Child Care Scholarship Payment for Preventive and Protective Care

(b) Weekly standard rates shall be established for licensed child care centers and licensed family child care homes at:

(1) The 60th percentile of the most recent MRS for birth through 35 months; or

(2) The 55th percentile of the most recent MRS for each age category.

(c) A weekly standard rate for license-exempt child care home providers shall be established at 70% of the licensed family child care home standard rate for each age category.

(d) A weekly standard rate for license-exempt child care centers shall be established at 50% of the licensed child care center standard rate.

(e) The weekly standard rate for licensed and license-exempt child care centers and license and license-exempt family homes shall be proportioned from the full time weekly standard rate for half time and part time child care.

(f) Preventive child care scholarship payments shall be based on the child care scholarship standard rate methodology pursuant to (a)-(e) above and a provider may charge the difference between the weekly standard rate and the child care provider’s actual charge.

(g) Protective child care scholarship payments shall be based on the DHHS weekly standard rate pursuant to (a) – (f) and a provider may charge the difference between the weekly standard rate and the child care provider’s actual charge.

(h) In addition to the standard rates, a supplemental payment of $100.00 full time, $75.00 half time, and $50.00 part time per week shall be paid for a child experiencing a disability or significant special need(s) subject to the verification described in He-C 6912.05(e) and He-C 6912.10 (b).

(i) The supplemental payment in (h) above shall be effective the Monday following the approval date on the Form 2690, “Verification for a Child Experiencing a Disability or Significant Special Need(s)” (May 2020).

(j) When a child’s age in months reaches the beginning of a new age category, that is, 0-17, 18-35, 36-78, or 79-155 months, the payment rate shall be changed effective the Monday following the change in age category.

(k) The child care scholarship payments established pursuant to He-C 6912.16 shall be contingent upon the availability and continued appropriation of sufficient funds for this purpose, and in no event shall DHHS be liable for any payments hereunder in excess of such available appropriated funds.

Source. #13064, eff 7-1-20