Section 17-798.2-45 - Quality incentive payments for home-based child care providers(a) This incentive is available only to home-based child care providers as defined in section 798.2-2.(b) Home-based child care providers shall qualify for a quality incentive payment if they satisfy standards of quality as provided in the Developmental Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers and Young Preschoolers developed by the University of Hawaii Center on the Family, 2006.(c) The home-based child care provider shall agree to participate in direct deposit of their quality incentive payment into a designated bank account.(d) The home-based child care provider shall submit a completed application form and supporting documentation as prescribed by the department. (1) The application must be signed and dated by the home-based child care provider.(2) The home-based child care provider shall participate in an orientation session scheduled by the department to introduce the standards, activities, and work packets that are expected to be implemented with children.(e) The home-based child care provider shall submit monthly work packets to the department to maintain eligibility.(f) The department shall review the application form for completeness, and determine eligibility.(g) The department shall issue a notice that indicates whether the home-based child care provider is eligible for a quality incentive payment. (1) If found eligible, the notice shall indicate the effective and expiration dates of eligibility and the amount the home-based child care provider is eligible to receive for the quality incentive payment.(2) If found ineligible, the notice shall indicate the reason for the ineligibility.(h) A home-based child care provider that has been deemed ineligible may reapply for the quality incentive payment after a sixty-day waiting period, effective from the date of the notice of ineligibility.(i) A home-based child care provider that has been deemed ineligible for a quality incentive payment may request a review of the decision with the department's Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division. Requests for review must be submitted in writing within thirty days of the date of the notice of ineligibility. A decision under this subsection shall be final and conclusive.(j) Eligibility shall be for a twelve-month period beginning from the date of the notice of eligibility, provided that eligibility shall be for less than a twelve-month period if:(1) The home-based provider fails to submit the required work packets to the department on a monthly basis;(2) A registered family child care provider's certificate of registration expires prior to the twelve-month period of eligibility, in which case the period of eligibility indicated on the notice shall expire on the date the certificate of registration expires; or(3) The department suspends or revokes the registered family child care provider's certificate of registration, in which case eligibility shall be terminated effective the date the department suspends or revokes the registration.(k) The quality incentive payment amount shall be $50 per month for each child in the home-based child care provider's care who receives a child care subsidy payment from the department. A child shall be deemed in the home-based child care provider's care if the child is enrolled and present on the first work day of the month.(l) Re-determinations for eligibility for quality incentive payments shall be done annually. (1) The home-based child care provider shall submit an application and supporting documentation to the department at least two months prior to the expiration date of the authorized period.(2) Re-determinations for eligibility shall follow the same process as initial applications as stated above.Haw. Code R. § 17-798.2-45
[Eff 03/08/08] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-14, 45 C.F.R. §§98.1 to 98.93 )