Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 798.2 - CHILD CARE SERVICES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-798.2-14 - Method of computing child care payment
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-798.2-14
Current through November, 2024
(a) The following will be used to compute the child care payment:
(1) Monthly gross income;
(2) The caretaker's hours of activity, except
for individuals identified in sections
17-798.2-9(b)(2)(G) and
(J):
(3) The caretaker's relationship to the child
who resides with the caretaker, and the age of the child who needs
care;
(4) The child care
provider;
(5) The cost and hours of
child care;
(6) The type of child
care; and
(7) The need for
care.
(b) The child care payment amount shall be determined by:
(1)
Counting the caretaker's activity hours to be engaged in for the month, as
referenced in section 17-798.2-14(a)(2), comparing these activity hours with
the child care hours needed, and always choosing the lesser hours; provided
that:
(A) This is not required for child care
needed for child protective services reasons as ordered by the court;
(B) This is not required for the Preschool
Open Doors program; and
(C) In the
case of a caretaker who is temporarily disabled in accordance with subparagraph
17-798.2-9(b)(2)(I),
the activity hours shall be the same as the activity hours that the caretaker
had been participating in prior to the temporary disability.
(2) Identifying the type of child
care selected and approved for each qualifying child, and using the child care
rate table, Exhibit I, to select the appropriate rate for the care type that
supports the hours needed for child care; provided that:
(A) For child protective services need is
based on the number of hours of child care specified in the court order;
and
(B) For the Preschool Open
Doors program need is based on the number of hours of child care requested by a
caretaker.
(3) Comparing
the child care allowance determined by subparagraphs (b)(1) and (2) and the
actual child care cost, and choosing the lesser amount.
(4) Determining the family unit's co-payment
(conversely, the percentage of the department's maximum rate allowable) based
on the family unit's monthly gross income, and using the co-payment rates
established in Exhibit III, dated October 1, 2009, attached at the end of this
chapter.
(5) Subtracting the family
unit's co-payment from the amount determined in subparagraph (b)(3).
(c) The family unit shall be responsible for any child care costs in excess of the maximum child care rates specified in section 17-798.2-12.
(d) The family unit shall be responsible to pay its share of the child care cost directly to the provider.
(e) The department shall project the family unit's eligibility and monthly payments prospectively for the eligibility period.
(1) The initial payment shall be
calculated from the date of eligibility to the end of the month, which may be
for less than a full month, and shall be considered the first month of the
eligibility period.
(2) When
changes are reported during the eligibility period, the monthly payments shall
be prospectively calculated for the remainder of the eligibility period.
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