New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 15 - CHILD CARE SERVICES › Subchapter 10 - PAYMENT POLICIES AND MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT RATES › Section 10:15-10.1 - Payment policies

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Child care payments shall be available
				for care of an infant, toddler, preschool child, school-aged child, or children
				with special needs in various types of arrangements, including full and
				part-time day care and care before and after school. Payment schedules are
				issued in accordance with specific programs as indicated in (c)
				below.
(b) WFNJ and TCC payment for
				care of the school-aged children of parents eligible for the DHS subsidized
				child care programs, which is limited to part-time or after school care during
				the school year, shall be made at the full-day rates during summer vacations
				and recognized vacations and holidays during the school year.
(c) The maximum child care payment rates are
				set forth in the Table below for the ARCC, CCDBG, WFNJ, and TCC programs and
				contracted centers. Providers are eligible for increased payments if they
				verify receipt of a national accreditation for child care by providing a copy
				of their accreditation certificate to the CCR&R and whose rates reflect
				this higher reimbursement rate. For contracted centers, verification of
				accreditation shall also be provided to the DFD Contract Administrators. The
				maximum child care payment rates utilized in the DHS child care service
				programs are set forth below. Copies are available through a written request to
				the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development, PO
				Box 716, Trenton, NJ 08625, the local CP&P Area Office, a CCR&R or
				through the DHS/DFD child care web site. The Maximum Child Care Payment Rates
				Table includes the maximum payment rates allowable through the WFNJ, the TCC
				support services programs and the NJCK Child Care Voucher Program for licensed
				child care centers, school-age programs, summer day camps, registered family
				child care provider homes and for approved homes. The table also includes the
				maximum reimbursement rates allowable through the WFNJ, the TCC support
				services programs and the NJCK Child Care Voucher Program for accredited
				licensed child care centers, school age programs, summer day camps and
				registered family child care homes. The 2009 Maximum Child Care Program Rates
				table follows:
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(d) The
				duration of payment for child care services shall be as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the date when the family
				requests child care through NJCK, eligibility for child care shall continue for
				a period of not less than 12 months before reevaluation of eligibility for
				continued receipt of child care service program benefits, or upon notification
				of change in eligibility or as determined necessary by the CCRR. Employment or
				participation in work/training/education activities throughout this 12-month
				period shall be presumed unless the participant reports otherwise. Continued
				receipt of benefits shall be subject to the availability of funds.
2. When a WFNJ family requires child care
				services, eligibility for services shall continue in accordance with conditions
				at N.J.A.C. 10:15-3.2.
3. When a TCC family requires child care
				services, eligibility for services shall continue in accordance with conditions
				at N.J.A.C. 10:15-4.2.