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39 Chapter 6: Billing and Financials

Rule 6.1 Registration/Activity Fee

The Division of Early Childhood Care and Development (DECCD) will provide payment of an annual registration/activity fee of $50 for each child enrolled in the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). This payment will only be paid once a year when a new child care certificate is issued. Payment will occur at initial application for new applicants and at redetermination for existing parents.

The parent will be responsible for the difference of the amount, if the child care provider charges more than $50 towards the registration fee. If the registration/activity fee has already been paid to the current provider and the parent wishes to transfer his/her child(ren), an additional fee will not be paid by DECCD to transfer to the new provider.

Source: 45 CFR 98.45; Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-2(4); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-4 Revised: August 2025

Rule 6.2 Co-Payment Fee

Co-payments are based on the full-time and part-time status, and the child’s age. Parents must pay the designated fee once a month to the child care provider, in which his/her child(ren) is enrolled. Co-payments are assigned by MDHS. Providers shall not charge parents co-payment rates that deviate in any way from the co-payment amount issued by MDHS. Providers are not authorized to waive a parent's co-payment. Co-payments are part of the agreement between MDHS/DECCD and the parent.

Co-payment fees are divided evenly between the number of children receiving services in the family. For example: If the total co-payment is $10 for a family with three (3) children receiving child care services, two (2) children will have a co-payment fee of $3.33 and one (1) child will have a co-payment fee of $3.34. If a copayment is divided among children in the family, the divided amount will be shown on the child’s individual certificate. The parent is responsible for the monthly copayment amount shown on each certificate.

Determining Who Pays a Co-Payment Fee

Co-payment fees are not charged to the following service populations:

1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients, 2. Homeless families with no countable income, 3. Any family whose income is at or below the federal poverty line.