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

54 F. When a county conducts a pre-eligibility determination, the county shall notify the prospective child care provider with the referral for pre-eligibility authorization that payment for care provided prior to full eligibility may not occur if the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) is ultimately deemed ineligible for the CCCAP program. G. A child care provider may refuse to serve a county pre-eligibility authorized program participant. 3.114 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS 3.114.1 ELIGIBLE FACILITIES A. Licensed Facilities The following facilities are required to be licensed and comply with licensing rules as defined in the Social Services rule manual, rule sections 7.701 through 7.712 (12 CCR 2509-8), incorporated by reference in rule section 3.103, above: 1. Family child care homes as defined in section 26.5-5-303(7), C.R.S. 2. Child care centers which are less than 24-hour programs of care, as defined in section 26.5-5-303(3), C.R.S. B. Qualified Exempt Child Care Providers 1. Qualified exempt child care provider: A non-licensed family child care home in which less than twenty-four (24) hour care is given at any one time that meets one of the following: a. For a relative qualified exempt provider, any number of children directly related to the provider; or b. For a qualified exempt provider that is not a relative of the children in care, no more than four (4) children in care, with no more than two (2) children under the age of two (2) years at any one time. 1) if the provider’s own children are in the provider’s care, the provider’s children count towards the maximum capacity of four (4). c. The relationships for care outlined in a-b of this rule section include: 1) “Relative in-home care” means care provided by a relative in the child’s own home by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older 2) “Relative out-of-home care” means care provided by a relative in another location by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older 3) “Non-relative in-home care” means care provided by a person, who is not a relative to the children in care, in the child’s own home. 4) “Non-relative out-of-home care” means care provided by a person, who is not a relative to the children in care, outside of the child’s home.