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1250 (07/2026) Chapter 8: Examples • Chapter 8: Examples Example 1: Ann is an assistant teacher at a certified child care center. She is required to be certified in First Aid and CPR. She is not paid for the time it takes for her to complete her certifications, but the class time can be covered as a retention activity by her authorized child care hours for ERDC. These requirements do not apply to Categorical ERDC or Expanded Child Welfare (EXP-CW) cases. Example 2: Thorson is an EMT. He is required to take six hours of Airway Management/Ventilation classes in order to be eligible to renew his certification. His employer does not pay him during class time. He is allowed to use his ERDC child care to cover the time he is required to be in these classes. He contacts ODHS because he needs more child care hours for this month to cover the training. The worker emails DPU to cancel and replace the current month’s billing form, including the additional six hours. (adding hours for ongoing) Student hours for career advancement: Additional child care hours may be authorized for working students. The caretaker must be able to show that the coursework will lead to a certificate, degree or job-related knowledge and skills. The caretaker must request student hours by contacting ODHS. These requirements do not apply to Categorical ERDC or Expanded Child Welfare (EXP-CW) cases. Child care hours Individual program example(s) ERDC Caretaker work/school schedule Example 1: Paige is school aged and her sister is in preschool. The child care provider transports Paige to school at 8:20 a.m. and picks her up at 3:00 p.m. The provider cannot bill for the hours that Paige is at school. Example 2: Katheryn is going into kindergarten this fall. Her preschool offers kindergarten classes and charges $700.00 per month for the kindergarten class which includes before and after school care (from 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. DHS cannot pay for the kindergarten tuition. Since before and after school care is included in the cost of tuition, there is no remaining cost that ODHS can cover.