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A/R: Applicant/Recipient Authorized Service Period: The specific time frame that child care services are authorized to a client and a specific provider. BBA: Balanced Budget Act Billing Rate: The provider's weekly service rate minus any applicable copay, and any discount for a second child. Care Type: The age groups 0-1,1,2,3,4,5-12 not in kindergarten, 5-12 and 13-19 when special needs in which the provider has enrolled with the Child Care Scholarship Program. Providers cannot offer services to Child Care Scholarship clients or receive payment for service in a care type in which they have not been enrolled. CCC: Child Care Center CCDF: Child Care Development Fund CCL: Child Care Licensing Center-based Care: Facility licensed by SCDSS to serve 13 or more children. Child: The recipient of child care services. Child Care Payables Department:

The area that is responsible for overseeing the receipt, tracking and processing of all child care payments for the Child Care Scholarship Program. This area is also known as Fiscal or Child Care Expenditures.