HB5628

West Virginia HB5628 aims to mitigate the abrupt loss of child care assistance for families due to modest income increases.

West Virginia HB5628 seeks to address the issue of families losing child care assistance abruptly due to slight income increases. The bill authorizes the Department of Human Services to adopt policies that gradually phase out assistance as family income increases. These policies may include expanding the sliding fee scale for family copayments, establishing higher exit eligibility thresholds, implementing graduated phase-out structures, adjusting copayment amounts based on household income, and establishing transitional eligibility periods.