Implement the New York Child Care Assistance Program under gov/states/ny

changelog.d/ny-ccdf.added.md

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+Add the New York Child Care Assistance Program under its own state namespace, encoding current law: the October 2024 market rates by county group, provider type, age group, and duration of care, the 85% state median income limit, the 1% family share with the statutory minimum and categorical exceptions, the foster-care and child-protective-services categorical eligibility routes, a per-child payment cap, and a New York countable-income measure that counts an adult's SSI and veterans' benefits.

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

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     - nj_child_care_subsidies  # New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program
     - oh_child_care_subsidies  # Ohio Publicly Funded Child Care
     - nv_child_care_subsidies  # Nevada Child Care and Development Program (CCDP)
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies  # New York Child Care Assistance Program
     - ri_child_care_subsidies  # Rhode Island Child Care Assistance Program
     - sc_child_care_subsidies  # South Carolina Child Care Scholarship Program
     - ut_child_care_subsidies  # Utah Child Care Assistance (CC)
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ values:
     - sd_child_care_subsidies  # South Dakota Child Care Assistance (CCA)
     - nc_child_care_subsidies  # North Carolina Subsidized Child Care Assistance
     - wy_child_care_subsidies  # Wyoming Child Care, Purchase of Service
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies  # New York Child Care Assistance Program
   2025-01-01:
     - ak_child_care_subsidies  # Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (PASS)
     - ar_child_care_subsidies  # Arkansas School Readiness Assistance
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ values:
     - dc_child_care_subsidies  # DC Child Care Subsidy Program
     - tn_child_care_subsidies  # Tennessee Child Care Certificate Program (Smart Steps)
     - wy_child_care_subsidies  # Wyoming Child Care, Purchase of Service
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies  # New York Child Care Assistance Program
 
 metadata:
   unit: list

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/household/household_state_benefits.yaml

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     - la_oss
     # Washington benefits
     - wa_child_care_subsidies
+    # New York benefits
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies
   2024-01-01:
     # Delaware benefits
     - de_ssp
@@ -189,6 +191,8 @@ values:
     - oh_child_care_subsidies
     # Washington child care subsidies
     - wa_child_care_subsidies
+    # New York benefits
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies
   2025-01-01:
     # Delaware benefits
     - de_ssp
@@ -290,6 +294,8 @@ values:
     - oh_child_care_subsidies
     # Washington child care subsidies
     - wa_child_care_subsidies
+    # New York benefits
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies
   2026-01-01:
     # Delaware benefits
     - de_ssp
@@ -393,6 +399,8 @@ values:
     - wa_child_care_subsidies
     # New Jersey benefits
     - nj_property_tax_relief
+    # New York benefits
+    - ny_child_care_subsidies
 metadata:
   unit: list
   period: year

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/age_groups.yaml

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+description: New York classifies children into these age bands for Child Care Assistance Program market rates.
+# Center-based providers — day care centers, school-age child care programs,
+# and legally exempt group programs — use a lower infant ceiling than
+# home-based providers.
+# age is a float in PolicyEngine, so 1.5 encodes eighteen months exactly.
+center_infant_upper_bound:
+  2019-05-01: 1.5
+home_infant_upper_bound:
+  2019-05-01: 2
+toddler_upper_bound:
+  2019-05-01: 3
+preschool_upper_bound:
+  2019-05-01: 6
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: New York CCAP market-rate age bands
+  reference:
+    - title: 24-OCFS-LCM-22, §III.3, age groups for market rates, center-based and home-based provider sets
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/policies/external/2024/lcm/24-OCFS-LCM-22.pdf#page=4

