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Example 2: A family consisting of two (2) foster parents with school aged children. Foster parent A- typical work schedule is Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Foster parent B – typical school schedule is Tues, Wed, Thurs, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm and Friday 9:00am – 3:00 pm. The children attend school from 8:50 am to 3:30 pm and the child care provider will transport the children to and from school. Care is also needed for in-service or school closures.

Care for the children is needed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 3:30 pm to 4:30pm (part days), and any in-service or school closures on Tuesday - Fridays from 8:30am to 3:30 pm (full days). This would typically be a full month as the children need between seventeen (17) and twenty-three (23) days consisting of a combination of part and full days of care per month.

3. MONTHLY MAXIMUM UNITS OF CARE When authorizing care, OCS staff are to include any of the applicable, additional considerations of allowable time, in addition to the actual times of each foster parent’s participation in a work activity.

The monthly maximum units of care that can be authorized per child is a full month plus a part month. Multiple units of care may be used in a given month, and authorized as appropriate to each child care provider the family is utilizing not to exceed the monthly maximum. Units of care are restricted to a daily maximum of a full day plus a part day.

4130-3 A. CHILD CARE AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT FOR PASS IV The Child Care Assistance Authorization document includes specific family and child care provider information, the units of care each child is eligible for by month, the subsidy amount the State is authorized to pay in accordance to the current Child Care Assistance Program Rate Schedule, and any specific payment guidance known as variable language.

Child Care Assistance Authorization documents are to be issued before care begins whenever possible. Issuing authorization documents before care begins helps to: reduce child care provider payment problems; maintain continuity of care for children; and enable child care providers to coordinate schedules with families in advance.

An authorization worksheet in ICCIS must be created for the child for each month of the twelve (12) month certification period before a Child Care Assistance Authorization document can be created and issued.

The authorization period may be different than the certification period. Care for a PASS IV child care is authorized beginning on, or after the date the child entered into