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Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 110-15-0268 - Payment discrepancies-Provider overpayments

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(1) An overpayment occurs when providers
				  receive payments that are more than providers are eligible to receive. Provider
				  overpayments may be established when providers:
(a) Bill and receive payments for services
				  not provided;
(b) Bill without
				  attendance records that support the billing. Beginning July 1, 2018, attendance
				  must be recorded using DCYF's electronic attendance system or a DCYF-approved
				  electronic attendance system. Any other format for recording attendance will
				  not be considered valid support for provider billings and may result in
				  overpayments;
(c) Bill and receive
				  payments for more than they are eligible to bill;
(d) Routinely provide care in locations other
				  than what was approved at the time of authorization;
(e) With respect to license-exempt
				  in-home/relative providers, they bill the state for more than six children at
				  one time for the same hours of care; or
(f) With respect to licensed or certified
				  providers, they:
(i) Bill the state for more
				  than the number of children in the provider's licensed capacity; or
(ii) Are caring for children receiving WCCC
				  benefits outside the providers' licensed allowable age range without a
				  DCYF-approved exception; or
(g) With respect to certified providers
				  caring for children in states bordering Washington, they:
(i) Are determined to not be in compliance
				  with the state's licensing regulations; or
(ii) Fail to notify DCYF within 10 days of
				  any suspension, revocation, or change to the provider's license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 110-15-0269 - Payment discrepancies - Consumer underpayments

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If a copayment amount determined by DSHS for a consumer
					 results in an underpayment, the consumer may request reimbursement within three
					 years of the date of child care service, if the consumer:
(1) Meets all WCCC eligibility requirements
				  during the time the consumer is claiming an underpayment; and
(2) Verifies all copayments made by the
				  consumer to the provider during the time for which the consumer is claiming an
				  underpayment.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, §
												170-290-0269,
						filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0269,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 110-15-0271 - Payment discrepancies-Consumer

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(1) DCYF establishes overpayments for past or
				  current consumers when the consumer:
(a)
				  Received benefits in an amount greater than the consumer was eligible to
				  receive;
(b) Received benefits or
				  services based on the eligibility criteria of the consumer's participation in
				  an approved activity, but the consumer did not participate in the
				  activity;
(c) Failed to report
				  information accurately under the requirements of this chapter, which resulted
				  in an error in determining eligibility, amount of care authorized, or
				  copayment;
(d) Received benefits
				  for a child who was not eligible under WAC
				  110-15-0005,
				  110-15-0015,
				  or
				  110-15-0020;
				  or
(e) Failed to return, by the
				  sixtieth day, the requested income verification of new employment as provided
				  in WAC
				  110-15-0012.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 110-15-0275 - Payment discrepancies-Providers

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(1) This section applies to all child care
				  providers.
(2) Providers must
				  submit a billing invoice for payment within three months of the date child care
				  services are provided. Any invoice submitted more than three months from date
				  child care services are provided will not be processed.
(3) For purposes of correcting payment errors
				  based on correctly submitted invoices under the provisions of subsection (2) of
				  this section, the following time limits apply:
(a) For underpayments:
(i) Two years back from the date the payment
				  was issued if the error was based on rates paid by age or region, except as
				  provided in (a)(iii) of this subsection; or
(ii) Three years back from the date payment
				  was issued if the error was based on any issue other than rates paid by age or
				  region; and
(iii) Three years back
				  from the date the payment was issued for any underpayment identified by a
				  federal or state audit.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › PROGRAM VIOLATIONS AND SUSPECTED FRAUD › Section 110-15-0277 - Provider program violations and suspected fraud

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Eligible child care providers described in WAC
					 170-290-0125
					 must comply with all provider responsibilities listed in WAC
					 170-290-0034.
					 Failure to comply causing a provider overpayment will result in a program
					 violation finding and may cause the agency to impose sanctions.
(1) Administrative errors are payment
				  discrepancies which result from a departmental mistake. Provider overpayments
				  caused by administrative error still require repayment of ineligible amounts.
				  Administrative errors will not result in a finding of a program
				  violation.
(2) An unintentional
				  program violation is an overpayment resulting from a provider's error and not
				  caused with willful knowledge.
(a) An
				  unintentional program violation can include a provider's unfamiliarity with
				  program rules and requirements.
(b) Any unintentional provider error
				  resulting in an overpayment will result in department consultation with the
				  provider.
(c) The department tracks
				  all unintentional program violations in order to identify program improvement
				  areas.
(d) Unintentional program
				  violations require provider repayment of ineligible funds.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › PROGRAM VIOLATIONS AND SUSPECTED FRAUD › Section 110-15-0278 - Consumer program violation

