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CAPS Policy – Priority Groups No.: CAPS/00-7 Effective Date: 10/01/2016 Revised: 03/02/2026 Revision Effective: 03/02/2026

CAPS Policy Manual

Page 41 of 109 Description Program Requirements Eligibility Requirements Payment Authorization • visual impairments (including blindness) • serious emotional disturbance • orthopedic impairments • autism • traumatic brain injury • specific learning disabilities • other health impairments that impact the child’s learning • significant delays in physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or adaptive development • an Individualized Family Service Plan (Part C of IDEA)

• an Individualized Education Program (Part B, section 619, of IDEA)

• an Individual Accommodation Plan (Section 504) that indicates how the child’s learning is impacted • a Medicaid waiver for persons with disabilities (Katie Beckett, NOW, or COMP) • proof of Supplemental Security Income for the child • a completed CAPS Child Learning Impact Assessment Form (Appendix KK)

Requirements Policy (CAPS/00-6). • Meet CAPS income guidelines as prescribed in the CAPS Income Calculations Policy (CAPS/00-8). • Meet CAPS state- approved activity requirements as prescribed in CAPS Eligibility Requirements Policy (CAPS/00-6). • CAPS will pay informal providers the CAPS maximum reimbursement rate based on the chart located in Appendix C and may approve a negotiated rate. • Refer to the CAPS Purchase of Child Care through Scholarships Policy (CAPS/00-10) for payment rates related to children with disabilities. • CAPS funds may be used to support children with disabilities 17 years of age or younger at a licensed child care learning center or family child care learning home, a CAPS-eligible exempt program, or an informal provider enrolled with the CAPS program. • CAPS will include all children in the family unit who need child care when there is an eligible child with a disability. CAPS will reimburse up to the child care provider’s published rate only for the child with a disability. Rates for the remaining children in the family unit will be based on the maximum reimbursement rate chart located in Appendix C.

Families of children enrolled in Georgia’s Pre-K Program Description Program Requirements Eligibility Requirements Payment Authorization Families of children enrolled in Georgia’s Pre-K Program are considered a priority group for CAPS. CAPS receives funds from Georgia’s Pre-K Program to provide before and after school care services to children who are enrolled in Georgia’s Pre-K. Acceptable verification may include any of the following: • Georgia’s Pre-K status verified through the state’s Pre-K database system

• The completed CAPS Georgia’s Pre-K Program Referral Form (Appendix S) if the status cannot be verified through the Pre-K database system.

Parents must: • Meet non-financial eligibility requirements (Georgia residency, child citizenship or qualified alien status, immunization, and identity) as prescribed in CAPS Eligibility Requirements Policy (CAPS/00-6). • Meet CAPS income guidelines as prescribed in the CAPS Income Calculations Policy (CAPS/00-8). • Meet CAPS state- approved activity • CAPS will only subsidize services for children enrolled in Georgia’s Pre- K for times when the Pre- K classroom is not in session, such as school holidays or before and after school care. • CAPS will include all eligible children in the family unit who need child care when care is authorized for a child enrolled in Georgia’s Pre- K.