Implement Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

changelog.d/ak-ccap-perf.changed.md

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+Replaced the full US County enum (3,175 values) with a 29-value AKCCAPRateRegion enum for Alaska CCAP rate-region lookups, cutting the AK CCAP test suite from ~10 minutes to ~12 seconds.

changelog.d/ak-ccap.added.md

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+Implemented the Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) for PASS II (post-ATAP transitional) and PASS III (general low-income); PASS I (ATAP-bundled) and PASS IV (OCS protective services) not modeled.

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

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 description: The federal government counts these state programs as child care subsidies.
 values:
   2021-01-01:
+    - ak_child_care_subsidies  # Alaska Child Care Assistance Program (PASS)
     - ca_child_care_subsidies  # California Child Care
     - co_child_care_subsidies  # Colorado Child Care Assistance Program
     - ct_child_care_subsidies  # Connecticut Care 4 Kids

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/age_group/months.yaml

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+description: Alaska sets these age group boundaries in months under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: month
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP age group by age in months
+  reference:
+    - title: Child Care Assistance Program Rate Schedule (Revised December 1, 2021), Age Groups
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/wsvhl3v3/ccap-rate-schedule.pdf#page=1
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 13
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 1
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 36
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 2
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 60
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 3

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/age_threshold/adult.yaml

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+description: Alaska counts earned income only from people at or above this age under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-01-01: 18
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP adult earned income age threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4080-1 Eligible PASS II and PASS III Family Income
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=203
+    - title: AS 25.20.010 — Age of majority
+      href: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#25.20.010

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/age_threshold/child.yaml

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+description: Alaska limits the Child Care Assistance Program to children younger than this age.
+values:
+  2022-01-01: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP child age threshold
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 AAC 41.350(a)(1) — Eligible child (Alaska Administrative Code)
+      href: https://www.akleg.gov/statutesPDF/aac%20Title%207.pdf#page=910
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4070-2 Eligible Child
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=173

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/copay/sliding_scale.yaml

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+description: Alaska sets this share of monthly family income as the family copay by State Median Income band under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: /1
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP copay as share of income by SMI band
+  reference:
+    - title: Family Income and Contribution Schedule (Revised February 21, 2022)
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/okdlx2xm/alaska-fics.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4080-1 Income
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=203
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.01
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.01
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.09
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.02
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.18
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.03
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.26
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.04
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.35
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.05
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.43
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.06
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.52
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.07
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.61
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.08
+  - threshold:
+      2022-01-01: 0.73
+    amount:
+      2022-01-01: 0.09

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/income/countable_income/earned_sources.yaml

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+description: Alaska uses these earned income sources for countable income under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-01-01:
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP countable earned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4080-1 Eligible PASS II and PASS III Family Income
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=203
+    - title: 7 AAC 41.335 Family income and contribution schedule (Alaska Administrative Code)
+      href: https://www.akleg.gov/statutesPDF/aac%20Title%207.pdf#page=907

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/income/countable_income/unearned_sources.yaml

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+# Note: We don't include TANF (Manual §4080-3 ¶6.i) at the moment to avoid a
+# circular dependency — `ak_atap` depends on `childcare_expenses` (via its
+# childcare deduction), which depends on `ak_ccap`.
+# We also don't include adoption assistance (Manual §4080-3 ¶6.c) or foster
+# care payments (Manual §4080-3 ¶6.d) at the moment because we don't track
+# those income types as variables.
+description: Alaska uses these unearned income sources for countable income under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-01-01:
+    - child_support_received
+    - alimony_income
+    - social_security
+    - ssi
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - veterans_benefits
+    - rental_income
+    - pension_income
+    - workers_compensation
+    - interest_income
+    - dividend_income
+    - capital_gains
+    - strike_benefits
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP countable unearned income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4080-3 Unearned Income
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=231
+    - title: 7 AAC 41.335 Family income and contribution schedule (Alaska Administrative Code)
+      href: https://www.akleg.gov/statutesPDF/aac%20Title%207.pdf#page=907

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ak/dpa/ccap/income/smi_rate.yaml

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+description: Alaska limits countable income to this share of the State Median Income under the Child Care Assistance Program.
+values:
+  2022-01-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Alaska CCAP income limit as share of State Median Income
+  reference:
+    - title: 7 AAC 41.335 Family income and contribution schedule (Alaska Administrative Code)
+      href: https://www.akleg.gov/statutesPDF/aac%20Title%207.pdf#page=907
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4080-1 Income
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=203
+    - title: Family Income and Contribution Schedule (Revised February 21, 2022)
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/okdlx2xm/alaska-fics.pdf#page=1
+    - title: Alaska CCAP Policies and Procedures Manual §4070-2 Eligible Child
+      href: https://health.alaska.gov/media/igiccwuf/child-care-assistance-program-policies-and-procedures.pdf#page=173