Section 7 AAC 41.035 - Enrollment authorization(a) For a child whose authorized unit of care is for part or full month enrollment, child care costs are paid based on the program payment rate established in the department's Child Care Assistance Program Rate Schedule, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 41.025, except that the department or a designee may pay at the part month rate under that schedule if during the month Click here to view image
(1) the child is in attendance five or fewer days;(2) the child is in attendance five or fewer days, care is ending, and the notice required under 7 AAC 41.345(d) and (e) is mutually waived;(3) the child is in attendance at least six days and fewer than 17 days and care is ending with the current provider; or(4) the family or provider becomes ineligible for program participation.(b) For a child whose care is authorized as part or full month enrollment, the department will not make payment to the provider for a month during which the child was not in the provider's care, except for any days included in the notice required under 7 AAC 41.345(d) and (e).(c) Care may not be authorized for a child in excess of a full month enrollment plus a part month enrollment except in the case of a shared custody arrangement when care for a child is provided by two providers in different service delivery areas. Care for a child in a verified shared custody arrangement may be authorized for up to a maximum of a full month enrollment for each provider only if the parents of the child reside and participate in their eligible activities in different child care assistance program grantee service delivery areas requiring the use of different providers.Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178; am 1/5/2017, Register 221, April 2017; am 9/11/2017,Register 223, October 2017