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

81 G. Subject to the requirements and approval described in rule section 3.104, a county may waive the parent fee for a Low-Income or Colorado Works Child Care household that has a child who is dually enrolled in a Head Start or Early Head Start Program. H. For a Low-Income or Colorado Works Child Care household utilizing a child care provider in the top three levels of the Department’s quality rating system, the parent fee shall be reduced by twenty percent (20%) of the regularly calculated parent fee. For households utilizing multiple child care providers, only one child care provider is required to be in the top three quality levels for the reduced parent fee to apply. I. All adult caretakers and teen parents are required to pay the parent fee as determined by the formula listed in rule section 3.124(P), except in the following cases: 1. When one (1) or two (2) teen parent households who are in middle/junior high, high school, GED, or vocational/technical training activity and payment of a fee produces a hardship, the parent fee may be waived entirely and documented in the case file. The parent fee waiver shall be reviewed during each re-determination. 2. The Low-Income or Colorado Works Child Care household is eligible for a reduced parent fee based on the quality level of the child care provider. 3. Colorado Works households where the adult caretaker or teen parent has entered into a current individualized plan and is participating in an allowable work activity as defined in Colorado Works rule (9 CCR 2503-6), incorporated by reference in rule section 3.103(CC), above, other than paid employment, shall not have a parent fee. 4. Child Welfare Child Care households as defined in the Social Services rule manual, rule section 7.302 (12 CCR 2509-4), incorporated by reference in rule section 3.103 (Y), above, shall not have a parent fee.