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Provider: An authorized child care group, home, or center-based facility or a non- regulated care arrangement provided by family, friends, or neighbors to care for eligible children with the Child Care Scholarship Program. PROWA: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Provider Number: The Federal Employer Identification Number [FEIN] or Social Security Number (SSN) of the provider. This number identifies the provider for purposes of payment, tracking and reporting. Registration Fee: A fee most providers charge to client’s participating in a child care program. This fee covers program costs not included in the service rate i.e., insurance, materials, supplies. This fee may not exceed the fee charged to private-paying children in the child care program. Registration fees are automatically paid based on registration information submitted by the provider at initial enrollment. A provider is not eligible for a registration fee for clients receiving less than half- time care. The provider may require the client to pay the fee if the client has used up their allocation for registration fees. Remittance Advice: A document included with the provider’s check. There are three different types: 1) Paid Remittance Advice: indicates what clients and weeks were paid. 2) Rejected Remittance Advice: indicates which clients and weeks were not paid and the reason. 3) Adjusted Remittance Advice: indicates if funds were deducted from the provider’s check, the amount, and the reason. An Adjusted Remittance Advice is sent only when there have been adjustments to the provider’s payment due to overpayments. SCDE: South Carolina Department of Education