Implement New Mexico Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

changelog.d/nm-ccap.added.md

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+Implement New Mexico Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

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

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     - mn_child_care_subsidies  # Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program
     - ms_child_care_subsidies  # Mississippi Child Care Payment Program (CCPP)
     - ne_child_care_subsidies  # Nebraska Child Care Subsidy
+    - nm_child_care_subsidies  # New Mexico Child Care Assistance Program
     - vt_child_care_subsidies  # Vermont Child Care Financial Assistance Program
     - nh_child_care_subsidies  # New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program
     - pa_child_care_subsidies  # Pennsylvania Child Care Works

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/copay/waived.yaml

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+description: New Mexico uses this indicator to determine whether child care assistance copayments are waived under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Beginning May 1, 2022, ECECD waives copayments for any family that qualifies
+# for child care assistance; the waiver remains in effect under Universal
+# Child Care. At least three months' notice is required before reinstatement.
+# The pre-2022 copayment formula (8.15.2.13.B) is not modeled at the moment, so
+# the copayment is treated as zero for all periods.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: false
+  2022-05-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: New Mexico CCAP copayment waived
+  reference:
+    - title: ECECD Child Care Co-payments Waived (Effective May 1, 2022)
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CCA-Co-payments-waived_rev1l.pdf#page=1
+    - title: 8.15.2.13 NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/asset_limit.yaml

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+description: New Mexico limits family assets to this amount under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: 1_000_000
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP asset limit
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.11.C(4) NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: New Mexico limits child care assistance to children under this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.11.F NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/fpl_limit/continuation.yaml

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+description: New Mexico limits continuing income eligibility to this percentage of the federal poverty guideline under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: 2.5
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP continuing income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.12 NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/fpl_limit/initial.yaml

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+description: New Mexico limits initial income eligibility to this percentage of the federal poverty guideline under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: 2
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP initial income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.9 NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/immigration_test_in_effect.yaml

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+description: New Mexico uses this indicator to determine whether a child citizenship or qualified-immigrant test applies under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Universal Child Care (effective November 1, 2025) removes the child-level
+# citizenship/immigration test; a participating child without a federally
+# eligible status is served with state funds, so status only sets the funding
+# source, not eligibility.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: true
+  2025-11-01: false
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: New Mexico CCAP immigration test in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.11.E NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html
+    - title: ECECD Universal Child Care
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/universal/

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/income_limit_in_effect.yaml

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+description: New Mexico uses this indicator to determine whether an income limit applies under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Universal Child Care (effective November 1, 2025) removes all income limits;
+# families are eligible regardless of income from that date forward.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: true
+  2025-11-01: false
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: month
+  label: New Mexico CCAP income limit in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.9 NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html
+    - title: ECECD Universal Child Care
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/universal/

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/eligibility/special_needs_child_age_limit.yaml

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+description: New Mexico limits child care assistance for children with special supervision needs to those under this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP special needs child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.11.G NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/income/countable_income/sources.yaml

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+description: New Mexico counts these income sources under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2016-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income
+    # PolicyEngine records farm income separately from self-employment, so
+    # include it under the 8.15.2.11.C(5) self-employment category.
+    - farm_operations_income
+    - alimony_income
+    # VA payments are counted except those exempted under 8.15.2.11.C(6).
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - workers_compensation
+    - railroad_benefits
+    - pension_income
+    # PolicyEngine records military retirement separately from pension_income,
+    # so include it under the 8.15.2.11.C(5) pensions category.
+    - military_retirement_pay
+    # Social security benefits are counted except those exempted under
+    # 8.15.2.11.C(6).
+    - social_security
+    - rental_income
+    # Overtime is counted only if CYFD finds it is paid regularly
+    # (8.15.2.11.C(5)); the regularity condition is captured within
+    # employment_income and not separately modeled.
+    #
+    # Provisions we don't model at the moment:
+    # - Royalties (8.15.2.11.C(5)) — no corresponding PolicyEngine variable.
+    # - The 8.15.2.11.C(6) child-earnings exclusion (earnings of household
+    #   dependents) and grandparent-non-guardian exclusion (8.15.2.11.C(3)) —
+    #   we don't filter income sources by the age or relationship of the earner.
+    # All ~30 exempt categories in 8.15.2.11.C(6) (SNAP, TANF, SSI, SSDI,
+    # unemployment, child support, energy assistance, foster care payments,
+    # etc.) are excluded by omission from this positive list. Omitting TANF
+    # also avoids a CCAP <-> TANF circular dependency; the is_tanf_enrolled
+    # bypass in nm_ccap_income_eligible already makes TANF-active families
+    # categorically income-eligible.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP countable income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.11.C(3) and (5) NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/rates/age_group/months.yaml