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A consumer who has been convicted of fraud to obtain child
					 care subsidy benefits will be disqualified from receiving child care subsidy
					 program benefits for five years.
"Conviction" or "convicted" means a finding by a state or
					 federal court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense that involves
					 the commission of fraud to obtain child care subsidy payments or benefits. A
					 guilty finding includes an adjudication of guilt, a verdict of guilt, and
					 acceptance of a plea of guilty. A guilty finding constitutes a conviction
					 regardless of whether the imposition of sentence is deferred or the penalty is
					 suspended.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › PROGRAM VIOLATIONS AND SUSPECTED FRAUD › Section 110-15-0279 - Program violation sanctions

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(1) The department will inform and consult
				  child care providers when intentional and unintentional program violations
				  result in provider overpayments.
(2) Sanctions are imposed to ensure providers
				  comply with program rules and to mitigate repeat violations which result in
				  overpayments. Provider sanctions may include:
(a) Submission of corrected
				  information;
(b) Review of child
				  care program rules and publications; or
(c) Any other provider action which conveys
				  the provider's compliance with program rules.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Administrative Hearings-WCCC › Section 110-15-0280 - Right to request an administrative hearing

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(1)
Consumers:
Consumers who
				  disagree with DCYF's decisions affecting their WCCC benefits have
				  administrative hearing rights under chapter 110-03 WAC.
(a) Consumers' requests for hearing:
(i) May be made by contacting DCYF in-person,
				  by telephone, or by serving DCYF with written requests that are also filed with
				  the office of administrative hearings (OAH) as described in WAC
				  110-03-0060 and
				  110-03-0080.
(ii) Must include the information and
				  documents described in WAC
				  110-03-0050(2),
				  if requests are made in writing.
(iii) Must be made within 90 calendar days of
				  the date the consumers received the decisions being appealed, unless good cause
				  for a late request can be established under chapter 110-03
				  WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Administrative Hearings-WCCC › Section 110-15-0285 - Receipt of WCCC benefits pending the outcome of an administrative hearing

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(1) A consumer may
				  receive WCCC benefits pending the outcome of a hearing if he or she requests
				  the hearing:
(a) On or before the effective
				  date of an action; or
(b) No more
				  than ten days after DSHS sends the consumer a notice of adverse action.
As used in this section, "adverse action" means an action
					 to reduce or terminate a consumer's WCCC benefits.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 110-15-2210 - Eligibility

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(1) If applicants
				  or reapplicants meet one of the qualifiers of the priority list and otherwise
				  meet all eligibility requirements of Part II or III of this chapter, they will
				  not be placed on the wait list and will be eligible to receive WCCC subsidies.
				  The priority list includes:
(a) Families
				  applying for or receiving TANF;
(b)
				  Families receiving TANF and working to cure a sanction;
(c) Foster children;
(d) Families that include a child with
				  special needs;
(e) Families with
				  teen parents (under age 22) who are not living with a parent or guardian, and
				  who are attending a high school full-time that has an on-site child care
				  center;
(f) Families with a child
				  residing with a biological parent or guardian who have received child
				  protective services, child welfare services, or a family assessment response
				  from DCYF in the past six months and has received a referral for child care as
				  part of the family's case management; and
(g) Reapplicants who received subsidies
				  within the last 30 days and:
(i) Have
				  reapplied for subsidies; and
(ii)
				  Have household income of 60 percent of the SMI or below.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 110-15-2220 - Benefits start

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(1) DSHS notifies
				  the consumer that subsidy child care is available by sending written
				  notice.
(2) If otherwise eligible,
				  the consumer's twelve-month eligibility period begins on the date the consumer
				  is removed from the wait list.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060 and 43.215.070. WSR
						17-09-042, §
												170-290-2220,
						filed 4/14/17, effective 5/15/17.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 110-15-2230 - Withdrawal from and reinstatement to the wait list

