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• The foster parent uses public transportation.

Care is not allowable for travel between the foster parent’s residence and the participating child care provider. When a foster parent is an employee of the same child care provider caring for their child, travel time is not allowable unless the child is in a different physical location than the foster parent.

b. Sleep Time Care is allowable for up to eight (8) hours before or after a foster parent works a night shift, if necessary for the foster parent to participate in a work activity.

In a two (2) parent foster family when only one (1) foster parent is working a night shift, to be eligible for sleep time, the foster parent not working a night shift must be engaged in a work activity during the hours the foster parent working a night shift is requesting sleep time.

Night shift is defined as employment requiring a minimum of six (6) work and travel hours between the time of 8:00 pm and 6:00 am.

c. Children Attending School Child care is allowable during the time the foster parent(s) is participating in their work activity and any additional allowable time. Allowable time includes before and after school, in-service days, school closures, and up to five (5) full days when a school-aged child who normally attends school is too ill to attend school. Care is not allowable for time a child has been suspended or expelled from school.

OCS staff are to include full days, as applicable, for all known in-service and school closures based on the school district’s calendar for the specific school the child attends, unless the child care provider is closed on those days, when determining if a full month or part month is to be authorized. If the school district’s calendar is not yet published covering the family’s full certification period, the most current published calendar will be used as a guide for the number of in-service or school closure days for those months.

Additional days are not included in the units of care for times the child is too ill to attend school and needs child care as these cannot be anticipated. These days will be identified by the child care provider and up to five (5) full days will be paid accordingly during the payment verification process. Sick days are only applicable for payment for school-aged children who normally attend school.

Child care is not allowable during the same hours the child could normally attend public school in first (1st) grade or higher, according to the local school district rules, criteria, and schedule. This includes those children enrolled in a home school program.

Child care is not allowable for a child enrolled in a private, public, or home