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Child Care Assistance for a Child with Special Needs - Iowa

A child with special needs may receive Child Care Assistance up to age 19 (versus age 13 for a child without special needs). See: Child Care Assistance Age of Child.

A child with special needs has one or more of the following conditions:

· The child has been diagnosed by a physician or by a person endorsed for service as a school psychologist by the Iowa Department of Education to have a developmental disability which:

· Substantially limits one or more major life activities, and

· Requires professional treatment, assistance in self-care, or the purchase of special adaptive equipment.

· The child has been determined by a qualified mental retardation professional to have a condition that impairs the child’s intellectual and social functioning.

· The child has been diagnosed by a mental health professional to have a behavioral or emotional disorder characterized by situationally inappropriate behavior which:

· Deviates substantially from behavior appropriate to the child’s age, or

· Significantly interferes with the child’s intellectual, social, or personal adjustment.

Source: Iowa DHS Employees’ Policy Manual, Social Services, Child Welfare Services

Title 18, Child Care

· Chapter I, Child Care Assistance, Determining Eligibility, Financial Eligibility, Documenting Special Needs.

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