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The HS CM should provide information to the child care worker to include: • Completed DSS Form 3004, Child Care Referral Form • Completed DSS Form 3791, Child Care Scholarship Program application. It is preferred that the caretaker sign the application. If the parent/caretaker refuses to sign, it is recommended that the HS CM sign the application. • Verification of income, if applicable.

A CPS-Out client must need the service for one of the following reasons: • To enable the child to remain in the home of the caretaker/relative while the parent pursues rehabilitation. • To reduce the detrimental effects of abuse and neglect by providing the child with developmentally appropriate experiences in the areas of physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development. • The family is not responsible for the weekly copay but may be responsible for the difference in what the Child Care Scholarship system pays and what the child care provider charges. • The child is under the age of 13 (or the child is aged 13 -19 with Special Needs). NOTE: A child who turns age 13 during their child care eligibility period will continue to receive services through the end of the current eligibility period.

2.11.5 THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN (ICPC) The ICPC is a statutory agreement between the states that governs the placement of children from one state to another. It includes requirements that states must follow before a child can be placed in another state. The purpose of the ICPC is to ensure that children placed in another state receive the same services, oversight and protections that would be afforded if they remained in their home state. It is the sending states responsibility to pay for all child care costs.

2.11.6 FOSTER CARE CRITERIA Child care services may be provided to a foster child if there is an open/active foster care case. A child in a licensed group home or emergency shelter is not eligible to receive child care. An application is completed in the name of the foster child. It is preferred that the application is signed by the foster parent on behalf of the foster child. Since the foster parent is caring for a child of the State,