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

51 QQ. The county shall generate Attendance Tracking System registration for child care providers when a fiscal agreement with a provider is opened. RR. The county shall make available the following child care provider information, including protective services information, to all staff whose responsibilities include child care subsidy services: 1. Information known to licensing staff. 2. Information from previous agency contacts. 3. Information obtained from the Fiscal Agreement renewals. 4. Information obtained from adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s), caseworker visits, and other sources. 5. Information about corrective action intervention by the counties, their designee(s), or the Department. SS. The counties or their designee will complete an annual review of the state-administered system for child abuse and neglect on the qualified exempt child care provider(s) and any individual(s) in the qualified exempt child care provider’s household who is eighteen (18) years and over not including the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) if care is provided in the qualified exempt provider’s home. TT. Counties shall maintain a copy of the non-relative qualified exempt provider’s health and safety report of inspection in the provider file. The report of inspection shall be made available to the client upon request to the county or the Department. UU. Upon notification to counties by the Department that the relevant systems are capable of accommodating this review, the counties or their designee shall screen the qualified exempt child care provider(s) and any other adult eighteen (18) years of age and older, not including the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s), for current or previous adverse county contact, including but not limited to, allegations of fraud or IPV. VV. The county shall reimburse licensed child care providers based on the state established base payment and tiered reimbursement rates. WW. The state-established licensed child care provider reimbursement rates shall include a system of tiered reimbursement based on quality levels for licensed child care providers that enroll children participating in CCCAP. ZZ. For renewals, the county shall send fiscal agreements at least sixty (60) calendar-days prior to the end date of the previous fiscal agreement via postal service, fax, hand-delivery, e-mail or other electronic systems. YY. Counties shall make fiscal agreements effective the date that the county receives the completed and signed fiscal agreement from the provider. Fiscal agreements shall be: 1. One (1) year in length for qualified exempt child care providers 2. Three (3) years in length for licensed child care providers ZZ. Counties shall reimburse providers at the rate set by the Department.