TO:	Commissioners; Child Care Directors; TA Directors; Employment Coordinators

FROM:	Russell Sykes, Deputy Commissioner, Center for Employment and Economic Supports

SUBJECT:	  Distribution of “Child Care Letter” Lists

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediately

CONTACT PERSON:	Child Care Questions:  Anne Ball at (518) 474-3775
	TA Program Questions:  Bureau of Temporary Assistance at (518) 474-9344	

GIS 07 TA/DC015, “In Lieu of TA Child Care” Dear Parent Letter”, advised districts that OTDA will mail a letter associated with the recent change in Social Services Law section 410-w, child care in lieu of temporary assistance (TA), to employed TA recipients in November 2007.  This is a one-time mailing and OTDA intends to provide districts with a list of those clients scheduled to receive the letter.  OTDA will entitle the list, “Child Care Letter”, and send the list via BICS on November 15, 2007.

TA units must share this list with the local child care unit to alert that unit of a family’s potential eligibility for Child Care in Lieu of TA.  Sharing such information helps the child care unit identify these families if they apply for child care, as potentially eligible for Child Care in Lieu of TA.  This will ensure that these families receive the right category of child care subsidy, and the guarantee of child care for as long as they remain eligible for Child Care in Lieu of TA.