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certification period. Families may need more than one (1) provider in various scenarios, such as: a. The schedule of eligible activities extends beyond the child care provider’s hours of operation; b. The child care provider cannot provide care due to provider illness or facility closure; c. The child is ill and cannot be cared for at the primary child care facility or cannot attend school; d. The provider does not have room for the child during some of the periods needed; e. Children have different primary providers based on their age; and/or f. Provider’s primary location is not operating during specified times of the year.
Typically, the authorized care should not overlap. However, if care cannot be provided due to a facility closure or illness and an enrollment authorization has been issued to a primary provider, care may overlap to the family’s secondary provider.
WSP must use caution when authorizing care to providers with more than one (1) location to ensure the care is authorized to the correct child care facility.
When authorizing care to more than one (1) provider, only the units of care, up to the State monthly maximum, can be authorized regardless of the number of child care providers the family uses in a month. If the family uses a licensed provider the state rate for the license type of that provider is used in determining the month maximum. Units of care are counted separately for each provider.
b. Care is Ending with the Current Provider and Beginning with a New Provider 1. Required Ten (10) Business Day Notice Not Given When the required ten (10) business day notice isnot confirmed as given, the existing authorization issued to the provider the family is ending care with is canceled and reissued through the last day of the required ten (10) business day notice period. Care is authorized to the new provider to start the day following the required ten (10) business day notice period, or the date care begins with the new provider, whichever is later.