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

13 JJJ. “High-quality early childhood program” means a program operated by a child care provider with a fiscal agreement through CCCAP and that: (1) is in the top three levels of the state’s quality rating and improvement system; (2) is accredited by a Department-approved accrediting body; or (3) is an early head start or head start program that meets federal standards. KKK. “Hold slots” means a number of days when payment is allowed for unused care that is in addition to absences, holidays, and school breaks. Hold slots are intended to hold a child's slot with a provider due to extended absence from care. Counties must request approval from the Department to offer a county- determined number of drop in days by submitting and receiving approval via a county rate plan. County rate plan approval is subject to the requirements as described in rule section 3.104. LLL. “Household” includes: all children in the home who are under eighteen (18) years of age; all children under nineteen (19) years of age who are still in high school and the responsibility of the adult caretaker(s); and the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s). MMM. “In loco parentis” means a relationship where a person assumes and discharges the obligations of a parent without the formality of an adoption proceeding; no legal or biological relationship is necessary for someone to act in loco parentis. Parent obligations include, but are not limited to, attending parent teacher conferences, regularly picking up and dropping children at child care, and regularly taking the child to doctor appointments.NNN. “Incapacitated” means a physical or mental impairment which substantially reduces or precludes the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) from providing care for his/her child(ren) and participating in a Low-Income Child Care eligible activity. Such a condition shall be documented by a physician's statement or other medical verification which establishes a causal relationship between the impairment and the ability to provide child care.