Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 7 - Foster Home Care › Part 6 - RESOURCE HOME SUPPORT SERVICES › Section 340:75-7-65 - Child care and support services for the resource home

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Child care subsidy.
Child
				  care subsidy benefits paid by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS)
				  for a child in DHS or tribal custody are available, when:
(1) a foster child attends an Early Head
				  Start (EHS) program contracted with DHS to receive child care subsidy
				  payments;
(2) the resource is a:
(A) paid or non-paid resource parent
				  authorized for child care subsidy benefits by Child Welfare Services
				  (CWS);
(B) tribal resource family
				  providing care for the child in tribal custody in a paid placement when
				  authorized by the DHS tribal program staff;
(C) coordinated foster care parent when
				  authorized by the district of service;
(D) shelter host home when authorized by the
				  assigned child welfare (CW) specialist in the district of service;
(E) supported home when authorized by the
				  assigned DHS resource family partner liaison; or
(F) therapeutic foster home when authorized
				  by the Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) program staff;
(3) the need for child care is met:
(A) when a single resource parent is:
(i) employed 20 hours a week or
				  more;
(ii) enrolled and attending a
				  formal education program for at least six credit hours per semester. A formal
				  education program is defined as a course of study that leads to the attainment
				  of an associate, bachelor's, or post-graduate degree;
(iii) enrolled and attending a training
				  program. A training program is defined as a course of study that when
				  completed, qualifies a person to meet requirements for a job the individual
				  could not have obtained without the certificate of completion, accreditation,
				  or licensure resulting from completion of training;
(iv) employed during night hours and needs
				  DHS paid child care to allow him or her to sleep during the day. During the
				  night working hours, a feasible alternative is used at no cost to DHS. Night
				  working hours are defined as the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The
				  maximum amount of child care time approved by the resource specialist allows
				  the resource parent eight hours of sleep plus travel time to and from the child
				  care provider; and
(v) approved for
				  child care by the resource program staff for reasons other than those listed in
				  this subparagraph. These decisions are made on a case-by-case basis;
(B) in a two-parent resource home,
				  when:
(i) both resource parents are employed
				  20 hours a week or more and have the same working hours;
(ii) one resource parent works and the other
				  resource parent has a significant disability that precludes providing care for
				  the child;
(iii) one resource
				  parent works during the same hours the other resource parent is enrolled and
				  attending a formal education or training program as defined in (3)(A) of this
				  subsection;
(iv) sleep-time child
				  care is needed during the day because one or both resource parents work nights.
				  During the night working hours, a feasible alternative is used at no cost to
				  DHS. When one resource parent works nights, the other resource parent must work
				  or need child care for a reason that requires the approval of resource program
				  staff during the hours the other resource parent is sleeping. Night working
				  hours are defined as the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The maximum
				  amount of child care time approved by the resource specialist allows the
				  resource parent eight hours of sleep, plus travel time to and from the child
				  care provider; or
(v) one resource
				  parent works during the same hours the other resource parent needs child care
				  for a reason other than those listed in this subparagraph. In this situation,
				  the need for subsidized child care must be approved by resource program staff
				  on a case-by-case basis; or
(4) child care is provided:
(A) in a licensed and contracted child care
				  center with a one star plus or higher star status, unless there are no centers
				  with a one star plus or higher star status in the community or special
				  exception criteria are met. Special exception criteria are:
(i) the child was already approved for care
				  at the one star center prior to January 1, 2003, or prior to the provider's
				  star status being reduced to one star. The child may remain in this facility,
				  unless the child stops attending there for more than 30-calendar days. The
				  child may be approved at this same facility again when the only reason the
				  child did not attend for more than 30-calendar days was because of a school
				  break or due to circumstances beyond the control of the resource home, such as
				  the child's illness;
(ii) care is
				  requested for a child living in the same home as a child already approved for
				  care per (3)(A)(i) of this paragraph for the same one star child care provider;
				  or
(iii) the resource parent
				  demonstrates no other child care option meets the family's needs;
(B) in a licensed and contracted
				  child care home regardless of star level; or
(C) by an approved in-home provider who cares
				  for the child at the resource parent's home, per Oklahoma Administrative Code
				  (OAC)
				  340:40-13-2.