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(1) The consumer will be withdrawn from the
				  wait list when the consumer does not return the requested income verification
				  of new employment by the sixtieth day per WAC
				  170-290-0012.
(2) The consumer must reapply for eligibility
				  per WAC
				  170-290-2210, if the
				  required information is received after the end of the advance notice
				  period.
(3) If the consumer is
				  withdrawn from the wait list for not returning information and the consumer
				  provides the requested information during the ten-day advance notice period and
				  remains eligible for child care:
(a) DSHS may
				  reinstate the consumer to the wait list; and
(b) DSHS may reinstate the consumer on the
				  wait list using the same application date prior to the withdrawal from the wait
				  list.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 110-15-2240 - Provider payments

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(1) The consumer
				  chooses an eligible provider under WAC
				  170-290-0125
				  and the provider cares for the children during an eligibility period.
(2) Provider payment begin date is:
(a) The date the family comes off the wait
				  list when an eligible provider is already providing care;
(b) The date an eligible provider begins to
				  provide care after the family comes off the wait list; or
(c) The date a provider becomes an eligible
				  provider, when providing care before the provider is eligible and the family
				  comes off the wait list.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2401 - Eligible consumers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2401,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2410 - Application for early head start-child care partnership slots

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2410,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2420 - Copay for early head start-child care partnership slots

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2420,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2426 - Eligibility period for early head start-child care partnership slots

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2426,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2430 - Eligible early head start- child care partnership slots providers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 17-12-035, §
												170-290-2430,
						filed 5/31/17, effective 7/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2430,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2435 - Subsidy payments for early head start- child care partnership slots providers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2435,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2440 - Early achievers payments for partnership slots providers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2440,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2445 - Reapplication for early head start- child care partnership slots

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2445,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2450 - Deenrollment process for early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2450,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2455 - Payment discrepancies for early head start-child care partnership slots consumers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2455,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2460 - Payment discrepancies for early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 17-12-035, §
												170-290-2460,
						filed 5/31/17, effective 7/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2460,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 110-15-2465 - Administrative hearings for early head start- child care partnership slots

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Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070 and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 15-24-070, §
												170-290-2465,
						filed 11/25/15, effective 12/26/15.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Introduction › Section 110-15-3501 - Program funding

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The seasonal child care (SCC) program is subject to
					 available funds. As used in this chapter, "subject to available funds" includes
					 one or more of the following:
(1)
				  Limiting or closing enrollment;
(2)
				  Establishing a priority list for new enrollees subject to applicable state and
				  federal law; or
(3) Creating and
				  maintaining a waiting list.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3501,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3501,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Introduction › Section 110-15-3506 - Wait list for seasonal child care

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The wait list for seasonal child care is determined as
					 provided in WAC
					 170-290-2210 through
					 170-290-2240.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060 and 43.215.070. WSR
						17-09-042, § 170-290-3506, filed 4/14/17, effective
						5/15/17.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3520 - Eligibility

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(1) To be eligible
				  for SCC the person applying for benefits must:
(a) Not currently be receiving temporary aid
				  for needy families (TANF);
(b) Live
				  in one of the following Washington state counties: Adams, Benton, Chelan,
				  Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan, Skagit, Walla Walla, Whatcom, or
				  Yakima;
(c) At application and
				  reapplication, have parental control of one or more children;
(d) Be the child's:
(i) Parent, either biological or
				  adopted;
(ii) Stepparent;
(iii) Legal guardian as verified by a legal
				  or court document;
(iv) Adult
				  sibling or step-sibling;
(v)
				  Aunt;
(vi) Uncle;
(vii) Niece or nephew;
(viii) Grandparent; or
(ix) Any of the above relatives in (v), (vi),
				  or (viii) of this subsection, with the prefix "great," such as
				  great-aunt.
(e) At
				  application and reapplication, participate in an approved activity under WAC
				  170-290-3555;
(f) Have countable income at or below the
				  maximum eligibility limit described in WAC
				  170-290-0005. The
				  consumer's eligibility shall end if the consumer's countable income is greater
				  than eighty-five percent of the state median income or if resources exceed one
				  million dollars;
(g) Complete the
				  application for child care and DSHS verification process, regardless of other
				  program benefits or services received; and
(h) Meet eligibility requirements for SCC
				  described under part III of this chapter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3530 - Verifying consumers' and providers' information

