Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 5 - Definitions › 7 AAC 41.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
				  requires otherwise,
(1) "adult" means an
				  individual who is 18 years of age or older;
(2) "age group" means an age group described
				  in 7 AAC 41,025(b);
(3) "approved
				  provider" means a provider described in
				  7 AAC 41.201(d) who has been found
				  eligible to participate in the child care assistance program;
(4) "approved in-home child care caregiver"
				  means an in-home child care caregiver who is approved under
				  7 AAC 41.370(d);
(5) " ATAP" means the Alaska Temporary
				  Assistance Program under AS 47.27;
(6) "attendance" means tire time during which
				  a child is actually in the care of a provider,
(7) "attendance rate" means a full or part
				  day rate for the actual time that a child is in care;
(8) "authorized" means contained in a child
				  care authorization;
(9) "business
				  day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a federal holiday;
(10) "category of care" means a
				  classification of child care described in
				  7 AAC 41.025(b) and specified in a
				  child care authorization;
(11)
				  "child," when that term is used to refer to
(A) a child receiving child care services
				  under this chapter, has the meaning given that term in
				  AS
				  47.25.095;
(B) the children of a family, for purposes of
				  determining family eligibility, means an individual younger than 18 years of
				  age;
(12) "child care"
				  has the meaning given "day care" in AS 47 .25 .095;
(13) "child care assistance pro-am" means the
				  program described in
				  7 AAC 41.010;
(14) "child care authorization" means the
				  written authorization regarding program assistance issued under
				  7 AAC 41.340;
(15) "clean" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(16) "contaminate" or "contamination" has the
				  meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(17) "contract" means an agreement between
				  the department and a designee, under which the department provides money to the
				  designee to carry out the program under
				  AS
				  47.25.001-47.25.095 and this
				  chapter;
(18) "CPR" means
				  cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
(19)
				  "day" means calendar day;
(20)
				  "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;
(21) "designee" means a municipality or other
				  entity that has been designated by the department to assume one or more of the
				  department's duties under this chapter;
(22) "easily cleanable" has the meaning given
				  in 7 AAC 10.9990;
(23) "eligible cost of care" means the
				  program rate set under
				  7 AAC 41.025 or the provider's charge for services,
				  whichever is less;
(24) "eligible
				  family" means a family that meets the requirements of this chapter for
				  receiving program benefits;
(25)
				  "eligible provider" means a licensed provider or an approved provider
				  determined by the department or a designee to be eligible to participate in the
				  program;
(26) "enrollment rate"
				  means a rate based on a schedule of an estimated number of units of a care per
				  month, regardless of the actual time a child is in care;
(27) "family" means a group described in 7
				  AAC 41,013;
(28) "food" has the
				  meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(29) "grant" has the meaning given "contract"
				  in this section;
(30) "handsink"
				  means a lavatory
(A) equipped to provide hot
				  and cold running water in a manner that meets the requirements of
				  7 AAC 41.220(c)(4)(H); and
(B) used solely for washing hands, face,
				  arms, or other portions of the body;
(31) "homeless," with respect to a child or a
				  family with one or more children, has the meaning given "homeless" with respect
				  to a child under 42 U.S.C.
				  11434 a(2) (McKinney-Vento Homeless
				  Assistance Act), revised as of December 10, 2015 and adopted by
				  reference;
(32) "impervious bag"
				  has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(33) "in care" means receiving care in a
				  provider's facility;
(34) "in-home
				  child care" means child care services provided in the child's own home by an
				  approved in-home child care caregiver;
(35) "in-home child care caregiver" means an
				  individual who provides child care services in the child's own home;
(36) "in loco parentis" means a person acting
				  in place of a parent, such as a relative or friend who assumes parental duties
				  and responsibilities, but without the formalities of legal guardianship or
				  adoption;
(37) "licensed provider"
				  means a provider licensed under AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 57;
(38) "month" means a calendar
				  month;
(39) "monthly enrollment
				  rate" means a rate based on a schedule of an estimated number of units of care
				  per month;
(40) "municipality" has
				  the meaning given in
				  AS
				  01.10.060;
(41) "night shift" means employment requiring
				  a minimum of six work and travel hours between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00
				  a.m.;
(42) "non-temporary," with
				  respect to a period of time, means
(A) not
				  having a limit specified; or
(B)
				  having a limit that exceeds three months;
(43) "parent" means a
(A) parent by blood, marriage, or
				  adoption;
(B) legal guardian of a
				  child; or
(C) person standing in
				  loco parentis;
(44)
				  "participating family" means a family that the department has determined to be
				  eligible to participate in the program and to whom the department has issued a
				  current child care authorization;
(45) "participating provider" means a
				  provider that the department has determined to be eligible to participate in
				  the program and that is providing child care services under a child care
				  authorization;
(46) "PASS" means
				  Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency;
(47) "pest" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(48) "potable water" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(49) "program" means the child care
				  assistance program under
				  AS
				  47.25.001-47.25.095 and this
				  chapter;
(50) "provider" means
(A) a provider licensed under 7 AAC 57; for
				  purposes of this subparagraph, "provider" has the meaning given "day care
				  facility" under
				  AS
				  47.25.095;
(B) a provider described in
				  7 AAC 41.200(a)(2), (3), and (4);
(C) an approved provider; and
(D) a family who has been approved to hire an
				  in-home child care caregiver under
				  7 AAC 41.370;
(51) "registration fee" means a charge
				  associated with the initial or annual enrollment of a child by a
				  provider;
(52) "regularly provides
				  care" means that a child is enrolled for regular care with a provider,
				  regardless of whether that child receives full-time or part-time
				  care;
(53) "relative" means a child
				  who, by marriage, blood, or court decree, is the
(A) grandchild or great-grandchild of the
				  provider;
(B) niece or nephew of
				  the provider; or
(C) sibling of the
				  provider if the provider lives in a separate residence;
(54) "sanitize" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(55) "single-use" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(56) "special needs," with respect to a
				  child, means a child
(A) within the meaning
				  of "child with a disability" under
				  20 U.S.C.
				  1401 (sec. 602, Individuals with Disabilities
				  Education Act):
(B) who is eligible
				  for early intervention services under
				  20 U.S.C.
				  1431-
				  1444 (part C, Individuals with
				  Disabilities Education Act); or
(C)
				  who is younger than 13 years of age and who is eligible for services under
				  29 U.S.C.
				  794 (sec. 504, Rehabilitation Act of
				  1973);
(57) "subcontract"
				  means a binding legal agreement that provides for an organization or an
				  individual other than the designee to carry out the administrative duties
				  required by a grant or contract under this chapter;
(58) "toilet" has the meaning given in
				  7 AAC 10.9990;
(59) "unit of care" means a fixed duration of
				  child care time in relation to a rate, such as part or full day rate, or part
				  or full month enrollment rate;
(60)
				  "work" means an activity described in
				  7 AAC 41.312;
(61) "work activities" has the meaning given
				  in AS
				  47.27.900.
(62) "cessation of an eligible activity"
				  means the ending of an eligible activity, to which the family will not return
				  within their current eligibility period.