10:15-10.1 Payment policies

(a) Child care payments shall be available for care of an infant, toddler, preschool child, school-aged child, or children with special needs in various types of arrangements, including full and part-time day care and care before and after school. Payment schedules are issued in accordance with specific programs as indicated in (c) below. (b) WFNJ and TCC payment for care of the school-aged children of parents eligible for the DHS subsidized child care programs, which is limited to part-time or after school care during the school year, shall be made at the full-day rates during summer vacations and recognized vacations and holidays during the school year. (c) The maximum child care payment rates are set forth in the Table below for the ARCC, CCDBG, WFNJ, and TCC programs and contracted centers. Providers are eligible for increased payments if they verify receipt of a national accreditation for child care by providing a copy of their accreditation certificate to the CCR&R and whose rates reflect this higher reimbursement rate. For contracted centers, verification of accreditation shall also be provided to the DFD Contract Administrators. The maximum child care payment rates utilized in the DHS child care service programs are set forth below. Copies are available through a written request to the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development, PO Box 716, Trenton, NJ 08625, the local CP&P Area Office, a CCR&R or through the DHS/DFD child care web site. The Maximum Child Care Payment Rates Table includes the maximum payment rates allowable through the WFNJ, the TCC support services programs and the NJCK Child Care Voucher Program for licensed child care centers, school-age programs, summer day camps, registered family child care provider homes and for approved homes. The table also includes the maximum reimbursement rates allowable through the WFNJ, the TCC support services programs and the NJCK Child Care Voucher Program for accredited licensed child care centers, school age programs, summer day camps and registered family child care homes. The 2009 Maximum Child Care Program Rates table follows: 1. Notwithstanding the date when the family requests child care through NJCK, eligibility for child care shall continue for a period of not less than 12 months before reevaluation of eligibility for continued receipt of child care service program benefits, or upon notification of change in eligibility or as determined necessary by the CCR&R. Employment or participation in work/training/education activities throughout this 12-month period shall be presumed unless the participant reports otherwise. Continued receipt of benefits shall be subject to the availability of funds. 2. When a WFNJ family requires child care services, eligibility for services shall continue in accordance with conditions at N.J.A.C. 10:15-3.2. 3. When a TCC family requires child care services, eligibility for services shall continue in accordance with conditions at N.J.A.C. 10:15-4.2. (e) The family enrolled in NJCK is not eligible for child care for any remaining portion of the 12 month period if the parent/applicant: 1. Terminates full-time employment or training or educational programs, or the wages/income exceed eligibility levels; 2. Fails to pay the required co-payment to the provider(s) where applicable; or 3. Otherwise does not meet eligibility criteria. (f) A bridge payment shall be authorized for up to five weeks during the transition between jobs and/or training/education activities. Authorization for DFD voucher programs shall be approved under the following circumstances: 1. If the parent/applicant is scheduled to begin an approved activity within two weeks as permitted by the specific child care program. However, if the parent/applicant loses eligibility due to failure to start an approved activity within the required two week period and becomes eligible again, he or she must reapply for child care benefits. 2. If the parent/applicant loses a job and/or ends or no longer attends the approved activity and then begins employment and/or another approved activity within five weeks, then the family can qualify for those five weeks of care during the transition between jobs. This is appropriate where child care arrangements would be otherwise lost and the subsequent approved activity is scheduled to begin within that period, as well as for the remaining portion of up to 12 months in the child care eligibility period. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2005 d.77, effective February 22, 2005. See: 36 N.J.R. 4882(a), 37 N.J.R. 630(c). In (c)2, (c)5, (c)8 and the introductory paragraph of (c)10, substituted "child" for "day" following "family"; in (c)7, inserted "family child care"; and rewrote the tables in (c)10. Amended by R.2009 d.18, effective January 5, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 2637(b), 41 N.J.R. 226(b). In the introductory paragraph of (c), substituted "CCR&R" for "UCCA" twice, substituted "Area" for "Regional", and deleted "or" following "08625,"; in (c), in the paragraph following each of Tables I through X, substituted "CCR&R" for "UCCA"; in the paragraph following Table X, inserted a comma preceding "as well as"; and in (d)1, substituted "CCR&R" for "UCCA". Amended by R.2009 d.356, effective December 7, 2009 See: 41 N.J.R. 2545(a), 41 N.J.R. 4436(a). In (c), rewrote the introductory paragraph, deleted (c)1 through (c)10 and Tables I through X, and inserted the "SFY 2009 Maximum Child Care Program Rates" table. Notice of readoption with technical changes. See: 48 N.J.R. 2807(a). Annotations Notes Chapter Notes 2025 MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATES