Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3565 - Consumers' responsibilities

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) When a
				  person applies for or receives SCC program subsidies, the applicant or consumer
				  must, as a condition of receiving those subsidies:
(a) Give DSHS correct and current information
				  so that DSHS can determine the consumer's eligibility and authorize child care
				  payments correctly;
(b) Choose a
				  licensed or certified child care provider who meets requirements of WAC
				  170-292-3750;
(c) Pay the provider
				  for child care services when the consumer requests additional child care
				  outside of the current authorization;
(d) Pay the provider for optional child care
				  programs for the child that the consumer requests. The provider must have a
				  written policy in place charging all families for these optional child care
				  programs;
(e) Document their
				  child's attendance in child care by having the consumer or other person
				  authorized by the consumer to take the child to or from child care:
(i) If the provider uses a paper attendance
				  record, sign the child in on arrival and sign the child out at departure, using
				  their full signature and writing the time of arrival and departure;
				  or
(ii) Record the child's
				  attendance using an electronic system if used by the provider;
(f) Provide the information
				  requested by the fraud early detection (FRED) investigator from the DSHS office
				  of fraud and accountability (OFA). If the consumer refuses to provide the
				  information requested within fourteen days, it could affect the consumer's
				  benefits;
(g) Cooperate (provide
				  the information requested) with the child care subsidy audit process.
(i) A consumer becomes ineligible for SCC
				  benefits upon a determination of noncooperation and remains ineligible until he
				  or she meets child care subsidy audit requirements.
(ii) The consumer may become eligible again
				  when he or she meets SCC requirements in Part III of this chapter and
				  cooperates.
(iii) Care can begin on
				  or after the date the consumer cooperated and meets SCC requirements in Part
				  III of this chapter.
(h)
				  Ensure that their children who receive subsidized child care outside of their
				  own home are current on all immunizations required under WAC
				  246-105-030, except when the
				  parent or guardian provides:
(i) A department
				  of health (DOH) medical exemption form signed by a health care professional;
				  or
(ii) A DOH form or similar
				  statement signed by the child's parent or guardian expressing a religious,
				  philosophical or personal objection to immunization;
(i) Pay the copayment directly to the child
				  care provider or arrange for a third party to pay the copayment directly to the
				  provider; and
(j) Pay the provider
				  the same late fees that are charged to other families, if the consumer pays a
				  copayment late or picks up the child late.