008.01(H) PROVIDING CHILD CARE SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.

An individual who is providing child care services to the children of another Employment First participant to enable him or her to participate in the community service component activity. This activity must be effective in helping move the child care provider toward economic self-sufficiency. The activity should be made meaningful through training, certification or mentoring, and work towards certification as a child care provider and be a first step toward the participant’s employment in the child care field. The participant may or may not be paid for services rendered. The individual who is participating in the community service component activity is not required to pay the participant for providing the child care services. The participant should be encouraged to apply to the Department to be an approved provider and receive payment for their services as an approved child care provider. Daily supervision is required.