Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
DCYF determines the amount of care consumers may receive at application or
reapplication. Once the care is authorized, the amount will not be reduced
during the eligibility period unless:
(a)
Consumers request reductions;
(b)
The care is for school-aged children;
(c) The authorization was for additional care
needed for less than the entire length of the authorization period;
(d) The care was authorized by child
protective services (CPS) or child welfare services (CWS) and is part of
children's case plans under WAC
110-15-4510; or
(e) Incorrect information was given at
application or reapplication.
(2) For parents age 21 years or younger who
are attending high school or working towards completing a high school
equivalency certificate, DCYF will authorize care based only on their student
activity schedules.
(3) To
determine the amount of weekly hours of care needed, DCYF reviews the child
care scheduled with providers, and:
(a)
Consumers' participation in approved activities and the number of hours their
children at-tend school, including home school, which will reduce the amount of
care needed; or
(b) The days and
times that approved activities overlap in a two parent or guardian household,
and only authorize care during those overlapping times. Consumers are eligible
for full-time care if overlapping care totals 110 hours in one month.
(c) Parents or guardians in two parent or
guardian households who are not able to care for their children under WAC
110-15-0020 are considered by DCYF to be unavailable for care, regardless of
their schedules.
(3)
Licensed or certified center child care is authorized as follows:
(a) Full-time care is authorized when
consumers participate in approved activities at least 110 hours per
month.
(b) Twenty-three full-day
units per month will be authorized when children are in care five or more hours
per day.
(c) Thirty half-day units
per month will be authorized when children are in care less than five hours per
day.
(d) Forty-six half-day units
per month will be authorized during the months of June, July, and August for
school-aged children who are in care for five or more hours per day.
(4) Licensed family home child
care is authorized as the following monthly units of care:
(a)
Full-time monthly unit of
care, equal to 22 full day units, is authorized when:
(i) WCCC or SCC consumers participate in
approved activities at least 110 hours per month or full-time care is
determined to be appropriate and included in a CPS or CWS case plan;
and
(ii) Their children have
scheduled care with a single provider at least 110 hours per month.
(b)
Part-time monthly
unit of care, equal to the actual anticipated full- and half-day units
of care needed averaged over a 12-month period, is authorized when the care
scheduled with providers is less than 110 hours per month.
(c)
Full-time partial-day monthly
unit is authorized when school-age children attend care in a licensed
family home and meets the criteria in subsection (5) of this section.
(d)
Part-time partial-day monthly
unit is authorized when school-age children attend care in a licensed
family home before and after school and do not meet the criteria for a
full-time partial-day monthly unit.
(5)
Additional monthly units of
care may be authorized when:
(a) Consumers
request an authorization for additional care;
(b) The need for care is verified;
(c) The care is needed to supplement an
existing monthly unit for unexpected care needed for an approved activity
limited to the time frame needed, not to exceed three months;
(d) For actual anticipated overtime when the
overtime is included when determining eligibility for child care; or
(e) For sleep time.
(6) Full-time partial-day monthly unit. A
single partial-day monthly unit equal to 17 partial days and five full days is
authorized for school-age children attending a licensed family home child care
when consumers have at least 110 hours of approved activity per month, and
their children are:
(a) Authorized for care
with only one provider;
(b)
Scheduled for care of 110 hours or more in July and August;
(c) In care less than five hours on a typical
school day; and
(d) Need care
before and after school.
(7) When determining part-time care for
families using licensed providers when their activity or amount of care needed
is less than 110 hours per month:
(a) A
full-day unit is calculated for each day of care of at least five
hours;
(b) A half-day unit will be
calculated for each day of care that is less than five hours; and
(c) A partial-day unit is calculated for each
day of care in a licensed family home when:
(i) Their children are in care before and
after school; and
(ii) The total
care for the day is less than five hours.
(8) Full-time care for families using
in-home/relative providers is authorized when consumers participate in approved
activities at least 110 hours per month:
(a)
Two hundred thirty hours of care are authorized when their children are in care
five or more hours per day;
(b) One
hundred fifteen hours of care is authorized when their children are in care
less than five hours per day;
(c)
One hundred fifteen hours of care is authorized during the school year for
school-aged children who are in care less than five hours per day and their
providers are authorized for contingency hours each month, up to a maximum of
230 hours;
(d) Two hundred thirty
hours of care is authorized during the school year for school-aged children who
are in care five or more hours in a day; and
(e) Supervisor approval is required for hours
of care that exceed 230 hours per month.
(9) Care cannot exceed 16 hours per day, per
child.
(10) When determining
part-time care for families using in-home/relative providers:
(a) Under the provisions of subsection (2) of
this section, DCYF authorizes the number of hours of care needed per month when
the activity is less than 110 hours per month; and
(b) The total number of authorized hours and
contingency hours claimed cannot exceed 230 hours per month.
(11) DCYF determines the
allocation of hours or units for families with multiple providers based upon
the information received from the parents or guardians.
(12) DCYF may authorize more than the state
rate and up to the provider's private pay rate if:
(a) The parent or guardian is a WorkFirst
participant; and
(b) Appropriate
child care, at the state rate, is not available within a reasonable distance
from the approved activity site. "Appropriate" means licensed or certified
child care under WAC
110-15-0125, or an approved
in-home/relative provider under WAC
110-16-0010. "Reasonable
distance" is determined by comparing distances other local families must travel
to access appropriate child care.
(13) Other fees DCYF may authorize to a
provider are:
(a) Registration fees;
(b) Field trip fees;
(c) Nonstandard hours bonus;
(d) Overtime care to licensed providers when
care is expected to exceed 10 hours in a day when consumers are eligible and
authorized; and
(e) Special needs
rates for a child.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.060 and
43.215.070. WSR 17-23-057, §
170-290-0190, filed 11/9/17,
effective 12/10/17; WSR 17-18-009, §
170-290-0190, filed 8/24/17,
effective 9/24/17. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR
16-19-107, §
170-290-0190, filed 9/21/16,
effective 10/22/16. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
RCW. WSR 16-09-059, §
170-290-0190, filed 4/15/16,
effective 5/16/16; WSR 13-22-040, §
170-290-0190, filed 10/31/13,
effective 12/1/13. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW,
RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42,
2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, §
170-290-0190, filed 8/24/11,
effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
170-290-0190, filed 10/28/09,
effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as §
170-290-0190, filed 3/27/08,
effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.12.340. WSR 06-12-094, §
388-290-0190, filed 6/6/06, effective 7/7/06. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.12.340,
74.13.085, and 2005 c 518 §
207(3). WSR 05-20-051, § 388-290-0190, filed 9/30/05, effective 11/1/05.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.12.340,
74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c
25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0190, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04,
effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.13.085. WSR 02-12-069, §
388-290-0190, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0190, filed
12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.