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+description: New Mexico assigns children to these reimbursement age categories by age in months under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Maps age in months to an nm_ccap_age_group enum index:
+# 0 = INFANT (0-23 months), 1 = TODDLER (24-35 months),
+# 2 = PRESCHOOL (three to five year olds, 36-71 months),
+# 3 = SCHOOL_AGE (six year olds and older, 72+ months).
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: month
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: New Mexico CCAP age group by months
+  reference:
+    - title: 8.15.2.7(I)(2)(a)-(d) NMAC
+      href: https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title08/08.015.0002.html
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2016-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2016-10-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2016-10-01: 24
+    amount:
+      2016-10-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2016-10-01: 36
+    amount:
+      2016-10-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2016-10-01: 72
+    amount:
+      2016-10-01: 3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/rates/center.yaml

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+description: New Mexico provides these full-time monthly reimbursement rates for licensed child care centers under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Full-time base rates. Part-time rates are these multiplied by the
+# service-unit fractions in rates/service_unit_fraction.yaml (PT1 0.75,
+# PT2 0.50, PT3 0.25). The 2+Star FOCUS and 3-Star FOCUS rates are identical
+# in the published flyer.
+metadata:
+  period: month
+  unit: currency-USD
+  label: New Mexico CCAP licensed center monthly rates
+  breakdown:
+    - nm_ccap_focus_level
+    - nm_ccap_age_group
+  reference:
+    - title: ECECD Child Care Assistance Rates, Licensed Center Monthly Rates (Effective August 2023)
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cost-Model-Reimbursement-Rate-Flyer-English-and-Spanish-Revised-May-2024.pdf#page=2
+
+TWO_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_075
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 775
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 700
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 500
+TWO_PLUS_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_150
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 865
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 800
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 550
+THREE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_150
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 865
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 800
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 550
+FOUR_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_500
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_100
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_000
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 650
+FIVE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_925
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_500
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_125
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 750

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/rates/family_home.yaml

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+description: New Mexico provides these full-time monthly reimbursement rates for licensed family homes under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Full-time base rates for licensed family homes (capacity 6 or fewer
+# children). Part-time rates are these multiplied by the service-unit
+# fractions in rates/service_unit_fraction.yaml. The 2+Star FOCUS and 3-Star
+# FOCUS rates are identical in the published flyer.
+metadata:
+  period: month
+  unit: currency-USD
+  label: New Mexico CCAP licensed family home monthly rates
+  breakdown:
+    - nm_ccap_focus_level
+    - nm_ccap_age_group
+  reference:
+    - title: ECECD Child Care Assistance Rates, Licensed Family Home Monthly Rates (Effective August 2023)
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cost-Model-Reimbursement-Rate-Flyer-English-and-Spanish-Revised-May-2024.pdf#page=4
+
+TWO_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_100
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_075
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 870
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 530
+TWO_PLUS_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_175
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_125
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 950
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 600
+THREE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_175
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_125
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 950
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 600
+FOUR_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_275
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_250
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_075
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 680
+FIVE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_375
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_325
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_160
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 725

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/nm/ececd/ccap/rates/group_home.yaml

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+description: New Mexico provides these full-time monthly reimbursement rates for licensed group homes under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+# Full-time base rates for licensed group homes (capacity 7-12 children).
+# Part-time rates are these multiplied by the service-unit fractions in
+# rates/service_unit_fraction.yaml. The 2+Star FOCUS and 3-Star FOCUS rates
+# are identical in the published flyer.
+metadata:
+  period: month
+  unit: currency-USD
+  label: New Mexico CCAP licensed group home monthly rates
+  breakdown:
+    - nm_ccap_focus_level
+    - nm_ccap_age_group
+  reference:
+    - title: ECECD Child Care Assistance Rates, Licensed Group Home Monthly Rates (Effective August 2023)
+      href: https://www.nmececd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cost-Model-Reimbursement-Rate-Flyer-English-and-Spanish-Revised-May-2024.pdf#page=3
+
+TWO_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_040
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_000
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 830
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 475
+TWO_PLUS_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_115
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_050
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 910
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 545
+THREE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_115
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_050
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 910
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 545
+FOUR_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_215
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_175
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_035
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 625
+FIVE_STAR:
+  INFANT:
+    2023-08-01: 1_315
+  TODDLER:
+    2023-08-01: 1_250
+  PRESCHOOL:
+    2023-08-01: 1_120
+  SCHOOL_AGE:
+    2023-08-01: 670