Page 11

CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 8 CCR 1403-1 Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

11 1. Children who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; 2. Children who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; 3. Children who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; or 4. Migratory children who qualify as experiencing homelessness for the purposes of these rules because the children are living in circumstances described in this definition (1) through (3), of this rule subsection. DDD. “Federal poverty level” (FPL) or “federal poverty guidelines” (FPG) refers to figures set by the Department annually. These figures, based on gross monthly income levels for the corresponding household size, are included in the table in rule section 3.111(H)(2). EEE. “Fingerprint-based criminal background check” means a complete set of fingerprints for the qualified exempt provider and anyone eighteen (18) years of age and older residing in the qualified exempt provider’s home; or, for the qualified exempt provider if care is provided in the child’s home, taken by a qualified law enforcement agency, and submitted to the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, Division of Early Learning Access and Quality, for subsequent submission to the Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI). The individual(s) will also be required to submit a background check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Costs for all investigations are the responsibility of the person whose fingerprints are being submitted unless noted otherwise in the county’s plan, which can be found on the Department website at https://cdec.colorado.gov/colorado-child-care-assistance-program-for-families, per rule section 3.130.FFF. “Fiscal agreement” means a Department- approved agreement between counties or their designees and child care