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DSHS verifies a consumer's information as provided in WAC
					 110-15-0012.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, §
												170-290-3530,
						filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16; WSR 12-11-025, §
												170-290-3530,
						filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12; WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3530,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3530,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3540 - Eligibility - Family size

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DSHS determines a consumer's family size as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0015.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3540,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3540,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3550 - Eligibility - Special circumstances

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(1) A consumer may be eligible for the SCC
				  program when the consumer is a parent in a two-parent family and both parents
				  currently work in seasonally available agricultural related work.
(2) A consumer may be eligible for SCC if the
				  consumer is a parent in a two-parent family and one parent is not able or
				  available as defined in WAC
				  170-290-0003 to
				  provide care for the children while the other parent is currently working or
				  participating in approved seasonally agricultural related work.
(3) If a consumer claims one parent is not
				  able to care for the children, the consumer must provide written documentation
				  from an acceptable medical source (see WAC
				  388-449-0010) that states the:
(a) Reason the parent is
				  not able to care for the children; and
(b) Expected duration and severity of the
				  condition that keeps the parent from caring for the children.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3555 - Eligibility - Approved activities

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(1) A consumer may be eligible for SCC
				  program subsidies for up to sixteen hours per day for the time the consumer is
				  involved in seasonally available agricultural related work in Washington
				  state.
(2) When the consumer is
				  part of a two-parent family, both parents must be employed as described in
				  subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
				  All children in the consumer's household under WAC
				  170-290-0015
				  are eligible for the twelve-month eligibility period.
(4) The twelve-month eligibility period
				  begins:
(a) When benefits begin under WAC
				  170-290-0095;
				  or
(b) Upon reapplication under WAC
				  170-290-0109.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 110-15-3558 - Resources

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DSHS verifies a consumer's resource as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0022.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW.
						WSR 16-19-107, §
												170-290-3558, filed
						9/21/16, effective 10/22/16.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 110-15-3560 - Consumers' rights

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When a consumer applies for or receives SCC program
					 subsidies, the consumer has the right to:
(1) Be free from discrimination in accordance
				  with all applicable federal and state nondiscrimination laws, regulations and
				  policies;
(2) Have the consumer's
				  application accepted and acted upon within thirty days;
(3) Be informed, in writing, of the
				  consumer's legal rights and responsibilities related to the SCC subsidy
				  program;
(4) Have the consumer's
				  information shared with other agencies only when required by federal or state
				  regulations;
(5) Be allowed to
				  choose a licensed or certified child care provider as long as the provider
				  meets requirements in WAC
				  170-290-3750;
(6) Receive a written notice at least ten
				  days before changes are made to lower or stop benefits except as stated in WAC
				  170-290-3730;
(7) Ask for an administrative hearing if the
				  consumer does not agree with a decision per WAC
				  170-290-3860;
(8) Ask to speak to a supervisor or
				  administrator at DSHS to review a decision or action affecting the consumer's
				  benefits without affecting the consumer's right to an administrative
				  hearing;
(9) Have interpreter or
				  translator services provided by DSHS within a reasonable amount of time and at
				  no cost to the consumer;
(10)
				  Refuse to speak to a fraud early detection (FRED) investigator from the DSHS
				  office of fraud and accountability (OFA) when they ask to come into your home.
(a) This refusal will not affect eligibility
				  for SCC program subsidies.
(b) If
				  the consumer refuses to cooperate with the investigator at a later date, it
				  could affect the consumer's SCC program subsidies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 110-15-3566 - Subsidized child care providers' responsibilities

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Licensed or certified child care providers who accept SCC
					 subsidies must do the following:
(1)
				  Comply with all of the DCYF child care licensing or certification requirements
				  as provided in chapters 110-300, 110-300A, 110-300B, and 110-305 WAC;
				  and
(2) Comply with WAC
				  110-15-0034.
(3) Providers who care for children in states
				  bordering Washington, must verify that they are currently complying with their
				  state's licensing regulations, and notify DSHS within ten days of any
				  suspension, revocation, or changes to their license.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 17-12-035, §
												170-290-3566,
						filed 5/31/17, effective 7/1/17; WSR 16-09-059, §
												170-290-3566,
						filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16; WSR 12-11-025, §
												170-290-3566,
						filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 110-15-3570 - Notification of changes

