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

4 “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. “Basic education” is a Low-Income Child Care eligible activity where an adult caretaker or teen parent is in 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). “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. “Child care authorization notice” means a state prescribed form which authorizes the purchase of child care and includes the children authorized for care. The authorization notice will be given to the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) and applicable child care provider(s) in order to serve as notice to the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s), and child care provider(s) of approval or change of child care services. Colorado’s child care authorization notice(s) are vouchers for the purposes of the CCCAP. “CHATS” means the Child Care Automated Tracking System. “Child care provider” means a child care provider licensed pursuant to Part 3 of Article 5 of Title 26.5 that has an agreement or enrollment contract to participate in CCCAP. “Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies” (CCR&R) means agencies or organizations available to assist individuals in the process of choosing child care providers. “Child care staff” or “child care technician” means individuals who are designated by counties or their designees to administer all, or a portion of, the CCCAP and includes, but is not limited to, workers whose responsibilities are to refer children for child care assistance, determine eligibility, authorize care, process billing forms, and issue payment for child care subsidies. “Child Welfare Child Care” means a child care component within CCCAP where less than twenty-four (24) hour child care assistance to maintain children in their own homes or in the least restrictive out-of-home care when there are no other child care options available. See rule manual Volume 7, Rule Section 7.302, Child Welfare Child Care (12 CCR 2509-4). (Mar. 3, 2023), herein incorporated by reference. No later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available at no cost from the Colorado Department of Human Services, 1575 Sherman St., Denver, Colorado 80203, or at https://www.sos.state.co.us. These regulations are also available for inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash Street, Bldg. C, Denver, Colorado 80246 during regular business hours. “Citizen/legal resident” means a citizen of the United States, current legal resident of the United States, or a person lawfully present in the United States pursuant to Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Public Law 104-193; and Federal Register notices 62 Fed. Reg. 61344 (Nov. 17, 1997) and 63 Fed. Reg. 41658 (Aug. 4, 1998). Herein incorporated by reference. No later amendments or editions are incorporated. These documents are available at no cost from the office of the Federal Register 7 G Street, NW, Ste. A-734, Washington, D.C. 20401, or at https://www.federalregister.gov/. These document are also available for inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), 710 S. Ash Street, Bldg. C, Denver, Colorado 80246. Since the child is the beneficiary of child care assistance, the citizen/legal resident requirement only applies to the child who is being considered for assistance.