Wash. Admin. Code § 170-290-0190

Current through Register Vol. 25-01, January 1, 2025

Section 170-290-0190 - WCCC benefit calculations

(1) The amount of care a consumer may receive is determined by DSHS at application or reapplication. The consumer does not need to be in approved activities or a reported activity schedule, except at application or reapplication. Once the care is authorized, the amount will not be reduced during the eligibility period unless:

(a) The consumer requests the reduction;

(b) The care is for a school-aged child as described in subsection (3) of this section; and

(c) Incorrect information was given at application or reapplication according to WAC 170-290-0030.

(2) To determine the amount of weekly hours of care needed, DSHS will review:

(a) The consumer's participation in approved activities per WAC 170-290-0040, 170-290-0045, 170-290-0050, and 170-290-0055;

(b) The number of hours the child attends school, including home school, and reduce the amount of care;

(c) In a two parent household, the days and times the activities overlap, and only authorize care during those times;

(d) The parent, in a two parent household, who is not able to care for the child, as defined in WAC 170-290-0020, and exclude the activity requirements; and

(e) When a consumer requests and verifies the need for increased care, DSHS will increase the care for the remainder of the eligibility period.

(3)Determining full-time care for a family using licensed providers:

(a) Twenty-three full-day units per month will be authorized for one hundred ten hours of activity or more each month when the child needs care five or more hours per day;

(b) Thirty half-day units per month will be authorized for one hundred ten hours of activity or more each month when the child needs care less than five hours per day;

(c) Thirty half-day units per month will be authorized during the school year for a school-aged child who needs care less than five hours per day;

(d) Forty-six half-day units will be authorized during the months of July and August for a school-aged child who needs five or more hours of care;

(e) Twenty-three full-day units will be authorized during the school year for a school-aged child who needs care five or more hours per day;

(f) Supervisor approval is required for additional days of care that exceeds twenty-three full days or thirty half days; and

(g) Care cannot exceed sixteen hours per day, per child.

(4)Determining full-time care for a family using in-home/relative providers (family, friend and neighbors).

(a) Two hundred thirty hours of care will be authorized for one hundred ten hours of activity or more each month when the child needs care five or more hours per day;

(b) One hundred fifteen hours of care will be authorized for one hundred ten hours of activity or more each month when the child needs care less than five hours per day;

(c) One hundred fifteen hours of care will be authorized during the school year for a school-aged child who needs care less than five hours per day and the provider will be authorized contingency hours each month, up to a maximum of two hundred thirty hours;

(d) Two hundred thirty hours of care will be authorized during the school year for a school-aged child who needs care five or more hours in a day;

(e) Supervisor approval is required for hours of care that exceed two hundred thirty hours; and

(f) Care cannot exceed sixteen hours per day, per child.

(5)Determining part-time care for a family using licensed providers and the activity is less than one hundred ten hours per month.

(a) A full-day unit will be authorized for each day of care that exceeds five hours;

(b) A half-day unit will be authorized for each day of care that is less than five hours; and

(c) A half-day unit will be authorized for each day of care for a school-aged child, not to exceed thirty half days.

(6)Determining part-time care for a family using in-home/relative providers (family, friend and neighbors).

(a) Under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, DSHS will authorize the number of hours of care needed per month when the activity is less than one hundred ten hours per month; and

(b) When the provider claims contingency hours, the total number of authorized hours and contingency hours claimed cannot exceed two hundred thirty hours per month.

(7) DSHS determines the allocation of hours or units for families with multiple providers based upon the information received from the parent.

(8) DSHS may authorize more than the state rate and up to the provider's private pay rate if:

(a) The parent is a Work First participant; and

(b) Appropriate child care, at the state rate, is not available within a reasonable distance from the approved activity site. "Appropriate" means licensed or certified child care under WAC 170-290-0125, or an approved in-home/relative provider under WAC 170-290-0130. "Reasonable distance" is determined by comparing distances other local families must travel to access appropriate child care.

(9) Other fees DSHS may authorize to a provider are:

(a) Registration fees;

(b) Field trip fees;

(c) Nonstandard hours bonus;

(d) Overtime care to a licensed provider who has a written policy to charge all families, when care is expected to exceed ten hours in a day; and

(e) Special needs rates for a child.

(10) In-home/relative providers who are paid child care subsidies to care for children receiving WCCC benefits cannot receive those benefits for their own children during the hours in which they provide subsidized child care.

Wash. Admin. Code § 170-290-0190

Amended by WSR 16-09-059, Filed 4/15/2016, effective 5/16/2016

Amended by WSR 16-19-107, Filed 9/21/2016, effective 10/22/2016

Amended by WSR 17-18-009, Filed 8/24/2017, effective 9/24/2017

Amended by WSR 17-23-057, Filed 11/9/2017, effective 12/10/2017

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 13-22-040, § 170-290-0190, filed 10/31/13, effective 12/1/13. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0190, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0190, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0190, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.12.340. WSR 06-12-094, § 388-290-0190, filed 6/6/06, effective 7/7/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2005 c 518 § 207(3). WSR 05-20-051, § 388-290-0190, filed 9/30/05, effective 11/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0190, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.13.085. WSR 02-12-069, § 388-290-0190, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0190, filed 12/19/01, effective 1/19/02. WSR 13-21-033, § 170-290-0190, filed 10/9/2013, effective 11/9/2013