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Scaffold Kentucky CCAP implementation
hua7450 Jun 9, 2026
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Implement Kentucky CCAP (ref #8619)
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
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Expand KY CCAP changelog fragment to match implemented scope
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
e95555e
Review-fix round 1: address critical issues from /review-program
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
d71432b
Use receives_or_needs_protective_services for the P&P pathway
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
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Add meets_ccdf_activity_test fallback to KY CCAP activity test
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
ffc59ca
Clarify that CCAP rate regions are a PolicyEngine grouping, not a Ken…
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
2b384bf
Deduct legally obligated child support from KY CCAP countable income
hua7450 Jun 10, 2026
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Update KY CCAP to the 11-18-2024 edition of 922 KAR 2:160
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog.d/ky-ccap.added.md
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Add Kentucky Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), including eligibility, 85% SMI income test, county-region provider rates, and family copays.
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/hhs/ccdf/child_care_subsidy_programs.yaml
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- id_child_care_subsidies # Idaho Child Care Program
- in_child_care_subsidies # Indiana Child Care and Development Fund Voucher Program
- ks_child_care_subsidies # Kansas Child Care Assistance Program
- ky_child_care_subsidies # Kentucky Child Care Assistance Program
- ma_child_care_subsidies # Massachusetts Child Care Financial Assistance
- me_child_care_subsidies # Maine Child Care Affordability Program
- ne_child_care_subsidies # Nebraska Child Care Subsidy
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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/age_group/months.yaml
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description: Kentucky maps a child's age in months to a child care rate age group under the Child Care Assistance Program, where 0 is infant/toddler, 1 is preschool, and 2 is school-age.
brackets:
# Infant/Toddler: under 36 months (Infant under 1 year, Toddler 1 to under 3).
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 0
amount:
2019-05-31: 0
# Preschool: reached third birthday (36 months) up to under sixth birthday.
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 36
amount:
2019-05-31: 1
# School-age: reached sixth birthday (72 months).
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 72
amount:
2019-05-31: 2

metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: month
amount_unit: /1
period: year
label: Kentucky CCAP child age group by months
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 1(18), (22), (29), (33) — Infant, Preschool, School-age, Toddler (pp.2-3)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/services/karmaservice/documents/10239/ToPDF?markup=false#page=2
104 changes: 104 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/base.yaml
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description: Kentucky charges this daily family copayment for a two-person household by gross monthly countable income under the Child Care Assistance Program, with the fee reduced by the per-member amount for each additional household member.
metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: currency-USD
amount_unit: currency-USD
threshold_period: month
label: Kentucky CCAP daily copayment for a two-person household
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12

