CD12-12, OEC12-01 January 30, 2012
Use or disclosure of information obtained from Child Care applicants or eligibility units, exclusively for the Child Care Assistance Program, is restricted to the following persons:
- persons directly connected with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of the Federal Regulations, other federal assistance programs, or federally assisted state programs which provide assistance to low income individuals. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
- persons directly connected with the administration or enforcement of the programs which are required to participate in the state income and eligibility verification system (IEVS) to the extent the Child Care information is useful in establishing or verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under those programs;
- persons directly connected with the verification of immigration status of non-citizens applying for benefits, through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program, to identify the individual for verification purposes;
- employees of the Child Support Enforcement Unit are authorized to receive all child care case file information upon their request;
- employees of the Comptroller General’s Office of the United States for audit examination authorized by any other provision of law;
- employees of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services are authorized to receive information necessary to establish or verify eligibility or benefits under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act;
- local, state, or federal law enforcement personnel, upon their written request, may receive the following information:
- any information provided by the EU for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Federal Regulations, or
- the address, social security number, and a photograph of the EU member, if available, if the EU member is fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime that is considered a felony, or is violating a condition of probation or parole.
The written request from law enforcement shall include:
- the identity of the individual requesting the information and his/her authority to do so,
- the violation being investigated, and
- the identity of the person for whom the information is requested.
No information obtained from Child Care applicants or eligibility units, exclusively for the Child Care Assistance Program, can be given to anyone else outside the EU, even with a signed release.