340:40-10-1 Electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for child care

(a) The EBT system used for child care tracks time and attendance for a child receiving subsidized child care and processes child care provider payments. This system involves a client or authorized representative using an EBT card to document attendance by swiping the card through a point-of-service (POS) machine or recording attendance using the ECC Connect mobile app at the child care facility. The client or authorized representative records real-time attendance or enters previous in and out times for up to 10-calendar days, the current day and nine previous days. The system works best when the client or authorized representative records attendance real time. (b) The county EBT specialist issues an EBT card to a child care applicant at the time he or she applies for a child care benefit and views an EBT training video. (c) Only two EBT cards are issued per Adult and Family Services child care case; one card for the parent or caretaker and one for an authorized representative. The authorized representative can be the other parent or someone else who helps the client take the child to, or pick the child up from, the child care facility. The client is responsible for all attendance by the authorized representative records. The client is prohibited from choosing the child care provider or anyone the child care provider employs as the authorized representative. (d) Two EBT cards can be issued per child in a Child Welfare case when each child in the case resides with different foster parents.