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a. Appropriate child care will be defined as a licensed child care center or an approved family day care home or an individual (18 years old or older) chosen by the parent to care for the child. b. The distance shall be considered reasonable if the day care center is within a 20-mile radius of the parent’s home or worksite. 2. Informal child care services provided by a relative or under other arrangements is not unavailable or is unsuitable. a. Reasons for unavailable or unsuitable child care will be reported by the parent to the case manager. Complaints involving child abuse, neglect or an unsafe environment must be reported to the MS State Department of Health, Division of Child Care Facilities Licensure. Proper county procedures must be followed. Volume III | Chapter 10

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MISSISSIPPI SUPPORTIVE SERVICES] Revised 04-01-12 2-01-18 b. If the parent or caretaker relative refuses to take the child to a particular day care center, the individual must inform the case manager of the reason for the refusal. The case manager must assist the parent/caretaker relative with finding other child care services available in the area. The case manager will determine good cause for non-participation based on the information gathered. If the parent or caretaker relative refuses to select a provider from the approved provider list, the MDHS case manager must be notified of the reason(s) by the MDES interviewer via MDHS-EA-387 the same day of discovery. The MDHS case manager and the MDES interviewer must work together to assist the parent/caretaker relative find an approved provider that is suitable. The MDHS case manager will determine good cause for non-participation based on the information gathered. 3. Appropriate and affordable formal child care arrangements are unavailable. a. Affordable child care is child care services that are equal to or less than the established rates for the type of care according to the OCY Daily Child Reimbursement Tiers. Affordable care based on the rates established by the DECCD Daily Child Reimbursement Tiers is not available. Participant’s Work Schedule A participant’s TWP work schedule will determine the days of the week the child care provider can request payment for services provided. The valid work schedule codes that will be entered on the ACRP screen are listed below. The code entered must represent the participant’s work schedule. The participant’s work schedule code entered on the ACRR screen must represent the participant’s actual work schedule. The valid work schedule codes are listed below: