One award is made per family for either the Dependent Care Voucher Program or the DBCC Scholarship Program, and only one dependent's care is eligible for reimbursement. Programs uses Taxable Income line on Form 1040 to determine the level of assistance for which employee is eligible, based on the above chart. The provider must be licensed or certified according to state regulations and will be verified. Exceptions to licensing verification include the case of on-site before and after school programs sponsored by school districts or other approved agencies, the Johns Hopkins University summer camp, and other approved care arrangements, such as nannies, au pairs and elderly companions who are supervised by a verified, licensed agency. Programs contacts the dependent care provider and verifies the employee's work-related dependent care costs and any other dependent care assistance employee may be receiving.
Programs sends employee forms for provider to complete verifying monthly charges.
If available university funds are expended, a waiting list will be maintained. As additional funds become available, employees on the list will be awarded assistance. Participants in the Dependent Care Voucher Program during the previous year who maintain their employment eligibility and submit current 1040 tax forms will have priority over new, qualifying applicants. The voucher program will not reimburse at rates higher than are charged for other children or adults in care. Adjustments will be made in the subsequent award period, if an over-payment resulted.