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

82 5. Families Experiencing Homelessness as defined in rule section 3.121 shall not have a parent fee during the stabilization period. 6. Protective service households as defined in rule section 3.118 shall not have a parent fee unless the child(ren) has countable income. 7. Families that have no income shall have no parent fee. 8. Effective April 1, 2020, parent fees, as assessed by the parent fee formula, may be waived in the event of a declared state or local disaster or emergency for up to twelve (12) months for households impacted by such disaster or emergency. The county shall document the decision to waive the parent fee and the amount of time the parent fee will be waived in the case record in the Child Care Automated Tracking System (CHATS). J. The initial or revised parent fee shall be effective the first full calendar month after the end of the timely written notice period unless the revision results in a decrease to the parent fee. A parent fee shall not be assessed or changed retroactively unless in the event of an emergency or disaster as outlined in rule section 3.124(H)(8), and, under those circumstances a county may only retroactively waive the parent fee to the beginning of the current month. K. The fee must be paid in the month that care is received and shall be paid by the parent directly to the child care provider(s). Parent fees are used as the first dollars paid for care. The counties or their designee shall not be liable for the fee payment. L. When more than one child care provider is being used by the same household, child care staff shall designate to whom the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) pays a fee or in what proportion the fee shall be split between child care providers. The full parent fee shall be paid each month, but parent fees shall not exceed the reimbursement rate by CCCAP. The adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) shall determine if it is most beneficial to close their CCCAP case if the parent fee exceeds the cost of care.