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3.6. Service Plan

A Child Care Subsidy Program Service Plan must be completed for every child care case. The Child Care Service Plan must be completed in VaCMS and a copy must be given to the recipient. If parents are active in VIEW or are SNAP E&T participants, the Activity and Service Plan (032-02-1000- 13-eng (10/22)) will serve as the service plan. Once a client is no longer a VIEW or SNAP E&T participant, a Child Care Service Plan must be completed prior to authorization of Transitional or Fee Child Care.

During the development of the service plan, the Child Care Worker must discuss with the parent the responsibilities outlined in 3.8 and also discuss the agency and provider responsibilities. Service plans must be updated at least annually as part of redetermination. The Child Care Worker must review the service plan with the recipient during their redetermination interview and make updates to the service plan in VaCMS as needed. The LDSS will mail the updated service plan to the recipient after the eligibility redetermination has been completed.

The Service Plan provides a place to record service planning and consumer education information, the family’s needs assessment, and parent activity schedule. The Service Plan can be printed by transmitting from a button on the service plan page of VaCMS or by manually generating the form from the left navigation of VaCMS.