Implement Louisiana Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

changelog.d/la-ccap.added.md

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+Louisiana Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

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

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     - 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
+    - la_child_care_subsidies  # Louisiana 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

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/activity/special_needs_weekly_hours.yaml

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+description: Louisiana reduces the minimum weekly activity hours to this number for households that qualify for special needs child care under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 15
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP special needs household minimum weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.5.d (Bulletin 139), reduction to 15 hours per week
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx
+    - title: Louisiana CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.2.2.d
+      href: https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/early-childhood/approved-2025-2027-ccdf-state-plan.pdf#page=20

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/activity/weekly_hours.yaml

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+description: Louisiana requires the head of household and spouse to average this number of weekly employment, training, or education hours under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 20
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP minimum weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.5.a (Bulletin 139), 20 hours per week minimum
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx
+    - title: Louisiana CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 2.2.2.d
+      href: https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/early-childhood/approved-2025-2027-ccdf-state-plan.pdf#page=20

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/age/child_limit.yaml

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+description: Louisiana limits child eligibility to children below this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.503.A.2 (Bulletin 139), eligible child under age 13
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/age/disabled_child_limit.yaml

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+description: Louisiana limits child eligibility to disabled children below this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP disabled child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.503.A.2 (Bulletin 139), age 13-17 incapable of self-care
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/age_group/infant_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Louisiana applies infant provider rates to children below this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP infant rate age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: LDOE 2022 CCAP Rate Increase notice, Age 0 (Infants) rate column
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/child-care-providers/ccap-rate-changes.pdf?sfvrsn=2f5d8d1f_10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/age_group/toddler_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Louisiana applies toddler provider rates to children below this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 3
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP toddler rate age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: LDOE 2022 CCAP Rate Increase notice, Age 1-2 (Toddlers) rate column
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/child-care-providers/ccap-rate-changes.pdf?sfvrsn=2f5d8d1f_10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/copay/daily_amount.yaml

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+description: Louisiana charges this daily co-payment per child under the Child Care Assistance Program, based on household income as a share of the state median income.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: currency-USD
+  period: day
+  label: Louisiana CCAP daily co-payment by share of state median income
+  reference:
+    - title: LDOE 2026 Sliding Fee Scale (effective February 1, 2026; printed band tops equal these shares of the state median income, rounded to whole dollars)
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf
+    - title: LDOE 2025 Sliding Fee Scale (effective February 3, 2025, archived)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20250302135951/https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf
+    - title: LDOE 2024 Sliding Fee Scale (effective February 1, 2024, archived)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20240625175822/https://louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf
+    - title: LDOE 2023 Sliding Fee Scale (archived)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20230327170902/https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf?sfvrsn=a5728c1f_29
+    - title: LDOE 2022 Sliding Fee Scale (archived)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20220209001401/https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf?sfvrsn=2
+    - title: Louisiana CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 3.1.2 (per-child monthly copays of $44 to $220 at 22 days)
+      href: https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/early-childhood/approved-2025-2027-ccdf-state-plan.pdf#page=42
+    - title: Louisiana CCDF State Plan FFY 2022-2024, Section 3.1.3.g (copay as a daily rate)
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/2022-2024-ccdf-approved-state-plan.pdf#page=69
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2022-02-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2022-02-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2022-02-01: 0.6501
+      2023-02-01: 0.6401
+    amount:
+      2022-02-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2022-02-01: 0.7001
+      2023-02-01: 0.6901
+    amount:
+      2022-02-01: 3
+  - threshold:
+      2022-02-01: 0.7501
+      2023-02-01: 0.7401
+    amount:
+      2022-02-01: 8
+  - threshold:
+      2022-02-01: 0.8001
+      2023-02-01: 0.7901
+    amount:
+      2022-02-01: 10

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/household_size/maximum.yaml

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+description: Louisiana publishes its Child Care Assistance Program sliding fee scale up to this household size.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 12
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP sliding fee scale maximum household size
+  reference:
+    - title: LDOE 2026 Sliding Fee Scale, household size columns
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/household_size/minimum.yaml

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+description: Louisiana publishes its Child Care Assistance Program sliding fee scale starting at this household size.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 2
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP sliding fee scale minimum household size
+  reference:
+    - title: LDOE 2026 Sliding Fee Scale, household size columns
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/income/limit.yaml

