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works, their hours of operation meet the family’s need, and they have space available. To determine if a parent is exempt from work activities due to lack of child care, WSP staff should contact the CCR&R to determine the availability of child care providers in the family’s community. WSP staff should also consider and document in a CMS clientnote: • What the parent has done to find child care; • How many contacts the parent has made with child care providers; • Whether the parent has been referred to and contactedthe CCR&R Network; and • If the parent has considered informalcare.

b. Child care is considered appropriate when the child care provider has the ability to provide safe and competent carefor children of the same age and development level as the family’s child(ren); is willing to care for the child(ren); and is located within thirty (30) minutes travel time by public or private transportation from the family’s home or work site. The WSP determines, with input from the family, if the identified individual is appropriate to provide care for the child(ren) of the family. Parents often ask individuals to care for their children who are not approved to participate in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) as a child care provider. This type of child care is referred to as informal care. Child care will be authorized for an applying family’s initial authorization period only, of up to sixty (60) days, to an informal child care provider. The individual providing informal care must become an Approved Relative or Licensed child care provider in order to continue to receive CCA payment for services beyond the sixty (60) days. The family may also choose to hire the individual as their In-home caregiver. See section 4070-5 5 In-Home Child Care.

When the family reports the name of the individual identified as their child care provider, the WSP forwards the information to the CCAP Designee on the Request for PASS I Child Care CC1 or Manual Authorization Request Form – PASS I CC02.The CCAP Designee contacts the identified individual and begins the child care provider application process.

The family must be advised that payment for any care used by the family with the informal provider is the responsibility of the family until their informal provider becomes approved for participation.