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/county_group.yaml

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+description: New York assigns counties to these market-rate groups under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+
+group_1:
+  values:
+    2024-10-01:
+      - NASSAU_COUNTY_NY
+      - PUTNAM_COUNTY_NY
+      - ROCKLAND_COUNTY_NY
+      - SUFFOLK_COUNTY_NY
+      - WESTCHESTER_COUNTY_NY
+group_2:
+  values:
+    2024-10-01:
+      - ALBANY_COUNTY_NY
+      - COLUMBIA_COUNTY_NY
+      - DUTCHESS_COUNTY_NY
+      - ERIE_COUNTY_NY
+      - MONROE_COUNTY_NY
+      - ONONDAGA_COUNTY_NY
+      - ONTARIO_COUNTY_NY
+      - ORANGE_COUNTY_NY
+      - RENSSELAER_COUNTY_NY
+      - SARATOGA_COUNTY_NY
+      - SCHENECTADY_COUNTY_NY
+      - TOMPKINS_COUNTY_NY
+      - ULSTER_COUNTY_NY
+      - WARREN_COUNTY_NY
+group_3:
+  values:
+    2024-10-01:
+      - ALLEGANY_COUNTY_NY
+      - BROOME_COUNTY_NY
+      - CATTARAUGUS_COUNTY_NY
+      - CAYUGA_COUNTY_NY
+      - CHAUTAUQUA_COUNTY_NY
+      - CHEMUNG_COUNTY_NY
+      - CHENANGO_COUNTY_NY
+      - CLINTON_COUNTY_NY
+      - CORTLAND_COUNTY_NY
+      - DELAWARE_COUNTY_NY
+      - ESSEX_COUNTY_NY
+      - FRANKLIN_COUNTY_NY
+      - FULTON_COUNTY_NY
+      - GENESEE_COUNTY_NY
+      - GREENE_COUNTY_NY
+      - HAMILTON_COUNTY_NY
+      - HERKIMER_COUNTY_NY
+      - JEFFERSON_COUNTY_NY
+      - LEWIS_COUNTY_NY
+      - LIVINGSTON_COUNTY_NY
+      - MADISON_COUNTY_NY
+      - MONTGOMERY_COUNTY_NY
+      - NIAGARA_COUNTY_NY
+      - ONEIDA_COUNTY_NY
+      - ORLEANS_COUNTY_NY
+      - OSWEGO_COUNTY_NY
+      - OTSEGO_COUNTY_NY
+      - SCHOHARIE_COUNTY_NY
+      - SCHUYLER_COUNTY_NY
+      - SENECA_COUNTY_NY
+      - ST_LAWRENCE_COUNTY_NY
+      - STEUBEN_COUNTY_NY
+      - SULLIVAN_COUNTY_NY
+      - TIOGA_COUNTY_NY
+      - WASHINGTON_COUNTY_NY
+      - WAYNE_COUNTY_NY
+      - WYOMING_COUNTY_NY
+      - YATES_COUNTY_NY
+group_4:
+  values:
+    2024-10-01:
+      - BRONX_COUNTY_NY
+      - KINGS_COUNTY_NY
+      - NEW_YORK_COUNTY_NY
+      - QUEENS_COUNTY_NY
+      - RICHMOND_COUNTY_NY
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: New York CCAP county groups
+  reference:
+    - title: 24-OCFS-LCM-22 Attachment A
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/policies/external/2024/lcm/24-OCFS-LCM-22.pdf#page=14

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/duration.yaml

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+description: New York applies these care-schedule thresholds when selecting a Child Care Assistance Program rate unit.
+# weekly_maximum_days counts days per week, weekly_minimum_hours is hours per
+# week, and the daily bounds are hours per day.
+weekly_minimum_hours:
+  2019-05-01: 30
+weekly_maximum_days:
+  2019-05-01: 5
+daily_minimum_hours:
+  2019-05-01: 6
+daily_maximum_hours:
+  2019-05-01: 12
+
+metadata:
+  period: year
+  label: New York CCAP rate-unit thresholds
+  reference:
+    - title: 18 NYCRR 415.9(a)-(d), weekly, daily and part-day rate units
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/415-Child-Care-Services.pdf#page=44
+    - title: 24-OCFS-LCM-22, weekly, daily and part-day market rate units
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/policies/external/2024/lcm/24-OCFS-LCM-22.pdf#page=5

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/family_share_rate.yaml

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+description: New York applies this rate to income above the state income standard under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2023-10-01: 0.01
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New York CCAP family share rate
+  reference:
+    - title: NYS Register, May 1, 2024, Rule Making Activities (OCFS), statewide family share of 1% of income above the federal poverty level (file page 11 = printed page 5)
+      href: https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2024/05/050124.pdf#page=11
+    - title: 18 NYCRR 415.3(e)(3), family share as a percentage of income in excess of the state income standard
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/415-Child-Care-Services.pdf#page=19

