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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 119 13.3.7. Identify need for changes in regulations. 13.3.8. Case reviews with supervisory and/or Protective Services staff. 13.3.9. Linkage to Community Service Managers, (CSMs), WV Works staff and Economic Service Staff, if needed. 13.3.10. Investigate complaints of standards violations on family child care homes and facilities, implement corrective action and monitor compliance. 13.3.11. Refer Protective Services complaints to Protective Services supervisor. 13.3.12. Registration of family child care homes and provision of technical assistance. 13.3.13. Licensure of family child care facilities and provision of technical assistance. 13.3.14. Background checks on providers, including Crime Identification Bureau (CIB) and Protective Services record check. 13.3.15. Work with Fire Marshal and Environmental Health in regulation of family child care facilities. 13.3.16. Identify training needs of providers and report them to training staff at the CCR&R. 13.3.17. Entry of all provider information in PATH. 13.3.18. Communications with CCR&R agencies, Child & Adult Food Program, and providers. 13.3.19. Requests to DoHS supervisor for waivers, variances, and policy exceptions for family child care and exempt programs. 13.3.20. Assist family child care facilities to apply for grant funds and monitor to ensure funds are used for approved activities and according to the plan submitted as part of the grant application. 13.3.21. Refer providers to other resources such as the food program, grants, training, associations, etc. to improve quality of care; and 13.3.22. Encourage providers to offer high-quality child-care programs. 13.4. Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (CCR&R). The Department of Health & Human Resources has contracted with community agencies to provide child care resource and referral services and to determine eligibility for subsidized child care services in all areas of West Virginia. Parents not in need of financial assistance or services