Add federal CCDF infrastructure for scaling CCAP to all states

changelog.d/federal-ccdf-infrastructure.added.md

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+Add federal CCDF immigration eligibility variable and child care subsidies aggregator.

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:
+    - ca_child_care_subsidies  # California Child Care
+    - co_child_care_subsidies  # Colorado Child Care Assistance Program
+    - ma_child_care_subsidies  # Massachusetts Child Care Financial Assistance
+    - ne_child_care_subsidies  # Nebraska Child Care Subsidy
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Child care subsidy programs

policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hhs/ccdf/is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child.yaml

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+- name: Case 1, citizen child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: CITIZEN
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 2, legal permanent resident child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: LEGAL_PERMANENT_RESIDENT
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 3, refugee child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: REFUGEE
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 4, asylee child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: ASYLEE
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 5, deportation withheld child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: DEPORTATION_WITHHELD
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 6, Cuban or Haitian entrant child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: CUBAN_HAITIAN_ENTRANT
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 7, conditional entrant child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: CONDITIONAL_ENTRANT
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 8, paroled for at least one year child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: PAROLED_ONE_YEAR
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: true
+
+- name: Case 9, undocumented child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: UNDOCUMENTED
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: false
+
+- name: Case 10, DACA child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: DACA
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: false
+
+- name: Case 11, TPS child.
+  period: 2024
+  input:
+    immigration_status: TPS
+  output:
+    is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child: false

policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/ccdf/child_care_subsidies.py

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+from policyengine_us.model_api import *
+
+
+class child_care_subsidies(Variable):
+    value_type = float
+    entity = SPMUnit
+    definition_period = YEAR
+    label = "Child care subsidies"
+    unit = USD
+
+    adds = "gov.hhs.ccdf.child_care_subsidy_programs"

policyengine_us/variables/gov/hhs/ccdf/is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child.py

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+from policyengine_us.model_api import *
+
+
+class is_ccdf_immigration_eligible_child(Variable):
+    value_type = bool
+    entity = Person
+    definition_period = YEAR
+    label = "Immigration eligibility for CCDF"
+    reference = (
+        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1641",
+        "https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/98.20",
+    )
+
+    def formula(person, period, parameters):
+        p = parameters(period).gov.dhs.immigration
+        immigration_status = person("immigration_status", period)
+        immigration_status_str = immigration_status.decode_to_str()
+        is_qualified_noncitizen = np.isin(
+            immigration_status_str,
+            p.qualified_noncitizen_status,
+        )
+        is_citizen = immigration_status == immigration_status.possible_values.CITIZEN
+        return is_citizen | is_qualified_noncitizen

policyengine_us/variables/household/expense/childcare/childcare_expenses.py

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         pre_subsidy_childcare_expenses = add(
             spm_unit, period, ["pre_subsidy_childcare_expenses"]
         )
-        # States where we model childcare subsidies.
-        STATES_WITH_CHILD_CARE_SUBSIDIES = ["CA", "CO", "NE", "MA"]
-        subsidy_variables = [
-            i.lower() + "_child_care_subsidies"
-            for i in STATES_WITH_CHILD_CARE_SUBSIDIES
-        ]
-        subsidies = add(spm_unit, period, subsidy_variables)
+        subsidies = spm_unit("child_care_subsidies", period)
         return max_(pre_subsidy_childcare_expenses - subsidies, 0)