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

70 2. Protective services households must be allowed up to six (6) months to provide verification of the child(ren)’s identity; and, 3. If the Child Welfare worker cannot verify and attest to the child’s citizenship status, age, or identity within six (6) months of the referral, the county must not provide child care services for the child(ren) through the use of Protective Services Child Care. G. Protective services households must be allowed up to sixty (60) days to provide verification of immunization or religious or medical exemption (see sections 25-4- 902 and 25-4-908, C.R.S., for exemption requirements) if child care is provided by a qualified exempt child care provider not related to the child where care is provided outside of the home. H. If the child(ren) on the Protective Services Child Care case receives care from a licensed child care provider, the county may reimburse the child care provider for additional absences and/or holidays beyond what would be paid for a Low- Income, Colorado Works, or Child Welfare Child Care case. The number of additional absences shall be paid in accordance with the Protective Services Child Care policy set by the county and approved by the Department. 3.120 CHILD WELFARE CHILD CARE A. Child Welfare Child Care is used as a temporary service to maintain children in their own homes or in the least restrictive out-of-home care setting when there are no other child care options available. This may include parents, non-certified kinship care, kinship foster care homes, and foster care homes. B. Child Welfare Child Care is not twenty-four (24) hour care. C. Child care services for school-age children during regular school hours shall be different from, and cannot be substituted for, educational services that school districts are required to provide under the Colorado Exceptional Children's Educational Act. D. Eligibility for Child Welfare Child Care is determined on a case-by-case basis by the Child Welfare division using the criteria outlined in Colorado Department of