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451 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 6: Non-financial eligibility facility are required to meet certain standards not required of a registered family provider. • The licensed certified center rate applies to child care provided in a facility certified by the CCLD as a certified child care center. To earn this designation, the facility must be inspected, and both staff and facility are required to meet certain standards not required of other provider types. Child care rate charts The following are the child care rate charts. Because the market price survey found rates providers charged were higher in some areas of the state than in others, the state was divided into three areas, with a separate chart for each area. The ZIP code of the provider determines which chart to use. (Out-of-state providers use Group Area C.) Click here for the most recent Child Care Maximum Rates. Child care provider Spark incentive payments Effective April 1, 2016, child care providers who have been awarded a Spark star rating may be eligible to receive a payment in addition to ERDC maximum rate. The additional monthly amount the provider could receive is based on the provider’s QRIS star rating. Star rating Incentive amount 3 Star $54 4 Star $72 5 Star $90 In order to qualify for the incentive payment, the provider must meet the following requirements: • Be an ERDC approved provider • Achieved and maintained a 3, 4 or 5 star Spark rating • Have been paid for full-time care (136 hours or more) for an ERDC child • Not be a contracted child care provider. Provider incentive payments can be made for each full-time ERDC child per month. Changes in the provider’s star rating are effective the following month and may affect the incentive amount the provider receives. Providers can choose not to receive the incentive amount. Billing for absent days The ERDC Program can pay for days when a child is absent from care under the following circumstances: • The provider bills for the time the child was scheduled to be in care on the absent day. • It is the provider’s policy to bill all families for absent days. Effective July 1, 2021, all providers may bill for up to 31 absent days in a month if the child has attended at least one day. The provider will need to indicate the absent days on their attendance logs. SNAP This does not apply to the SNAP program.