PDFWAC 110-15-0015
Determining family size.
(1) The department determines a consumer's family size for:
(a) Single parents, including a minor parent living independently, by counting the consumer and the consumer's children;
(b) Unmarried parents who have:
(i) At least one mutual child, by counting both parents and all of their children living in the household;
(ii) No mutual children, by counting the unmarried parents and their respective children when living in the same household as separate WCCC households;
(c) Married parents, by counting both parents and all of their children living in the household;
(d) The following individuals by counting only the children and only the children's income:
(i) Legal guardians verified by a legal or court document;
(ii) Adult siblings, step-siblings, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, grandparents, any of these relatives with the prefix "great," such as a "great-nephew"; or
(iii) In loco parentis custodians who are not related to the child as defined in WAC 110-15-0003;
(e) Parents who are out of the household because of employer requirements, such as training or military service, and expected to return to the household, by counting the consumer, the absent parent, and the children;
(f) Parents who are voluntarily out of the household for reasons other than requirements of the employer, such as unapproved schooling and visiting family members, and is expected to return to the household, by counting the consumer, the absent parent, and the children;
(g) Parents who are out of the country and waiting for legal reentry into the United States, by counting only the consumer and children residing in the United States;
(h) Incarcerated parents who are not part of the household by counting them when determining income and eligibility; and
(i) Incarcerated parents residing at a Washington state correctional facility whose children live with them at the facility, by counting them and their child as their own household.
(2) When households consist of the consumer's own children and other children identified in subsection (1)(d) of this section, the household may be:
(a) Combined into one household; or
(b) Kept as distinct households for the benefit of the consumer.
[Statutory Authority: 2023 c 222, 2023 c 294, and chapter 43.216 RCW. WSR 24-17-059, § 110-15-0015, filed 8/15/24, effective 9/15/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.055 and 43.216.065. WSR 19-12-058, § 110-15-0015, filed 5/31/19, effective 7/1/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0015, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060 and 43.215.070. WSR 17-23-017, § 170-290-0015, filed 11/3/17, effective 12/4/17. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0015, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0015, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0015, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0015, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.13.085. WSR 02-12-069, § 388-290-0015, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0015, filed 12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.]