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Louisiana Administrative Code April 2025 1 Title 28 EDUCATION Part CLXV. Bulletin 139Louisiana Child Care and Development Fund Programs

Chapter 1. Child Care Assistance Program §101. Authority A. The Louisiana Child Care Assistance Program is established pursuant to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG) and administered by the Louisiana Department of Education (department) under the authority of state and federal laws. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 42 USC 9858, 45 CFR Parts 98 and 99 and R.S. 17:407.26. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41:2109 (October 2015). §103. Definitions Automated Child Care Time and Attendance—an electronic system that provides accurate and timely capturing, tracking, and reporting of time and attendance data. Back Scansattendance scans by head of household or household designee utilizing the LDOE Automated Child Care Time and Attendance system that are made at a time other than the actual times of arrival and departure of the child. BESE—Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. BESE Bulletin 136—The Louisiana Standards for Early Childhood Care and Education Programs Serving Children Birth-Five Years. BESE Bulletin 137—Louisiana Early Learning Center Licensing Regulations. Biocontaminantsany biological contaminant that includes blood and any bodily fluids, excretions, or waste that may spread infectious disease. Bureau—Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. CBC—criminal background check. CCAP—Child Care Assistance Program. CCAP Householda household certified by the department as eligible for participation in CCAP. CCAP Provider—a child care provider certified by the Department of Education as eligible to receive CCAP payments. CCCBC—child care criminal background check. Care for Children with Disabilities—for CCAP, child care for a child birth through age 17 who has a current individualized family services plan (IFSP) or individual education plan (IEP) in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or who receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Caregiver—any person legally obligated to provide or secure care for a child, including a parent, legal custodian, foster home parent, or other person providing a residence for the child. Certification—verification by the department of eligibility to participate in CCAP and receive CCAP payments. Certified—eligible to participate in CCAP. Child—a person who has not yet reached the age 13, or a person with special needs who has not yet reached age 18. The words “child” and “children” are interchangeable in this Bulletin. Child and Adult Care Food Program—federal nutrition reimbursement program as funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Department of Education. Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)—federal program whose purpose is to increase the availability, affordability and quality of child care for eligible families. Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)—program funded through the CCDF that makes payments to eligible child care providers for child care services provided to eligible families through both voucher seats and contracted seats. Child Care Center—any place or center operated by any institution, political subdivision, society, agency, corporation, person or persons, or any other group for the purpose of providing care, supervision, and guidance of seven or more children, not including those related to the caregiver, unaccompanied by parent or legal custodian, on a regular basis for at least 12 1/2 hours in a continuous seven- day week. Child Care Criminal Background Check (CCCBC)— information received by the department upon request for information pursuant to requirements set forth in R.S. 17:407.71 and 45 CFR 98.43(b). Child Care Provider—an early learning center, family child care provider, in home child care provider, military child care center or school child care center. Child Care Purposes—for home-based providers, child care purposes include being a family child care provider, an adult employed in the residence or on the property of the residence or an adult living in the residence where child care is being provided by a family child care provider; being an in-home child care provider, an adult employed in the home