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(1)
				  When consumers apply for or receive SCC program subsidies, they must:
(a) Notify DCYF, within five days, of any
				  change in providers;
(b) Notify
				  DCYF, within 10 days, when their countable income increases and the change
				  would cause their countable income to exceed 85 percent state median income as
				  provided in WAC
				  110-15-0005;
(c) Notify DCYF, within 10 days, when their
				  home address or telephone number changes; and
(d) Notify their providers within 10 days of
				  when DCYF changes their child care authorization.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 110-15-3580 - Failure to report changes

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(1) If
				  a consumer fails to report any changes as required in WAC
				  170-290-3570
				  within the stated time frames, DSHS may establish an overpayment to the
				  consumer per WAC
				  170-290-3850,
				  the consumer may have to pay additional costs, such as a higher copayment, or
				  DSHS may terminate benefits.
(2) If
				  an overpayment occurs, the consumer may receive an overpayment for what the
				  provider has correctly billed, including absent days (see publication
				  "
Child Care Subsidies: A Guide for Licensed and Certified Child Care
				  Centers
" and "
Child Care Subsidies: A Guide for Licensed and
				  Certified Family Home Child Care Providers
").
(3) If a consumer receives an overpayment for
				  failure to report changes or failure to provide required verification, they
				  will be required to repay any overpayment as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0271.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW.
						WSR 16-19-107, §
												170-290-3580,
						filed 9/21/16, effective 10/22/16. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, §
												170-290-3580,
						filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16; WSR 12-11-025, §
												170-290-3580,
						filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12; WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3580,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3580,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 110-15-3590 - DSHS's responsibilities to consumers

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DSHS must:
(1)
				  Treat consumers in accordance with all applicable federal and state
				  nondiscrimination laws, regulations and policies;
(2) Complete applications for SCC program
				  subsidies based on information the consumer provides, and determine a
				  consumer's eligibility within thirty days from the date the consumer
				  applied;
(3) Accept a variety of
				  forms of verification and may not specify the type of documentation
				  required;
(4) Authorize payments
				  only to a licensed or certified child care provider the consumer chooses who
				  meets the requirements in WAC
				  170-290-3750;
(5) At application and reapplication,
				  authorize payments when no adult in a consumer's family (under WAC
				  170-290-3540) is able or available to care for the consumer's children as defined in WAC
				  170-290-0003;
(6) Inform a consumer of:
(a) The consumer's copayment amount as
				  determined in WAC
				  170-290-3620
				  and defined in WAC
				  170-290-0075;
(b) The consumer's rights and
				  responsibilities under the SCC program when he or she applies or
				  reapplies;
(c) The types of child
				  care providers the SCC program will pay;
(d) The community resources that can help the
				  consumer select child care when needed;
(e) Other options for child care subsidies,
				  if the consumer does not qualify for SCC program subsidies; and
(f) The consumer's rights to an
				  administrative hearing;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3610 - Countable income

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DSHS counts income as money a consumer earns or receives
					 from:
(1) Wages and commissions earned
				  from employment;
(2) Unemployment
				  compensation;
(3) The following
				  child support payment amounts:
(a) For
				  applicants or consumers who are not receiving DSHS division of child support
				  services, the amount as shown on a current court or administrative
				  order;
(b) For applicants or
				  consumers who are receiving DSHS division of child support services, the amount
				  as verified by the DSHS division of child support;
(c) For applicants or consumers who have an
				  informal verbal or written child support agreement, the amount verified by a
				  written agreement signed by the noncustodial parent (NCP); or
(d) For applicants or consumers who cannot
				  provide a written agreement signed by the NCP, the amount received for child
				  support verified by a written statement from the consumer that documents why
				  they cannot provide the statement from the NCP;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3620 - Calculation of income

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For the SCC program, DSHS calculates a consumer's income in
					 the same manner as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0065.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3620,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3620,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3630 - Excluded income and deductions

