06 CA Family Benefit Cap Period (FBCP) - Overview
A CA Family Benefit Cap Period (FBCP) is a period of 60 consecutive months assigned to parents and
caretaker relatives who apply and receive CA for a dependent child.
NOTE A CA FBCP is assigned to a caretaker relative who is included in the CA benefits. When a caretaker relative is not included in the CA benefit, no FBCP is assigned.
FBCP does not apply to a child born or adopted before November 01, 1995, or before the start date of the parent's FBCP.
The FBCP applied to a participant in another state is not applied to that participant in Arizona.
FBCP policy does not apply to the following participants:
NOTE When a CA budgetary unit moves from an area that is exempt from FBCP to an area that is not exempt, the parents may receive an FBCP.
The following determines whether a child is subject to the FBCP:
AZTECS calculates and displays the FBCP on
WERE and CLPR.
WERE and
CLPR display the start and end dates of the FBCP for the parent or specified relative.