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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 76 7.6.2. PATH Plus. CCR&R staff will inform all providers about the availability of PATH PLUS. PATH PLUS is a free internet service that allows providers to view information about child care payments made through PATH, including child information and processing dates. Authorized persons have access 24 hours a day. Providers can access their information using any computer that has Internet Explorer Browser 6.0 or higher. A provider may request a PATH PLUS account by going to https://www.wvPATH.org/PATHplusnet/ Individual providers (informal, relative, and family child care providers) complete the Individual Provider Application Form. Staff persons in child care centers or family child care facilities complete the Agency/Facility Application, which must be signed by the Director or Owner/Operator. An additional authorization on agency letterhead is necessary for someone other than the Director to access the PATH PLUS Account. Providers who have questions may contact the PATH Help Desk. 7.7. Child Care Attendance Sheets (ECE-CC-10-G). All Child Care Providers are required to maintain sign in and out form for all children in care to confirm child attendance and justify the days and hours of care for enhanced rates for non- traditional work hours. Child Care Attendance Sheets shall not be faxed or emailed. Child Care Providers shall be given a supply of Child Care Attendance Sheets (ECE-CC-10-G). All types of child care providers, except for child care centers, are required to use the prescribed form. While centers are not required to use the same format, they may be asked to do so. If the CCR&R Staff has concerns about consistent errors on the center’s chosen format, the CCR&R and the center shall work together to decide upon a format that reduces errors in submission, including use of the Child Care Attendance Sheets. Centers with electronic sign in and out system may substitute reports generated by their systems if parents sign off at the end of each month. Copies of the forms shall be retained in the provider’s files for five years and shall be available for review by DoHS staff. 7.7.1. Completion of Attendance Sheets. The provider shall enter the names of all children in care on the form. Child care clients shall mark each child’s time in and out, designated AM or PM, daily in the box provided. The client’s original signature on the signature line of the form verifies that the times shown accurately reflect their children’s attendance. Times must be shown as AM or PM. Children who attend in the morning, leave, and return in the afternoon must be signed in and out both times. Caregivers shall not sign as the client, as this is considered misrepresentation and can result in negative action. 7.7.2. Signing In and Out Children shall not be allowed to sign themselves in and out. In cases where a child is transported to and from child care by bus or van, a teacher, aide, driver, director, or caregiver may sign the child in and out if the client signs off on the attendance sheet at the end of the month verifying that their child was in care before and after school on those dates. However, if the client is available, he or she must be responsible for signing the children in and out; a client may not request that the caregiver sign a child in or out as a matter of convenience. 7.7.3. Accuracy of Records.