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

120 1. Effective July 1, 2022, counties shall reimburse licensed child care providers for absences based on the following schedule: a. No fewer than three (3) absences per month if they are in levels one (1) or two (2) of the Department’s quality rating and improvement system. b. No fewer than four (4) absences per month if they are in levels three (3), four (4), or five (5) of the Department’s quality rating and improvement system. c. No fewer than three (3) absences per month if they are a school age child care program that does not have a quality rating through the Department’s quality rating and improvement system. d. Counties may request approval from the Department to reimburse licensed child care providers more than the minimum number of absences in the above schedule by submitting a county rate plan, subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. 2. Counties may request approval from the Department to pay licensed child care providers for holidays in accordance with the policy set by the county by submitting a county rate plan, subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. 3. Counties may request approval from the Department to adopt a policy allowing the use of hold slots to address payments for unattended authorized care that is in addition to absences, holidays, and school breaks to hold a child's space with a provider when the child is not in care by submitting a county rate plan, subject to the requirements and Department approval as described in rule section 3.104. F. Counties may request approval from the Department to adopt a policy to pay for drop in days in addition to regularly authorized care by submitting a county rate