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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 3 1.1.14. Family Child Care Home: A facility which is used to provide nonresidential child care for compensation in the provider’s home. The provider may care for four to six children, including children who are living in the household, who are under six years of age. No more than two of the total number of children may be under twenty-four months of age. 1.1.15. Family Child Care Facility: Any facility which is used to provide nonresidential child care for compensation for seven (7) to twelve (12) children for four (4) or more hours per day, including children who are living in the household who are under six years of age. No more than four (4) of the total number of children may be under 24 months of age. 1.1.16. Foster Parent: A person or persons living in a private residence that has been certified by the Department of Human Resources or by a licensed child placement agency to provide care on a residential basis for children who are in the legal custody of the State of West Virginia. 1.1.17. Full Day: Care for at least four (4) hours but less than eighteen (18) hours per day, (from 4 hours and 1 minute up to 17 hours and 59 minutes) 1.1.18. Head of Household: A natural parent, step parent, or an individual acting in loco parentis, such as a relative or non-relative who has been granted custody or guardianship by a court of law or who has assumed full physical custody and responsibility for a child, with or without legal custody. 1.1.19. Hobby: An activity done for relaxation, and not for the purpose of meeting the basic daily living expenses of the individual. Activities generating income below the tax liability limit of $5000.00 per year shall be considered a hobby. 1.1.20. Homeless: A family will be considered homeless if the family reports that they are a.) Unwillingly doubled up with family or friends; b.) Residing in hotels or motels, trailer parks, or camp grounds; c.) Residing in an emergency or transitional shelter, abandoned in hospitals, or awaiting foster care placement; or d.) Unsheltered or living and/or sleeping in a place that is unfit for human habitation. 1.1.21. Household: A household consists of all individuals who live at the same address and share common kitchen facilities. 1.1.22. Kinship/Relative Parent(s): A person or persons who lives in a private residence which has been certified by the Department of Human Resources, or by a licensed child placement agency, to provide care