Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 802.4 - CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 17-802.4-2 - 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 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, Hawaii Revised Statutes
				  (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
				  department 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.
"Private educational institution" means a nonpublic entity
				  that provides:
1) educational services
				for any grades from kindergarten through grade twelve;
2) educational services during school hours
				to a child who is subject to requirements of section
				302A-1132, regardless of grade
				designation;
3) post-secondary
				education; or
4) 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-408 and
				  302A-1149.5, 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
				  department authorizing the operation of a family child care
				  home.