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II B 1 Service Need

To receive child care financial assistance, a family must have an established service need for each Primary Caretaker residing in the child’s home.

Established Service Needs are:

II B 1 a Employment. The primary caretaker(s) must demonstrate involvement in an activity, either in or out of the home, through which they receive hourly compensation of at least minimum wage. Authorization of child care financial assistance for eligible families shall be limited to the number of days and hours per week reasonably related to employment, including hours of rest or sleep, as needed for 2nd or 3rd shift employment or training, as determined by the Child Development Division, which may include not more than two hours a day travel time between the child care facility and the place of employment.

II B 1 b Self Employment. Business activity by a primary caregiver, either in or out of the home, through which they earn an average monthly net income equivalent to the number of hours worked times the Vermont minimum wage. Authorization of child care financial assistance is limited to the number of days and hours per week reasonably related to self employment, as determined by the Child Development Division, which may include not more than two hours a day travel time between the child care facility and the place of employment including the home if the business is run from the family’s primary residence.

II B 1 c Start Up Self Employment. An activity determined by the Commissioner likely to lead to self-employment within one year. Authorization of child care financial assistance is limited to the number of days and hours per week reasonably related to self-employment, as determined by CDD, and may include not more than two hours a day travel time between the child care facility and place of employment including the home if the business is run from the family’s primary residence.

II B 1 d Seeking Employment. The primary caretaker(s) must demonstrate involvement in activities generally recognized as necessary to obtain employment or training leading to employment. Families seeking employment may receive child care financial assistance for a period of one month unless the period is extended by the Commissioner. This service need is limited to once in a 12 month period.

II B 1 e Training or Education. The primary caretaker(s) must demonstrate participation in a program which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is likely to lead to employment within one year after completion of the program. This need can also be established if the training or education program is required to maintain employment.

Approved training programs include, without limitation, the following: