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“Family” means any individual, adult or adults and children related by blood, marriage, adoption, or an expression of kinship who function as a family unit. "Family day home" means a child day program offered in the residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in care for one through 12 children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, when at least one child receives care for compensation. The provider of a licensed or registered family day home shall disclose to the parents or guardians of children in their care the percentage of time per week that persons other than the provider will care for the children. Family day homes serving five through 12 children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, shall be licensed. However, no family day home shall care for more than four children under the age of two, including the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, unless the family day home is licensed or voluntarily registered. However, a family day home where the children in care are all related to the provider by blood or marriage shall not be required to be licensed according to Code of Virginia §22.1-289.022. "Family day system" means an organization that approves family day homes as members of its system; who refers children to available family day homes in that system; and who, through contractual arrangement, may provide central administrative functions including, but not limited to, training of operators of member homes; technical assistance and consultation to operators of member homes; inspection, supervision, monitoring, and evaluation of member homes; and referral of children to available health and social services. Currently, “Infant/Toddler Family Day Care” serving Northern Virginia is the only licensed family day system in the state. “Federally regulated provider” means a provider regulated by the federal government, such as child care provider operated by the Department of Defense on military bases. “Federal poverty guidelines” means the income levels by family size, determined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, used as guidelines in determining at what level families in the country are living in poverty. “Fee” means a charge for a service and may include, but is not limited to, copayments, charges above the Maximum Reimbursable Rate (MRR), or charges for registration, activities or transportation. "Fee Child Care" means the program category that provides child care subsidy to eligible low-income, non-TANF families from the Child Care Development Fund. “File clearance” is the process initiated by the Child Care Worker that allows VaCMS to check SPIDeR for basic information to determine if an applicant/recipient is known to any other systems which also publish to SPIDeR. “Finding of child care fraud” means the disposition of child care fraud by a state hearing officer or a court of appropriate jurisdiction. “Fiscal year” means the local department financial calendar that begins in June of each calendar year and runs through May of the following calendar year. “Fraud” means the knowing employment of deception or suppression of truth in order to receive services or payments one is not entitled to receive. "Full-time employment" means regularly scheduled activities that engage a participant in employment for 30 or more hours per week.