(a) Resources are not considered in determining eligibility for subsidized child care.

(b) A parent or caretaker's statement that he or she lives in Oklahoma meets the residence requirement for child care.  • 1

(c) Only the child for whom child care is requested must meet the citizenship and alienage requirements.  • 2

• (1) A child eligible to be included in a child care benefit must be either a:
  • (A) citizen or a national of the United States (U.S.), including the 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands.  The child may be a citizen of the U.S. by being born in the U.S. or by being born in some other country but moving to the U.S. and being granted U.S. citizenship through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a bureau of the Department of Homeland Security;  • 3 or
  • (B) qualified alien:
    • (i) who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
    • (ii) who is paroled into the U.S. under Section 212(d)(5) of INA [8 United States Code (U.S.C.) 1182] for a period of at least one year;
    • (iii) who is granted conditional entry pursuant to Section 203(a)(7) of INA [8 U.S.C. 1153] as in effect prior to April 1, 1980;
    • (iv) who is granted asylum under Section 208 of INA;
    • (v) who is admitted to the U.S. as a refugee under Section 207 of INA [8 U.S.C. 1157];
    • (vi) whose deportation is withheld under Section 241(b)(3) of INA;
    • (vii) who is a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined in Section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;
    • (viii) who was battered or whose parent or caretaker was battered as defined in Section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act as amended [8 U.S.C.1641(c)]; or
    • (ix) who was a victim or whose parent or caretaker was a victim of a severe form of trafficking pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 which was reauthorized and amended by the Trafficking Victim's Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003.  • 4
• (2) A declaration of citizenship and alien status is required for all children included in the child care benefit. This requirement is met when an adult member of the household completes and signs the application or review form attesting to the citizenship and alien status for all children included in the benefit.  Refer to OAC 340:65-3-1(g) for additional citizenship requirements for persons 14 years of age and older pursuant to Section 71 of Title 56 and Section 20j of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  • 5
• (3) An alien child determined to have satisfactory alien status must have the status verified through Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE). In situations which require a written inquiry to the USCIS, the worker must not delay, deny, terminate, or reduce benefits to an alien pending USCIS verification of submitted documentation.  • 6