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TITLE XV INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHAPTER 170 CHILD CARE SERVICES [Prior to 7/1/83, Social Services[770] Ch 132] [Previously appeared as Ch 132—renumbered IAB 2/29/84] [Prior to 2/11/87, Human Services[498]]

Chapter rescission date pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.7: 1/1/28 Preamble

The intent of this chapter is to establish requirements for the payment of child care services. Child care services are for children of low-income parents who are in academic or vocational training, or employed or looking for employment, or unable to care for children due to physical or mental illness, or needing protective services to prevent or alleviate child abuse or neglect. Services may be provided in a licensed child care center, a registered child development home, the child’s own home, or a nonregistered family child care home. [ARC 2169C, IAB 9/30/15, effective 1/1/16; ARC 6965C, IAB 4/5/23, effective 6/1/23] 441—170.1(237A) Definitions. “Agency error” means child care assistance incorrectly paid for the client because of action attributed to the department as the result of one or more of the following circumstances: 1. Loss or misfiling of forms or documents. 2. Errors in typing or copying. 3. Computer input errors. 4. Mathematical errors. 5. Failure to determine eligibility correctly or to certify assistance in the correct amount when all essential information was available to the department. 6. Failure to make timely changes in assistance following amendments of policies that require the changes by a specific date. “Child care” means a service that provides child care in the absence of parents for a portion of the day, but less than 24 hours. Child care supplements parental care by providing care and protection for children who need care in or outside their homes for part of the day. Child care provides experiences for each child’s social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development. Child care may involve comprehensive child development care or it may include special services for a child with special needs. Components of this service shall include supervision, food services, program and activities, and may include transportation. “Child with protective needs” means a child who is in foster care or has a case file that identifies child care as a safety or well-being need to prevent or alleviate the effects of child abuse or neglect. Child care is provided as part of a safety plan during a child abuse or child in need of assistance assessment or as part of the service plan established in the family’s case plan. The child must have: 1. An open child abuse assessment; 2. An open child in need of assistance assessment; 3. An open child welfare case as a result of a child abuse assessment; 4. A petition on file for a child in need of assistance adjudication; or 5. Adjudication as a child in need of assistance. “Child with special needs” means a child with one or more of the following conditions: 1. The child has been diagnosed by a physician or by a person endorsed for service as a school psychologist by the Iowa department of education to have a developmental disability which substantially limits one or more major life activities, and the child requires professional treatment, assistance in self-care, or the purchase of special adaptive equipment. Human Services[441] IAC 6/10/26 Ch 170, p.1