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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 facilityclosure;

c. The child is ill and cannot be cared for at the primary childcare facility or cannot attend school;

d. The provider does not have room for the child during someof 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.

Designees and 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.

4. PASS II and PASS III Family Co-Pay Typically, the family’s co-pay is assigned to the youngest child, however, if this child’s unit of care does not exceed the co-pay, it should be assigned to the child whose unit of care is higher or split among the children. The co-pay is assigned to a child automatically in ICCIS beginning with the first child the authorization work sheet is created for in that month. Designees must use care to start with the correct child to ensure the family’s co-pay is applied correctly.