Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6M - Division of Early Learning › Chapter 6M-4 - DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING - SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM › Section 6M-4.200 - School Readiness Eligibility Provisions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions. The following definitions
				are applicable to all rules under Chapter 6M-4, F.A.C.
(a) "Authorization Period" means the period
				the family is authorized to receive services once the family is determined to
				meet all the eligibility requirements.
(b) "Child Care Authorizations" and
				"referrals" means the forms received from recognized referring entities
				authorizing the need for child care services.
(c) "Earned Income" means the gross
				remuneration resulting from work, professional service or self-employment. This
				includes commissions, bonuses, back pay awards, and the cash value of all
				remuneration paid in a medium other than cash.
(d) "Parent" means a person who has legal
				custody of a minor as a:
1. Natural or
				adoptive parent;
2. Legal
				guardian;
3. Person who stands in
				loco parentis to the minor; or
4.
				Person who has legal custody of the minor by order of a
				court.
(e) "Payment
				certificate" means the document issued by the coalition authorizing School
				Readiness payment for a specific child to a specified child care provider for a
				defined period.
(f) "Person who
				stands in loco parentis" means a responsible adult with whom the child lives,
				who is responsible for the day-to-day care and custody of the child when the
				child's parent by blood, marriage, adoption or court order is not performing
				such duties.
(g) "Purpose for care"
				means the reason the parent needs care, such as employment, education and
				training, job search as indicated on a valid Department of Children and
				Families (DCF) or Workforce Child Care Authorization form, work activity,
				respite services, child protection, seasonal work, disability and special
				needs.
(h) "Re-establishment Period
				for Purpose of Care" refers to the period where the family continues to receive
				services during a temporary change.
(i) "Special Needs" means a child who has
				been determined eligible as a child with a disability in accordance with
				Chapter 6A-6, F.A.C., and is participating in a program for children with
				disabilities provided by the school district or a child who has an
				individualized educational plan (IEP) or family support plan (FSP).
(j) "Suspend" means to temporarily
				discontinue services for the parent when the parent intends to resume an
				eligible education/training or work activity that has a change that exceeds
				three (3) months or the child temporarily does not need school readiness
				services offered by the coalition.
(k) "Unearned Income" means income other than
				earned income that includes documented alimony and child support received,
				social security benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (excluding SSI
				payments when a child is the recipient), worker's compensation benefits,
				reemployment assistance or reemployment compensation benefits, veteran
				benefits, retirement benefits, temporary cash assistance under Chapter 414,
				F.S., and cash gifts received regularly. Regularly means a definite pattern and
				at uniform intervals of time.