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+description: Louisiana limits countable income to this share of the state median income under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP income limit as a share of state median income
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3 (Bulletin 139)
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 48 No. 5, LR 48:1269 (May 20, 2022), LAC 28:CLXV.509
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/ny1gpl0g/2205.pdf#page=8
+    - title: LDOE 2026 Sliding Fee Scale, 85% state median income columns (effective February 1, 2026)
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/ccap-sliding-fee-scale.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/income/self_employment_sources.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts these gross self-employment income sources of the head of household and spouse under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01:
+    - self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP self-employment income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3.a (Bulletin 139), gross earnings
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/income/unearned_sources.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts these recurring unearned income sources of all household members under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01:
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    - disability_benefits
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - workers_compensation
+    - child_support_received
+    - alimony_income
+  # LR 51:529 (April 20, 2025) repealed child support or alimony and adoption
+  # subsidy payments from the countable list; adoption subsidies are not tracked
+  # as a separate input at the moment, so only the first repeal affects the model.
+  2025-04-20:
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    - disability_benefits
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - workers_compensation
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3.b (Bulletin 139), recurring unearned income (current 7-item list, from 2025-04-20)
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3.b (Bulletin 139, archived December 2024), pre-repeal 9-item list with child support or alimony (vi) and adoption subsidy payments (viii)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20241213043535/https://www.doa.la.gov/media/xlpa5i53/28v165.pdf#page=22
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 51 No. 4, LR 51:524-529 (April 20, 2025), repeal of items vi and viii
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/aqifjzos/2504.pdf#page=50

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/income/wage_sources.yaml

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+description: Louisiana counts these gross wage income sources of the head of household and spouse under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01:
+    - employment_income
+  # LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3.a excludes earnings from the Corporation for National and
+  # Community Service, college work study, and disaster-related employment; we do
+  # not track these income subtypes at the moment.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP wage income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.509.A.3.a (Bulletin 139), gross earnings
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/payment/full_time_weekly_hours.yaml

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+description: Louisiana defines full-time child care as care of at least this number of hours per week under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 30
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Louisiana CCAP full-time care weekly hours threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.103 (Bulletin 139), definitions of Full-Time Care and Part-Time Care
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/payment/max_monthly_days.yaml

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+description: Louisiana pays for at most this number of full-time child care days per month under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-02-01: 22
+
+metadata:
+  unit: day
+  period: month
+  label: Louisiana CCAP maximum paid days per month
+  reference:
+    - title: LAC 28:CLXV.103 (Bulletin 139), definition of Full-Time Care
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/043btqeh/28v165.docx

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/rates/regular.yaml

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+description: Louisiana pays these state maximum daily child care rates under the Child Care Assistance Program, by provider type and child age group.
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: day
+  label: Louisiana CCAP state maximum daily rates
+  breakdown:
+    - la_ccap_provider_type
+    - la_ccap_age_group
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 48 No. 5, LR 48:1269-1270 (May 20, 2022), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/ny1gpl0g/2205.pdf#page=8
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 51 No. 4, LR 51:524-529 (April 20, 2025), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A re-codified
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/aqifjzos/2504.pdf#page=50
+    - title: LDOE 2022 CCAP Rate Increase notice (rates paid from February 2022)
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/child-care-providers/ccap-rate-changes.pdf?sfvrsn=2f5d8d1f_10
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 47 No. 5, LR 47:573 (May 20, 2021), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A prior military center rates (effective February 1 to May 19, 2022)
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/ymql05n5/2105.pdf#page=23
+
+TYPE_III_EARLY_LEARNING_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 68
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 42
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 31.5
+SCHOOL_CHILD_CARE_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 24
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 24
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 24
+FAMILY_CHILD_CARE:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 61
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 42
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 29
+IN_HOME:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 26.65
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 25.25
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 25
+MILITARY_CHILD_CARE_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 35.65
+    2022-05-20: 68
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 31.05
+    2022-05-20: 42
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 30
+    2022-05-20: 31.5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/la/ldoe/ccap/rates/special_needs.yaml

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+description: Louisiana pays these state maximum daily special needs care incentive rates under the Child Care Assistance Program, by provider type and child age group.
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: day
+  label: Louisiana CCAP special needs daily rates
+  breakdown:
+    - la_ccap_provider_type
+    - la_ccap_age_group
+  reference:
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 48 No. 5, LR 48:1269-1270 (May 20, 2022), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A Special Needs Care Incentive
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/ny1gpl0g/2205.pdf#page=8
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 51 No. 4, LR 51:524-529 (April 20, 2025), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A re-codified
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/aqifjzos/2504.pdf#page=50
+    - title: LDOE 2022 CCAP Rate Increase notice (rates paid from February 2022)
+      href: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/child-care-providers/ccap-rate-changes.pdf?sfvrsn=2f5d8d1f_10
+    - title: Louisiana Register Vol. 47 No. 5, LR 47:573 (May 20, 2021), LAC 28:CLXV.515.A prior military center rates (effective February 1 to May 19, 2022)
+      href: https://www.doa.la.gov/media/ymql05n5/2105.pdf#page=23
+
+TYPE_III_EARLY_LEARNING_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 85.68
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 52.92
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 39.69
+SCHOOL_CHILD_CARE_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 30.24
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 30.24
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 30.24
+FAMILY_CHILD_CARE:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 76.86
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 52.92
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 36.54
+IN_HOME:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 33.58
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 31.82
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 31.5
+MILITARY_CHILD_CARE_CENTER:
+  INFANT:
+    2022-02-01: 44.92
+    2022-05-20: 85.68
+  TODDLER:
+    2022-02-01: 39.12
+    2022-05-20: 52.92
+  REGULAR:
+    2022-02-01: 37.8
+    2022-05-20: 39.69