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NOTE: If it is known that the potential FFN provider plans to have another person care for the child while they are en route from their primary employment, or other activity, the arrangement must be denied. • FFN arrangement cannot be approved for a provider who is a member of the same TANF/FS family household unit as the parent applying for child care services, even if a member of the TANF/FS household unit has been disqualified and is not in the TANF/FS budget. • A person who becomes an FFN provider (or potential provider) is found to have been terminated from the Child Care Scholarship Program for misrepresentation as a Child Care Scholarship Program client will not be approved as an FFN provider. The child care worker will notify the provider in writing, if the arrangement is terminated or denied. If a provider is terminated or denied, payment may not be made for services rendered. • Other reasons as determined appropriate based on the individual situations. • Any provider or family member 18 years or older with an unsatisfactory Central Registry finding or sex offender search. • Any provider who is employed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services within the State, Regional or County offices. • Failure to return the FFN provider packet within 15 calendar days may result in the denial of the enrollment request.
5.7.5 FAMILY, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR CARE (IN THE CHILD’S HOME) (FNI) An in-home child care arrangement is care that is provided in the child’s own home by a relative or non-relative child care provider who is at least 21 years old and who does not live in the same household as the child. In-home care is affected by interaction with other laws and regulations. For example, in home providers who are NOT related to the child are classified as domestic service workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (29-USC Section 206 (A) and are therefore covered under minimum wage. FNI providers are also subject to tax requirements. Based on these IRS Regulations, the use of an in-home arrangement is limited to: In-home arrangement in which the provider is not related to the child will be approved only when the client has five or more children in the home that require