf#page=1

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/eligibility/child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits eligibility to children below this age under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Section 1.6 Child Eligibility
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=12

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/eligibility/disabled_child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits eligibility to children with special needs below this age under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14: 19
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF special needs child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Section 1.6 Child Eligibility
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=12

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/income/get_on_fpg_rate.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits initial eligibility to families with income at or below this percentage of the federal poverty guideline under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+
+# The OECOSL bulletin documents a 127% limit in effect through July 31, 2023;
+# the start date of the 127% era is unverified, so its entry is placed at
+# PolicyEngine's 2015 backdating floor.
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 1.27
+  2023-08-01: 1.5
+  2026-04-05: 1.35
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF initial income limit rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Section 1.1 Eligibility Requirements
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=5
+    - title: Income to Get on CCDF
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/Income-Get-on-CCDF.pdf
+    - title: OECOSL bulletin, New CCDF Reimbursement Rates and Expanded Income Eligibility (127% to 150% FPL eff. Aug 1, 2023)
+      href: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/INOECOSL/bulletins/366774c

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/income/sources.yaml

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+description: Indiana counts these income sources as countable income under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2024-10-14:
+    # Earned income
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income
+    # Unearned income
+    - rental_income
+    # social_security already includes the disability, retirement, survivors,
+    # and dependents components, so social_security_disability is not listed
+    # separately to avoid double-counting Social Security Disability Insurance.
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - child_support_received
+    - alimony_income
+    # TANF cash assistance is countable per the Policy Manual but is omitted here
+    # to avoid the Child Care and Development Fund to Temporary Assistance for
+    # Needy Families circular dependency through the dependent care deduction.
+    # Earned income of household members under 18 is excluded in the formula.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF countable income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Section 1.8 Countable Income
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Income to Get on CCDF
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/Income-Get-on-CCDF.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/income/stay_on_smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Indiana limits continuing eligibility to families with income at or below this percentage of the state median income under the Child Care and Development Fund program.
+values:
+  2023-08-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Indiana CCDF continuing income limit rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Indiana CCDF Policy Manual, Change in Physical Custody Policy (income below 85% SMI)
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/CCDF-Policy-Manual.pdf#page=10
+    - title: Income to Stay On CCDF
+      href: https://www.in.gov/fssa/carefinder/files/Income-Stay-On-CCDF.pdf
+    - title: OECOSL bulletin, New CCDF Reimbursement Rates and Expanded Income Eligibility (eff. Aug 1, 2023)
+      href: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/INOECOSL/bulletins/366774c