Section He-C 6912.09 - Eligibility for Protective Child Care Scholarship(a) Families shall be eligible to receive protective child care scholarship when there is an open assessment or case through DCYF, and at least one of the following circumstances exists:(1) The child is placed in out-of-home care, where the parent is working and requires child care while the parent(s) is employed; or(2) DCYF has authorized child care as being in the best interest of the child when: a. The child is in out-of-home care and the parent(s) is not employed; orb. The child(ren) remains in the parent's home and the family has a founded report of abuse or neglect as defined in RSA 169-C:3II-a, XI.(b) Child(ren) eligible to receive protective child care scholarship shall be less than 13 years of age unless the child(ren) meets the exception criteria below: (1) The child has cognitive or behavioral concerns, such that the child and the community would be at risk, and the child care scholarship is approved by the DCYF field administrator; or(2) The child is experiencing a disability or significant special needs whose condition limits the child's ability to care for himself or herself, or he or she would cause harm to himself or herself or others without supervision as verified with a completed Form 2690 "Verification for a Child Experiencing a Disability or Significant Special Needs" (May 2020).(c) No child under the age of 72 months, meaning a child who is 6 years of age, shall be cared for in a license-exempt child care center program pursuant to RSA 170-E:2XI-a.(d) The child care level of service shall be based on the number of hours per week child care is needed as determined by the number of hours per week the parent is in an approved activity or as authorized by DCYF as being in the best interest of the child.(e) The authorized service level shall be determined based on (a)(2) and (d) above and apply as follows: (1) For full time authorized service level, the number of hours shall be greater than 30 hours per week;(2) For half time authorized service level, the number of hours shall be greater than 15 and equal to or less than 30 hours per week; and(3) For part time authorized service level, the number of hours shall be between one and 15 hours per week.N.H. Code Admin. R. He-C 6912.09
Derived from Volume XL Number 27, Filed July 9, 2020, Proposed by #13064, Effective 7/1/2020, Expires 7/1/2030