Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 802.3 - CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 17-802.3-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Applicant" means a private for profit or nonprofit
				  organization or individual operating a child care facility that applied for a
				  child care facility subsidy grant.
"Child care facility" means a place maintained by any
				  individual or organization for the purpose of providing care for children with
				  or without charging a fee at any time. It includes a family child care home,
				  group child care home, group child care center, infant and toddler child care
				  center, or before or after school care program.
"Department" means the department of human services or its
				  designee.
"Family child care home," "family child care," or "FCC" means
				  any private residence at which care is provided at any given time to six or
				  fewer children, as defined in section
				  346-151, HRS.
"Grant" means an award of state funds to a specified
				  recipient to support the activities of the recipient and permit the community
				  to benefit from those activities.
"Group child care center" means a facility, other than a
				  private home, at which care is provided, as defined in section
				  346-151, HRS. The
				  term may include nurseries; infant and toddler centers for children . ages six
				  weeks to thirty-six months, preschools; parent cooperatives; drop-in child care
				  centers; before-school and after-school programs; holiday, intersession and
				  summer care for eligible school age children; or other similar care settings
				  that are established to provide group care to a child for any part of a
				  twenty-four hour day and is licensed by the department.
"Group Child Care Home" or "GCH" means child care provided by
				  an individual in a facility that may be an extended or modified family child
				  care home which provides care to no more than twelve children during any part
				  of a twenty-four-hour day. GCHs are licensed under the rules for group child
				  care centers.
"License" means a certificate of approval issued by the state
				  department of human services authorizing the operation of a group child care
				  center or group child care home.
"Organization" means an association formed for a common
				  purpose.
"Perquisite" means a privilege furnished or a service
				  rendered by an organization to an employee, officer, director, or member of
				  that organization to reduce the individual's personal expenses.
"Personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to
				  minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and
				  illnesses. Personal protective equipment may include items such as face .
				  masks, face shields, gloves, safety glasses, or gowns.
"Private educational institution" means a nonpublic entity
				  that provides:
1) educational services
				for any grades from kindergarten through grade twelve;
2) post-secondary education; or
3) pre-kindergarten level services that are
				provided by an entity that holds itself out to the public as a school or
				educational institution, or that are identified by the entity as educational
				services rather than solely as child care services.
"Qualified exempt provider "means child care that is operated
				  as an A+ after school program authorized by the department of education in
				  accordance with sections
				  302A-1149.5
				  and
				  302A-408,
				  HRS, and may be exempt from licensure by the department under section
				  346-152,
				  HRS.
"Recipient" means an individual or organization that is
				  awarded a grant.
"Registration" means a certificate of approval issued by the
				  state department of human services authorizing the operation of a family child
				  care home.