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9 15. Care Types: Different types of child care services such as full-time, part-time, night, or weekend selected by the applicant. 16. Child Care Provider: A child care provider or family child care provider that has been determined duly eligible by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Early Childhood Care & Development (DECCD) through meeting minimum requirements to participate in the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). The child care provider refers to the individual or entity to whom DECCD issues payments for reimbursement of child care services to not the individual locations for which the provider may be licensed to operate a child care facility. 17. Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF): A federally funded program designed to improve the affordability and quality of child care and provide access to child care services for eligible low-income families so they can work or attend an education or job training program provided under the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG). 18. Child Care Certificate: Issued by DECCD directly to the parent of a child who has been determined eligible for CCDF funds. A child care certificate (voucher) is assistance to the parent that allows a CCPP approved provider to claim CCPP reimbursement for child care services delivered. Child Care Certificates are only valid when care is provided by the approved provider at the approved location indicated on the certificate. 19. Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG): The primary source of the United States federal funding for child care subsidies for low- income working families and funds to improve child care quality. 20. Child Care Payment Ledger: The method used in the Child Care Payment System (CCPS) for providers to record attendance of enrolled children. Providers are paid based on the claims submitted on the payment ledger. 21. Child Care Payment Program (CCPP): Child Care Payment Program is the name Mississippi uses for the CCDF program which is administered by MDHS to provide child care payment assistance to eligible low-income families through the CCDF. 22. Child Care Payment System (CCPS): The system used by DECCD staff to process parent applications and to determine eligibility. The system is also used by parents to submit applications, updates, and renewals and by providers to submit payment ledgers, updates and renewals. 23. Child Care Services: Care provided for a fee by a child care provider to an eligible child or children in the parent or guardian’s absence. 24. Child Care Staff: A caregiver who provides child care services for a child(ren) when the parent(s) and other family members are unavailable, including the child care director, hired staff, volunteers, and drivers. 25. Child with Special Needs: A child under the age of 19 who meets the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) definition of disability by having a medically determined physical or mental impairment that results in marked and severe functional limitations, that can be expected to result in death, or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.