brackets:
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 0
amount:
2024-11-18: 0
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 1_600
amount:
2024-11-18: 4
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 1_900
amount:
2024-11-18: 5
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 2_200
amount:
2024-11-18: 6
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 2_500
amount:
2024-11-18: 7
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 2_800
amount:
2024-11-18: 8
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 3_100
amount:
2024-11-18: 9
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 3_400
amount:
2024-11-18: 10
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 3_700
amount:
2024-11-18: 11
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 4_000
amount:
2024-11-18: 12
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 4_300
amount:
2024-11-18: 13
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 4_600
amount:
2024-11-18: 14
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 4_900
amount:
2024-11-18: 15
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 5_200
amount:
2024-11-18: 16
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 5_500
amount:
2024-11-18: 17
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 5_800
amount:
2024-11-18: 18
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 6_100
amount:
2024-11-18: 19
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 6_400
amount:
2024-11-18: 20
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 6_700
amount:
2024-11-18: 21
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 7_000
amount:
2024-11-18: 22
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 7_300
amount:
2024-11-18: 23
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 7_600
amount:
2024-11-18: 24
- threshold:
2024-11-18: 7_900
amount:
2024-11-18: 25
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/base_household_size.yaml
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description: Kentucky's CCAP daily copayment chart lists the fee for a household of this size, deducting the per-member reduction for each additional member.
values:
2024-11-18: 2
metadata:
unit: int
period: year
label: Kentucky CCAP copayment chart base household size
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/escalation/amount.yaml
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description: Kentucky increases the daily family copayment by this amount for each income band above the escalation threshold under the Child Care Assistance Program.
values:
2024-11-18: 1
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Kentucky CCAP copayment escalation amount per band
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/escalation/band.yaml
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description: Kentucky increases the daily family copayment by the escalation amount for each increment of this size in gross monthly income above the escalation threshold under the Child Care Assistance Program.
values:
2024-11-18: 300
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: Kentucky CCAP copayment escalation income band
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/escalation/start.yaml
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description: Kentucky adds the escalation amount to the daily family copayment for each full income band by which gross monthly income exceeds this threshold, the start of the copayment chart's highest band, under the Child Care Assistance Program.
values:
2024-11-18: 7_900
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: month
label: Kentucky CCAP copayment escalation income threshold
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/household_size_reduction.yaml
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description: Kentucky deducts this amount from the daily family copayment for each household member beyond the chart's base household size, with zero as the lowest copayment, under the Child Care Assistance Program.
# The chart's extension column says "for each additional household member over
# age 6" but prints the household-of-seven value as an unconditional step, so
# the deduction is applied by household size alone.
values:
2024-11-18: 1
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Kentucky CCAP copayment reduction per additional household member
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3) — CCAP Daily Co-Payment Chart (eff. 11-18-2024)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/downloads/docs/15544/document.engrossed.pdf#page=12
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description: Kentucky caps the daily family copayment at this amount for a family with more than five members under the Child Care Assistance Program.
values:
2019-05-31: 25

metadata:
period: day
unit: currency-USD
label: Kentucky CCAP maximum daily copayment
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3)(b) — maximum copayment for families over five members
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/services/karmaservice/documents/10239/ToPDF?markup=false#page=12
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description: Kentucky charges this daily family copayment for a two-person family (one child), by monthly countable income, under the Child Care Assistance Program.
metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: currency-USD
amount_unit: currency-USD
threshold_period: month
label: Kentucky CCAP daily copayment for a two-person family (one child)
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3)(a) — Family Co-Payment Per Day (pp.11-12)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/services/karmaservice/documents/10239/ToPDF?markup=false#page=11

brackets:
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 0
amount:
2019-05-31: 0
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 900
amount:
2019-05-31: 2
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_000
amount:
2019-05-31: 3
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_100
amount:
2019-05-31: 4
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_300
amount:
2019-05-31: 5
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_400
amount:
2019-05-31: 6
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_500
amount:
2019-05-31: 7
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_600
amount:
2019-05-31: 8
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_700
amount:
2019-05-31: 9
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_800
amount:
2019-05-31: 10
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_000
amount:
2019-05-31: 11
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_100
amount:
2019-05-31: 12
64 changes: 64 additions & 0 deletions policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ky/dcbs/ccap/copay/size_3_one_child.yaml
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description: Kentucky charges this daily family copayment for a three-person family with one child needing care, by monthly countable income, under the Child Care Assistance Program.
metadata:
type: single_amount
threshold_unit: currency-USD
amount_unit: currency-USD
threshold_period: month
label: Kentucky CCAP daily copayment for a three-person family with one child needing care
reference:
- title: 922 KAR 2:160 Section 11(3)(a) — Family Co-Payment Per Day (pp.11-12)
href: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/services/karmaservice/documents/10239/ToPDF?markup=false#page=11

brackets:
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 0
amount:
2019-05-31: 0
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 900
amount:
2019-05-31: 2
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_000
amount:
2019-05-31: 3
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_100
amount:
2019-05-31: 4
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_300
amount:
2019-05-31: 5
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_500
amount:
2019-05-31: 6
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_700
amount:
2019-05-31: 7
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_800
amount:
2019-05-31: 8
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 1_900
amount:
2019-05-31: 9
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_000
amount:
2019-05-31: 10
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_200
amount:
2019-05-31: 11
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_300
amount:
2019-05-31: 12
- threshold:
2019-05-31: 2_500
amount:
2019-05-31: 13
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