Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - SOCIAL SERVICES › Article 50 - CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL SYSTEM › Section R6-5-5001 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply in this Article.
1. "ADE" means the Arizona Department of Education, which
				  administers the CACFP at the state level.
2. "Alternate approval" means a status the ADE confers on an
				  uncertified, unlicensed provider that demonstrates compliance with CACFP child
				  care standards to the ADE.
3. "Caregiver state licensing ratio requirements" means
				  Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) regulations that mandate DHS
				  oversight of child care facilities with five or more children in care for
				  compensation where child care is provided for periods of less than 24 hours per
				  day.
4. "Child care" means a compensated service that is provided
				  to a child unaccompanied by a parent or guardian during a portion of a 24-hour
				  day. The service includes supervised and planned care, training, recreation,
				  and socialization.
5. "CACFP" means the Child and Adult Care Food Program,
				  funded and administered at the federal level by the Food and Consumer Services,
				  a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
6. "CCR&R" means child care resource and referral, a
				  service the Department administers under A.R.S. §
									41-1967.
7. "Center" means the same as "child care facility" in A.R.S.
				  §
									36-881(3).
8. "Certified" or "licensed" means a provider holds a license
				  as prescribed in A.R.S. §
									36-882,
				  or is certified under A.R.S. §
									46-807
				  or A.R.S. §
									36-897.
9. "Child with special needs" means a child who needs
				  increased supervision, modified equipment, modified activities, or a modified
				  facility, within a child care setting, due to any physical, mental, sensory, or
				  emotional delay, or medical condition, and includes a child with a
				  disability.
10. "Compensation" means something given or received in
				  return for child care, such as money, goods, or services.
11. "Contractor" means an agency with which the Department
				  contracts for provision of CCR&R services.
12. "Customer" means a person who is requesting information
				  from a CCR&R contractor.
13. "Database" means a computerized collection of CCR&R
				  facts, figures, and information for licensed, certified, and registered
				  providers and customers arranged for ease and speed of retrieval.
14. "Department" or DES means the Arizona Department of
				  Economic Security.
15. "Dropped for cause" means an ADE Sponsoring Organization
				  has terminated a family child care provider from participation in the
				  CACFP.
16. "Exclude" means to refuse to include a particular
				  provider in or to remove a provider from the CCR&R database.
17. "Family child care" means child care provided by a
				  certified or registered provider in the provider's own home.
18. "In-home child care" means child care provided in a
				  child's own home.
19. "Information only listing" means a provider listed on the
				  CCR&R who will receive training information and other information about
				  child care issues and activities, but who will not receive any
				  referrals.
20. "Listing status" means the condition under which a
				  provider may receive a referral (referral listing) or is restricted from
				  receiving a referral (information only listing).
21. "Over-Ratio Referral Form" means a communication tool
				  used to relay to the Department of Health Services (DHS) information concerning
				  a potential violation of caregiver state licensing ratio requirements.
22. "Personally identifiable information" means any
				  information about a person other than a provider, that, when considered alone,
				  or in combination with other information, identifies or permits another person
				  to readily identify the person who is the subject of the information.
				  Personally identifiable information includes:
a. Name, address, and telephone number;
b. Date of birth or age;
c. Physical description;
d. School;
e. Place of employment; and
f. Any unique identifying number, such as driver's license
				  number, a social security number, or regulatory license number.
23. "Program Administrator" means the person who oversees the
				  Child Care Administration, a unit of the Department.
24. "Provider" means an adult who, or a facility that,
				  provides child care services.
25. "Provider type" means a category of provider or program
				  such as a center, family child care, and in-home child care.
26. "Referral" means the information listed in
				  R6-5-5005(C),
				  (D), and (E), that a Contractor gives to a
				  customer.
27. "Referral listing" means that a contractor may refer a
				  provider listed on the CCR&R registry or database to customers, and the
				  provider may receive training and other information about child care issues and
				  activities.
28. "Registered provider" means a family child care provider
				  who is an adult and is not licensed or certified by any government agency, but
				  who meets the requirements to be listed in the CCR&R registry.
29. "Registry" means the list of providers that:
a. Are not licensed or certified by a government
				  agency,
b. Voluntarily list with CCR&R, and
c. Meet the requirements under A.R.S. §
									41-1967
				  to receive referrals and training information.
30. "Regulated" means a provider who is required to meet
				  licensing or certification standards set by a government agency, including a
				  federal, state, or tribal government agency.
31. "Revocation" means the permanent removal of a child care
				  provider's license or certificate by a government agency.
32. "SDA" means service delivery area, which is a specific
				  geographic area where CCR&R services are offered.
33. "Sponsoring organization" means a public or non-profit
				  private organization that administers the CACFP on behalf of ADE.
34. "Suspension" means that a regulatory agency has
				  temporarily removed a provider's certificate or license.
35. "Work day" means Monday through Friday, excluding Arizona
				  state holidays.