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(1) DSHS does not count the following income
				  types when determining a consumer's income eligibility and copayment:
(a) Income types as defined in WAC
				  388-450-0035,
				  388-450-0040,
				  and
				  388-450-0055;
(b) Savings accounts;
(c) Money received from sale of real
				  property, such as a house, or personal property, such as a car;
(d) Reimbursements, such as tax
				  refunds;
(e) Earned income
				  credits;
(f) Diversion cash
				  assistance;
(g) Compensatory
				  awards, such as an insurance settlement or court-ordered payment for personal
				  injury, damage, or loss of property;
(h) Capital gains;
(i) Basic Food program benefits;
(j) Income earned by children as described in
				  WAC
				  170-290-3540;
(k) Benefits received by children of Vietnam
				  War veterans who are diagnosed with any form or manifestation of spina bifida
				  except spina bifida occulta;
(l)
				  Adoption support assistance and foster care payments; and
(m) Government economic stimulus
				  payments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3640 - Determining income eligibility and copayment

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(1) For the SCC program, DCYF determines
				  consumers' family income eligibility and copayment by:
(a) Their family size as defined under WAC
				  110-15-3540;
(b) Their average monthly income as
				  calculated under WAC
				  110-15-3620;
				  and
(c) Their family's average
				  monthly income as compared to the SMI.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3650 - Change in copayment

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(1) A
				  consumer's SCC program copayment could change when:
(a) DEL makes a mass change in subsidy
				  benefits due to a change in law or program funding;
(b) The consumer's family size increases and
				  causes the copayment to decrease;
(c) DSHS makes an error in the consumer's
				  copayment computation;
(d) The
				  consumer did not report all income, activity and household information at the
				  time of application and reapplication; or
(e) The consumer is approved for a new
				  eligibility period.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 110-15-3660 - Eligibility period

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(1) A consumer
				  who meets all of the requirements of part III of this chapter is eligible to
				  receive SCC subsidies for twelve months before having to redetermine
				  eligibility. The twelve-month eligibility period applies only if enrollments in
				  the SCC program are capped as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0001(1) and
				  170-290-3501.
				  Regardless of the length of eligibility, consumers are still required to report
				  changes of circumstances to DSHS as provided in WAC
				  170-290-3570.
(2) A consumer's eligibility may be for less
				  than twelve months if requested by the consumer.
(3) A consumer's eligibility may end sooner
				  than twelve months if:
(a) The consumer no
				  longer wishes to participate in SCC; or
(b) DSHS terminates the consumer's
				  eligibility as stated in WAC
				  170-290-3855.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 110-15-3665 - When SCC program subsidies start

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(1) SCC benefits for an eligible consumer may
				  begin when the following conditions are met:
(a) The consumer has completed the required
				  SCC application and verification process as described under WAC
				  110-15-0012
				  within thirty days of the date DSHS received the consumer's application for SCC
				  benefits, except in the case of new employment. In that case, under WAC
				  110-15-0012,
				  the consumer must provide third-party verification within sixty days of
				  application or reapplication;
(b)
				  The consumer is working or participating in an approved activity under WAC
				  110-15-3555
				  at application and reapplication; and
(c) The consumer needs child care for work or
				  approved activities within at least thirty days of the date of application for
				  SCC benefits.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 110-15-3675 - When provider payments start

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The provider is eligible to receive payment when both the
					 following circumstances are met:
(1)
				  The consumer has chosen the eligible provider (under WAC
				  170-290-0125) and the provider is caring for the children during an eligibility period;
				  and
(2) DSHS notifies the provider
				  that the consumer is eligible.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060, 43.215.070, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, §
												170-290-3675,
						filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 110-15-3690 - Denial of benefits - Date of redetermining eligibility

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(1) DSHS sends a consumer a denial letter
				  when the consumer has applied for child care and the consumer:
(a) Is not eligible due to the consumer's:
(i) Family composition;
(ii) Income; or
(iii) Activity; or
Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-15 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Notice › Section 110-15-3720 - Notice of payment changes

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DSHS provides SCC consumers with at least ten days written
					 notice of changes to payments related to the reduction, or termination of
					 benefits, in child care arrangements, except as noted in WAC
					 170-290-3730.
Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW.
						WSR 16-19-107, §
												170-290-3720,
						filed 9/21/16, effective 10/22/16. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3720,
						filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3720,
						filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.