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REV. AUGUST 20, 2007 NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CCS PROGRAM MANUAL LETTER # 69-2007 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 392 NAC 4-003.04

4-003.04 Activity Fees: An activity fee is billed as a separate service. Activity fees are paid to licensed programs only. The activity fee must not exceed what is charged to private pay families or the Department’s maximum.

Activity fees are intended primarily for school age children during summer months, but may be approved for other age children. In order to receive an activity fee, the child care provider must have a written policy that describes how the activity fee is required for private pay families and the specific amount of the fee. Activity fees should be billed on a monthly basis for the time children were in attendance for the previous month. 4-003.05 Transportation 4-003.05A Transportation To and From Home: The worker may authorize transportation or escort to and from home:

1. When the child care is necessary for any of the reasons listed at 392 NAC 3-008.01; 2. When transportation costs are not included in the total child care rate; 3. When the child care is licensed, if required by law; and 4. When the case is CF, LF or WI. (The WI case must have an open protective service case.)

Transportation is paid per one way trip per child to and from home. 4-003.05B Transportation To and From School: If a provider normally provides transportation from child care to school and return, it may be included as a part of child care. The Department will not pay for transportation to and from school as a separate service. The fee for it must be prorated over the time period affected and included as a part of the normal child care rate if this does not cause the provider’s rate to exceed the rate maximums.

4-003.06 Unit Codes and Maximums

Service Unit

Maximum Units Per Month

Enrollment Fee

NA Hour

5 hours 59 min/day

31 days/month Day

31 Child Care Related 50 trips Transportation 4-003.07 Client Charges: The family is responsible for payment of fees assessed for failure to pick up the child by the end of the program’s day. When the provider charges private pay families by enrollment only, the provider may charge the client if the child is absent on a scheduled day. The provider cannot charge for time the child was not scheduled to be in attendance.