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/income/countable_income_sources.yaml

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+description: New York counts these income sources under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2021-10-01:
+    # market_income covers the non-government sources: wages, self-employment,
+    # farm, rental, interest, dividends, pensions and alimony.
+    - market_income
+    # 18 NYCRR 404.5(b)(5)(iv): social security pensions and survivor benefits,
+    # and permanent disability insurance payments made by the Social Security
+    # Administration. PolicyEngine's social_security is OASDI only and already
+    # includes the dependents, disability, retirement and survivors components,
+    # so the component variables are not listed separately.
+    - social_security
+    - child_support_received
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - workers_compensation
+    # 18 NYCRR 404.5(b)(5): veterans' pensions are countable, and NY's CCDF
+    # plan enumerates them explicitly.
+    - veterans_benefits
+    #
+    # Counted but not listed here because the amount depends on who receives
+    # it — see ny_ccap_countable_income:
+    # - ssi, countable in full under 404.5(b)(5)(vi) until the October 2023
+    #   rule excluded the SSI of any child in the child care services unit.
+    #
+    # Excluded sources, so simply not listed:
+    # - tanf and other public assistance. These are countable under
+    #   404.5(b)(5)(vi), but counting them closes a circular dependency:
+    #   ny_ccap_countable_income -> tanf -> childcare_expenses ->
+    #   child_care_subsidies -> ny_ccap -> ny_ccap_countable_income. The same
+    #   hazard is documented on the federal ccdf_income variable and in
+    #   gov/states/in/fssa/ccdf/income/sources.yaml. Omitting them understates
+    #   countable income for public-assistance households, which is partly
+    #   offset because 415.3(e)(1) exempts those households from the family
+    #   share entirely.
+    # - inheritance, which New York affirmatively declines to count.
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  label: New York CCAP countable income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: 18 NYCRR 404.5(b)(5), income to be counted in determining ability to pay
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/404-Eligibility.pdf#page=10
+    - title: New York FFY 2022-2024 CCDF State Plan, Q3.1.3(a), sources of income counted
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/stateplan/assets/2022-plan/FFY2022-2024-CCDF-Plan.pdf#page=64

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/income/income_limit_smi_rate.yaml

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+description: New York limits income to this share of the state median income under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# 22-OCFS-ADM-18 applied the 85% state median income ceiling to initial
+# eligibility and redetermination from August 1, 2022, alongside the 300%
+# state income standard limit. The revisions to Social Services Law 410-u(2),
+# 410-w(1) and 410-w(3) effective October 1, 2023 then made it the sole
+# limit. 85% of the state median income is the federal CCDF maximum at
+# 45 CFR 98.20(a)(2).
+values:
+  2022-08-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New York CCAP income limit share of state median income
+  reference:
+    - title: 22-OCFS-ADM-18, Increase in Income Eligibility Levels for Child Care Assistance, sec. V Program Implications (income must also be at or below 85% state median income)
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/policies/external/2022/adm/22-OCFS-ADM-18.pdf#page=6
+    - title: NYS Register, May 1, 2024, Rule Making Activities (OCFS), expansion of income eligibility to 85% of the state median income effective October 1, 2023 (file page 12 = printed page 6)
+      href: https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2024/05/050124.pdf#page=12
+    - title: NY Social Services Law § 410-w, income eligibility at 85 percent of the state median income
+      href: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/SOS/410-W
+    - title: 45 CFR 98.20(a)(2), CCDF income eligibility maximum of 85% of state median income
+      href: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-98.20#p-98.20(a)(2)

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ny/ocfs/ccap/minimum_weekly_family_share.yaml

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+description: New York requires this minimum weekly family share from families required to pay an income-based share under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2019-05-01: 1
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: week
+  label: New York CCAP minimum weekly family share
+  reference:
+    - title: 18 NYCRR 415.3(e)(4)
+      href: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/415-Child-Care-Services.pdf#page=19