Implement Mississippi Child Care Payment Program (CCPP/CCAP)

changelog.d/ms-ccap.added.md

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+Add Mississippi Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).

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

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     - 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
+    - ms_child_care_subsidies  # Mississippi Child Care Payment Program (CCPP)
     - ne_child_care_subsidies  # Nebraska Child Care Subsidy
     - vt_child_care_subsidies  # Vermont Child Care Financial Assistance Program
     - nh_child_care_subsidies  # New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/age_group/age.yaml

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+description: Mississippi determines a child's age group for payment rates under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Maps age in years to the 4-band age-group index used by the rate tables:
+#   0 = INFANT (birth through 12 months, i.e. under 1 year)
+#   1 = TODDLER (12 months up to 36 months, i.e. 1 to under 3 years)
+#   2 = PRESCHOOL (3 years up to kindergarten, i.e. 3 to under 5 years)
+#   3 = SCHOOL_AGE (5 years and older)
+# Boundaries from the CCPP Policy Manual definitions of Infant (#49), Toddler
+# (#87), Preschool (#66), and School Age (#74).
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: year
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP child age group by age
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Definitions (Infant #49 p.13, Toddler #87 p.16, Preschool #66 p.14, School Age #74 p.15)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=13
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 1
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 5
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/copay/fpg_exempt_rate.yaml

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+description: Mississippi waives the co-payment for families at or below this share of the federal poverty line under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Families with gross income at or below the federal poverty line pay no
+# co-payment.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP co-payment poverty line exemption rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 6.2 (Co-Payment Fee)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=40

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/copay/max_family_size.yaml

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+description: Mississippi caps family size at this number when determining the co-payment rate under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# The published fee scale's largest family-size row is "6 or more", so families
+# of 6+ all use the size-6 co-payment percentage.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: person
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP co-payment maximum family size
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Family Co-Payment Fee Scale (effective November 1, 2021)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Copay-Table-Update-11_01_21.pdf

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/copay/minimum_fee_categories_cap.yaml

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+description: Mississippi caps the monthly co-payment at this amount for minimum-fee categories under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Minimum-fee categories (income above the federal poverty line) include
+# protective-services children, parents with a disability receiving SSI, and
+# special-needs children. The categories that cannot be tracked at the moment
+# (transitional child care, teen parents, Healthy Families Mississippi) are
+# handled on the variable side.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 10
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: month
+  label: Mississippi CCPP minimum-fee co-payment cap
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 6.2 (Co-Payment Fee)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=41

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/copay/rate/low_income.yaml

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+description: Mississippi sets the co-payment as this share of gross income for families above 50% and up to 85% of state median income under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Co-payment percentage by family size for the "50% to 85% SMI" band. Family size
+# is capped at 6 (the published table's "6 or more" row) before lookup.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: person
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP co-payment rate above 50% SMI
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 3.1 Family Co-payments (pp. 39-40)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ACF-118-CCDF-FFY-2025-2027-For-Mississippi.pdf#page=39
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Family Co-Payment Fee Scale (effective November 1, 2021)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Copay-Table-Update-11_01_21.pdf
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.065
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.06
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.055
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 5
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.05
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.045

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/copay/rate/very_low_income.yaml

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+description: Mississippi sets the co-payment as this share of gross income for families at or below 50% of state median income under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Co-payment percentage by family size for the "up to 50% SMI" band. Family size
+# is capped at 6 (the fee scale's "6 or more" column) before lookup. These per-size
+# rates are published directly in the Copay Fee Scale "Table 2: Family Co-Pay Rates"
+# (5.5/5/4.5/4/3.5%); they also equal the State Plan's 5.5% cap stepped down
+# 0.5 percentage point per family size.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: person
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP co-payment rate at or below 50% SMI
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 3.1 Family Co-payments (pp. 39-40)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ACF-118-CCDF-FFY-2025-2027-For-Mississippi.pdf#page=39
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Family Co-Payment Fee Scale (effective November 1, 2021)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Copay-Table-Update-11_01_21.pdf
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.055
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.05
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.045
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 5
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.04
+  - threshold:
+      2021-11-01: 6
+    amount:
+      2021-11-01: 0.035

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/eligibility/activity_hours.yaml

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+description: Mississippi sets this minimum weekly activity hours requirement under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Parents or caretakers must work at least this many hours per week, or be
+# enrolled full-time in education or approved job training (or a combination).
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 25
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: week
+  label: Mississippi CCPP minimum weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.5 (Proof of Work/Education or Training)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=30

