Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 799 - PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS (POD)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-799-15 - Child care payments
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-799-15
Current through February, 2024
(a) Payment for child care shall be issued one month at a time and paid to the caretaker; provided that a caretaker may choose to have the child care payment forwarded by the department as a direct deposit from the caretaker's account to the preschool, if the preschool agrees to accept the direct payment and registers an account with the department's payment system.
(b) Child care payments include:
(1) A one-time only payment in a State fiscal
year for registration, which may also include supply and activity fees,
required by the facility, not to exceed $125.00; and
(2) Monthly cost of child care per child, as
paid, but not to exceed the child care rates specified in section
17-799-13.
(c) The department shall:
(1) Authorize the initial and subsequent
monthly child care payments based on sections
17-799-8,
17-799-9,
17-799-10,
17-799-11,
17-799-12, 17-799-13, 17-799-13.1,
17-799-14, 17-799-15, 17-799-16,17-799-18, 17-799-19, 17-799-21, and
17-799-22;
(2) Provide notification
of payment to the family unit pursuant to section
17-799-19; and
(3) Track and monitor appropriateness and
utilization of child care and payments.
(d) The child care payment issued for a benefit month shall not be issued more than once except when the caretaker cannot continue to use the preschool due to the following:
(1) Unanticipated closure of the
preschool;
(2) Child care had been
paid for the month;
(3) The
caretaker enrolls the child in another preschool in the same month child care
was issued for the preschool referenced in paragraph (d)(1);
(4) The preschool referenced in paragraph
(d)(1) refuses to refund the child care paid for the month; and
(5) The new preschool enrollment requires a
child care payment from the family unit for the month.
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