Indiana Administrative Code
Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES
Article 3 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 18 - Reserved Rule 17 Reserved Rule 18 Child Care Development Fund Voucher Program; Provider Eligibility
Section 18-1 - General definitions

(1) "Applicant" means the individual who will receive payment from the CCDF program or the individual authorized to sign for a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietor's business.

(2) "Approved water source" means a municipal water supply or well water supply with documented annual water quality tests indicating the water is free of coliform bacteria and any other known contaminant that is above safe drinking water standards, or demonstrated compliance with Indiana department of environmental management drinking water standards.

(3) "Caregiver" means an individual who is assigned by a provider the responsibility of supervising or participating in the daily routine of a specific child in the care of the provider.

(4) "CCDF" means the Child Care and Development Fund program administered under 45 CFR 98.

(5) "Certification" means a provider has demonstrated compliance with the requirements of this rule.

(6) "Child" means any individual under eighteen (18) years of age.

(7) "Child care" means a service to families that provides for the health, safety, and supervision of a child's social, emotional, and educational growth during the time that children are in the care of a provider.

(8) "Child care program" means the activities provided for children during the time that children are in the care of the provider.

(9) "CPR" means cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(10) "Decertification" means a CCDF program provider who is no longer eligible to participate.

(11) "Division" means the division of family and children.

(12) "DOT" means the U.S. Department of Transportation.

(13) "Employee" means an individual who performs services for compensation other than an allowance, stipend, or other support under the federal Foster Grandparent Program.

(14) "Facility" means the location where child care is provided.

(15) "Hazardous materials" are those materials defined as hazardous under the rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission.

(16) "Hot water" means water with a temperature of at least one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit.

(17) "Inaccessible" means the material shall be stored in a remote area of the facility in a location that is out of a child's reach or maintained in locked storage.

(18) "Ineligible provider" means a provider who fails to meet the requirements of this rule.

(19) "Legally licensed exempt" means a child care program that can operate legally without obtaining a license or registration under IC 12-17.2.

(20) "Poisons" means any material labeled harmful or fatal if swallowed and any prescription or nonprescription medication.

(21) "Provider" means an individual who provides child care services and is directly paid for the provision of child care under the federal CCDF voucher program administered under 45 CFR 98 and 45 CFR 99 regardless of whether the child care facility is licensed or registered.

(22) "Related" means a relationship to an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age by marriage, blood, or adoption, including parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, stepparents, stepgrandparents, stepsisters, stepbrothers, uncles, aunts, and first cousins.

(23) [Voided by P.L. 162-2005, SECTION 5, effective May 6, 2005.]

(24) "Temporary eligibility" means the provider eligibility period not to exceed forty-five (45) days.

(25) "Valid expiration date" means a fire extinguisher that has been recharged in the previous twelve (12) months or a single use extinguisher that has been purchased in the previous twenty-four (24) months.

(26) "Verifying agency" means the state, an agency of the state, or other entity designated by the state to verify compliance with minimum standards of this rule.

(27) "Volunteer" means an individual who, without compensation, provides services to a provider regardless of whether the facility is licensed or registered.

(28) "Volunteer caregiver" means an individual who provides or participates in the child care of a specific child without compensation.

(29) "Voucher agent" means the state, an agency of the state, a person, or an entity that contracts with the division to operate any function of the CCDF program.

(30) "Voucher payment" means payment for child care services through the federal CCDF program administered by the state under 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq., 45 CFR 98, and 45 CFR 99.

(31) "Voucher program" means the federal CCDF program administered by the state under 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq., 45 CFR 98, and 45 CFR 99.

(32) "Voucher provider" means a child care provider that has been approved by the division as eligible to receive child care reimbursement through the CCDF program.