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/eligibility/child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Mississippi limits the Child Care Payment Program to children younger than this age.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.1 (Eligibility Requirements)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=25

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/eligibility/special_needs_child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Mississippi limits the Child Care Payment Program to special-needs children younger than this age.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 19
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP special-needs child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.1 (Eligibility Requirements)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=25

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/geography/metro_counties.yaml

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+description: Mississippi designates these counties as metropolitan for payment rates under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# The 17 Mississippi counties in a Metropolitan Statistical Area under the OMB
+# February 2013 delineation (the basis for the 2013 NCHS Urban-Rural scheme the
+# Market Rate Survey uses). Every other Mississippi county is treated as
+# non-metro. Grouped by MSA: Jackson, Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Hattiesburg,
+# and the Mississippi portion of Memphis.
+values:
+  2023-07-01:
+    - COPIAH_COUNTY_MS
+    - HINDS_COUNTY_MS
+    - MADISON_COUNTY_MS
+    - RANKIN_COUNTY_MS
+    - SIMPSON_COUNTY_MS
+    - YAZOO_COUNTY_MS
+    - HANCOCK_COUNTY_MS
+    - HARRISON_COUNTY_MS
+    - JACKSON_COUNTY_MS
+    - FORREST_COUNTY_MS
+    - LAMAR_COUNTY_MS
+    - PERRY_COUNTY_MS
+    - BENTON_COUNTY_MS
+    - DESOTO_COUNTY_MS
+    - MARSHALL_COUNTY_MS
+    - TATE_COUNTY_MS
+    - TUNICA_COUNTY_MS
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP metropolitan counties
+  reference:
+    - title: OMB Bulletin No. 13-01, Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area delineations (February 2013)
+      href: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-files/2013/delineation-files/list1.xls

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/income/countable_income/self_employment_sources.yaml

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+description: Mississippi counts these self-employment income sources for eligibility and the co-payment under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Self-employment is counted as gross income (Rule 5.3 "Total Sales and
+# Receipts"), so the variable floors the sum of these net sources at zero: a
+# business loss does not offset other income. PolicyEngine's self-employment
+# income is net, so this may still understate gross receipts.
+values:
+  2021-11-01:
+    - self_employment_income
+    - sstb_self_employment_income
+    - farm_operations_income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP countable self-employment income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.4 (How Income is Calculated — Countable Income)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=28

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/income/countable_income/unearned_sources.yaml

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+description: Mississippi counts these gross unearned income sources for eligibility and the co-payment under the Child Care Payment Program.
+values:
+  2021-11-01:
+    - social_security  # SSA benefits for parent and child (umbrella; do not also add social_security_disability)
+    - ssi  # SSI for parent and child (separate from the social_security umbrella)
+    - unemployment_compensation  # counted at redetermination only; simplified to always countable
+    - workers_compensation
+    - alimony_income
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - pension_income  # retirement and pension
+    - rental_income
+    - dividend_income  # dividends (regular and ongoing); interest is not on the manual's list
+    - capital_gains
+    # Countable items in the manual with no matching variable at the moment:
+    #   military allotments, lump sums, short-term disability payments.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP countable unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.4 (How Income is Calculated — Countable Income)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=28

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/income/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Mississippi limits income to this share of state median income for eligibility under the Child Care Payment Program.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP SMI income limit rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.1 (Eligibility Requirements)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=25

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/income/student_earner_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Mississippi excludes the earned income of students younger than this age from countable income under the Child Care Payment Program.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP student earner age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Policy Manual, Rule 5.4 (How Income is Calculated — Non-Countable Income)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CCPP-Policy-Manual_Final_1142025.pdf#page=29

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ms/dhs/ccpp/income/very_low_income_smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Mississippi uses this share of state median income to split the co-payment bands under the Child Care Payment Program.
+# Families at or below 50% of state median income use the lower co-payment band;
+# families above 50% (up to the 85% entry limit) use the higher band.
+values:
+  2021-11-01: 0.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Mississippi CCPP very low income SMI rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Mississippi CCDF State Plan FFY 2025-2027, Section 3.1 Family Co-payments (pp. 39-40)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ACF-118-CCDF-FFY-2025-2027-For-Mississippi.pdf#page=39
+    - title: Mississippi CCPP Family Co-Payment Fee Scale (effective November 1, 2021)
+      href: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Copay-Table-Update-11_01_21.pdf