PolicyEngine · hua7450 · May 15, 2026 · May 15, 2026
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+Add Arkansas School Readiness Assistance (SRA) child care subsidy program.
diff --git a/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_ess_year_1.yaml b/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_ess_year_1.yaml
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+description: Arkansas requires at least one adult in an ESS Year 1 School Readiness Assistance household to engage in at least this many hours per week of work, education, or training.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 20
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA ESS Year 1 weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1.5.1 Employment
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=16
+    - title: OEC Rights & Responsibilities (Nov 2025)
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/R_&_R__Nov_2025_(English)_(1)_OEC.pdf#page=1
diff --git a/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_ess_year_2.yaml b/...engine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_ess_year_2.yaml
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+description: Arkansas requires at least one adult in an ESS Year 2 School Readiness Assistance household to engage in at least this many hours per week of work, education, or training.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 25
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA ESS Year 2 weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1.5.1 Employment
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=16
+    - title: OEC Rights & Responsibilities (Nov 2025)
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/R_&_R__Nov_2025_(English)_(1)_OEC.pdf#page=1
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_li.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/activity_hours_li.yaml
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+description: Arkansas requires each adult in a Low-Income School Readiness Assistance household to engage in at least this many hours per week of work, education, or training.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 30
+
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA Low-Income weekly activity hours
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1.5.1 Employment
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=16
+    - title: OEC Rights & Responsibilities (Nov 2025)
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/R_&_R__Nov_2025_(English)_(1)_OEC.pdf#page=1
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/asset_limit.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/asset_limit.yaml
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+description: Arkansas limits family assets to this amount under the School Readiness Assistance program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 1_000_000
+
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-USD
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA asset limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Arkansas CCDF Plan 2025-2027, Section 2.2.6
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2025-2027_CCDF_State_Plan_Final_4.26.24.1REV_OEC.pdf#page=25
+    - title: OEC Rights & Responsibilities (Nov 2025)
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/R_&_R__Nov_2025_(English)_(1)_OEC.pdf#page=2
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/child_age_limit.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/child_age_limit.yaml
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+description: Arkansas limits the School Readiness Assistance program to children younger than this age.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 13
+
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: AR ADC 016.22.8 Section 3.1.4 Eligible Child / Date of Birth
+      href: https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/Arkansas%20Title%20016%20Division%2022%20Rule%208.pdf#page=11
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=13
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/ess_window_months.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/ess_window_months.yaml
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+description: Arkansas restricts the ESS School Readiness Assistance track to families within this many months of exiting Transitional Employment Assistance.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 24
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA ESS post-TEA window months
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 5.4.1
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=26
diff --git a/...yengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/ess_year_1_window_months.yaml b/...yengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/ess_year_1_window_months.yaml
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+description: Arkansas defines the Employment-Sponsored Subsidy Year 1 window as this many months after Transitional Employment Assistance exit under the School Readiness Assistance program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 12
+
+metadata:
+  unit: month
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA ESS Year 1 window months
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1.5.1 Employment
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=16
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/income_smi_rate.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/eligibility/income_smi_rate.yaml
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+description: Arkansas limits gross income to this share of the state median income under the School Readiness Assistance program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01: 0.85
+
+metadata:
+  unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA income limit SMI rate
+  reference:
+    - title: Arkansas CCDF Plan 2025-2027, Section 2.2.4
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2025-2027_CCDF_State_Plan_Final_4.26.24.1REV_OEC.pdf#page=22
+    - title: ACF CCDF Family Income Eligibility Levels by State (Jan 2025)
+      href: https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/occ/CCDF-Family-Income-Eligibility-Levels-by-State.pdf
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/in_effect.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/in_effect.yaml
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+description: Arkansas operates the School Readiness Assistance child care subsidy program if this is true.
