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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 5 1.1.30.2. Any 12-hour work/school shift or split shift which equals twelve or more care hours (including transportation) in a 24-hour period, and 1.1.30.3. Approved care for at least four (4) hours provided on a Saturday or Sunday. 1.1.31. Out of School Time Child Care Program: A child care service that offers activities to children before and after school, on school holidays, when school is closed due to emergencies and on school calendar days set aside for teacher activities. OST Programs provide out of school time services typically for fewer than four (4) hours daily, and not more than 30 full days annually for children aged 5 and up. 1.1.32. Parent: A parent by blood, marriage, or adoption; or a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis, such as foster parents, grandparents, other relatives, and persons receiving TANF benefits for children only. 1.1.33. Part Day 2-less than 4 hours: Care provided at least 2 hours but not exceeding 3 hours and 59 minutes per day. (From 2 hours and 0 minutes up to 3 hours and 59 minutes) 1.1.34. Part Days less than 2 hours: Care provided for more than 1 minute but not exceeding 1 hour and 59 minutes per day. 1.1.35. Registration: Process by which a family child care home self-certifies compliance with the promulgated rules. 1.1.36. Relative Family Child Care: A relative family child care home provides care only to children related to the caregiver. The caregiver must be a grandparent, great grandparent, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, or adult sibling. Relative family child care homes are exempt from regulatory requirements but may volunteer to register to receive federal child care or food program funding. 1.1.37. Resident: An individual who has established West Virginia as a permanent home, the place where s/he intends to return after any period of absence. Individuals are not eligible if they consider another state "home," maintain a principal residence or voter or car registration in another state with an intent to return, with the following exceptions: 1.1.37.1.Non-residents who attend a West Virginia college or university 1.1.37.2.Migrant and itinerant workers who have entered the state to seek employment or fulfill a commitment.