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Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Acronyms and Definitions

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Revised 04/2023 Child Support – Monetary assistance provided by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent for support of the child. Child Support Enforcement – Service provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to locate absent parents, establish paternity and child support orders and pursue, collect, and distribute child support payments to custodial parents. Child Welfare Services – Services to prevent foster care placement, reunify families or achieve other permanent placement or to aid families in crisis. Subsidized child care services are provided to child welfare services families without regard to income and no parent fee is assessed. Children with Special Needs – Children identified by Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services or by the Local Education Agency as having developmental delays, disabilities, or atypical development that require specialized services to meet their need for child care. Providers may receive a supplemental rate for providing services to children with special needs if needed and requested. Children’s Developmental Services Agency – An organization that determines eligibility for the Infant-Toddler Program. Citizenship- A U.S. Citizen or a legal U.S. Non-Citizen (residing in the U.S. legally) Examples- Refugee; US Citizen/Naturalized Citizen; US Non-Citizen National; Documented Alien). Client Services Data Warehouse – A Web Intelligence system that allows users to create queries and reports for analysis. Complete Records- shall mean records having an indication of absent or present for each day a child is scheduled to attend the facility and "accurate records" shall mean attendance records with an error rate no greater than 10 percent. Countable income - The sum of all recognized income of the income unit, including unearned and calculated earned income. Countable income is used to determine eligibility. County Transfer- When a family moves from one county to another within the state and continues to need subsidized child care, the family’s eligibility for SCCA and their case shall continue without interruption in eligibility and the case shall be transferred to the new county. Criminal Records Check – A search of local, state, and/or federal records to determine if a person has been convicted of a crime. Effective January 1, 1996, anyone working, or wanting to work, in child care must complete a criminal records background check. The results of the background check are used to decide if the person is fit to care for children.