Haw. Code R. § 17-802.3-1
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the rules governing the administration and implementation of the child care grant program to support child care facilities and homes during the coronavirus 2019 disease, or COVID-19, pandemic to ensure the continued availability and capacity for child care services statewide, and any grant funds shall not be used for any non-secular or sectarian instruction or educational services. The intent of the program is to provide child care grants to as many eligible child care facilities as possible through the limited funding that is appropriated for the purpose of this chapter. These emergency rules shall be effective upon filing with the Lieutenant Governor's office; provided that the conditions set out in these rules shall apply retroactively as of December 6, 2021.
Haw. Code R. § 17-802.3-1