Understanding The Child Care Subsidy Program

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Department of Health and Human Services
Understanding the Child Care Subsidy Program
The purpose of the Child Care Subsidy Program is to assist low income families with child care. Care can be provided:
and younger; it is available to youth age
through
only if a physician, licensed or
1. To children age
12
13
18
certified psychologist, or licensed mental health practitioner has provided a written statement that the
child has a special need;
2. Only when there is a need for child care as defined in
which includes:
392 NAC 3-008,
a. Employment that has the potential to allow a family to become economically self-sufficient - this means we
may not be able to continue to authorize child care if after a few months, the cost of child care is more than
you earn. Child care is only authorized for those hours when the parent is actually working and reasonable
travel time to and from work and child care;
b. Actively Seeking Employment - for families that are not Employment First clients, child care can only be
authorized for two consecutive calendar months per program year (July
– June
). No further child care
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can be authorized to look for work until that client has lost a job and is again seeking employment. The
HHS
worker may ask the parent to provide a record of the dates and places that they looked for work;
c. Participation in an approved Employment First Activity - Child care may be authorized for any
approved
activity. This means either the
worker or the case manager from the
contractor has
EF
DHHS
EF
approved the activity;
d. For a parent to obtain medical services (such as doctor visits, Health Check, etc.) for themselves or
another of their children or to visit their child in the hospital;
e. Enrollment in and regular attendance at vocational or educational training to attain a high school
diploma or
or an undergraduate degree or certificate (including English as a second language
GED
classes) that will result in a parent becoming employed and self sufficient. Child care is not allowed for those
pursuing a second undergraduate degree or any post-graduate degrees. Child care is not authorized for
correspondence courses or independent study. For on-line classes, it can be authorized for one hour per
week for each credit hour. Child care can be authorized for structured individual tutoring or group preparation
time (such as
preparation,
and Adult Basic Education). Child care is not allowed for study time
GED
ESL,
(unless it is a reasonable period of time between classes).
f.
Participation in on the job training;
g. Incapacitation as verified by a medical doctor - a specific form will be given by the worker to document
need for child care due to incapacity; and
h. Needs which might be authorized by a Protection and Safety worker as part of a plan with a family.
Important Information:
Child care authorization cannot begin before the date the parent reports a need for child care or a
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change to the worker. Example: If you start care today or change your child care provider today and do not
report it to your worker for two weeks, child care will not be authorized for the two weeks before you contact
your worker.
The parent is responsible to report the need for child care and any changes - It is not the responsibility of
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the child care provider.
For two parent households, both parents must have one of the needs for child care listed previously for child
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care to be authorized.
Some families are required to pay a part of their child care expense. This is called a fee or obligation. This fee
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must be paid or the child care case will be closed until the parent has made a satisfactory arrangement with the
provider for payment of the fee.
CC-1 (56099) 4/09
(Use previous version 5/08)

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