+values:
+  1900-01-01: false
+  2025-10-01: true
+
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA in effect
+  reference:
+    - title: OEC Rights & Responsibilities (Nov 2025)
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/R_&_R__Nov_2025_(English)_(1)_OEC.pdf#page=1
+    - title: OEC SRA Announcement Regarding Rates and Copays Effective November 1
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/OEC_SRA_Announcement_Regarding_Rates_and_Copays_Effective_November_1_OEC.pdf
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/income/excluded_sources.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/income/excluded_sources.yaml
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+description: Arkansas excludes these income sources from countable income under the School Readiness Assistance program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    # - tanf  # Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) payments
+    - child_support_received
+    - eitc  # Tax refunds including EITC
+    # Children's SSI and Social Security are excluded; handled by the
+    # countable-income formula via age filter rather than by listing them.
+    # The following are also excluded per FSU Manual Section 4.3.3
+    # but have no matching variables or do not need explicit listing:
+    # - Work Pays payments
+    # - Irregular non-recurring lump sums (Christmas bonuses, insurance,
+    #   capital gains)
+    # - Earned/unearned income of children under 18
+    # - Loans, grants, scholarships, work-study earnings
+    # - Graduate / doctoral education earnings
+    # - Montgomery GI Bill / VEAP educational income
+    # - Reimbursement of work-related expenses
+    # - Foster Care board payments
+    # - Adoption subsidy
+    # - HUD rental assistance value
+    # - Utility assistance value
+    # - Disaster assistance
+    # - Tribal income
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA excluded income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.3.3 Excluded Income
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=20
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/income/sources.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/income/sources.yaml
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+description: Arkansas counts these income sources for adults under the School Readiness Assistance program.
+values:
+  2025-10-01:
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income
+    - tip_income
+    - social_security_retirement
+    - social_security_disability
+    - social_security_survivors
+    - ssi
+    - unemployment_compensation
+    - workers_compensation
+    - alimony_income
+    - pension_income
+    - interest_income
+    - dividend_income
+    - rental_income
+    - military_retirement_pay
+    - veterans_benefits
+    # The following are counted per FSU Procedural Manual Section 4.3.1-4.3.2
+    # but have no matching variables:
+    # - PTO and stipends (VISTA, AmeriCorps, Job Corps, OJT)
+    # - regular bonuses, commissions
+    # - armed forces pay (other than retirement)
+    # - piece-rate, in-kind, contractual income
+    # - annuities, regular contributions
+    # Children's SSI and Social Security are excluded; the formula filters
+    # contributions by age before summing.
+
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA countable income sources
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.3.1 Countable Earned Income
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=19
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.3.2 Countable Unearned Income
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=20
+    - title: Arkansas CCDF Plan 2025-2027, Section 2.2.4(c) Income Definition
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2025-2027_CCDF_State_Plan_Final_4.26.24.1REV_OEC.pdf#page=24
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/rates/age_category_months.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ar/ade/oec/sra/rates/age_category_months.yaml
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+description: Arkansas classifies children into these age categories by age in months for School Readiness Assistance rate lookup. Returned values match the integer index of the ar_sra_age_category enum (0=INFANT, 1=TODDLER, 2=PRESCHOOL, 3=SCHOOL_AGED).
+# Age-category month boundaries are undocumented in Arkansas sources;
+# these peer-state defaults (Infant <=17 mo, Toddler 18-35 mo, Preschool
+# 36-71 mo, School-Aged 72+ mo) are flagged for future verification.
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 0  # INFANT (0-17 months)
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 18
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 1  # TODDLER (18-35 months)
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 36
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 2  # PRESCHOOL (36-71 months)
+  - threshold:
+      2025-10-01: 72
+    amount:
+      2025-10-01: 3  # SCHOOL_AGED (72+ months)
+
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: month
+  amount_unit: /1
+  period: year
+  label: Arkansas SRA age category month thresholds
+  reference:
+    - title: FSU Procedural Manual (June 2023), Section 4.1
+      href: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/FSU-Procedural-Manual-June-2023_UPDATED_20230629075344.pdf#page=13
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