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

4 not of such a degree that the individual cannot safely operate as a Qualified Exempt Child Care Provider. M. “Attendance tracking system (ATS)” means the system used by adult caretakers, teen parents, or another individual delegated by the adult caretaker or teen parent to access benefits and to record child attendance for the purposes of paying for authorized and provided child care. N. “Authorization” or “Authorized care” means the amount and length of time a child is eligible to receive care by licensed or qualified exempt child care providers to whom social/human services will authorize payment. O. “Authorization start date” means the date from which payments for child care services are eligible to be paid by the county. P. “Base reimbursement rate” means the regular daily reimbursement rate paid by the county to the child care provider. This does not include the increase of rates of reimbursement for high-quality early childhood programs. Base reimbursement rates do not include absences, holidays, registration fees, activity fees, and/or transportation fees. Q. “Basic education” is a Low-Income Child Care eligible activity where an adult caretaker or teen parent is in middle school, high school education programs working towards a high school diploma or high school equivalency; Adult Basic Education (ABE); and/or English as a Second Language (ESL). R. “Behavioral Health Administration” means the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration established by section 27-50-102, C.R.S. S. “Cash assistance” means payments, vouchers, and other forms of benefits designed to meet a household’s ongoing basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, utilities, household goods, personal care items, and general incidental expenses. Cash assistance may include supportive services to households based on the assessment completed. All state diversion payments of less than four (4) consecutive months are not cash assistance. For the purpose of child care, county diversion payments are not cash assistance.