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Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Approved Activities › Section 170-290-0050 - Additional requirements for self-employed WCCC consumers

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(1)
Self-employment generally.
To be considered self-employed, a WCCC consumer must:
(a) Earn income directly from the consumer's
				  trade or business, not from wages paid by an employer;
(b) Be responsible to pay the consumer's
				  self-employment Social Security and federal withholding taxes;
(c) Have a work schedule, activities or
				  services that are not controlled in an employee-employer
				  relationship;
(d) Participate
				  directly in the production of goods or services that generate the consumer's
				  income.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Approved Activities › Section 170-290-0055 - Receipt of benefits during fourteen-day wait period

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(1) DSHS may authorize WCCC payments for a
				  child's attendance in child care for up to fourteen consecutive days when a
				  consumer is waiting to enter an approved activity under WAC
				  170-290-0040 or
				  170-290-0045.
(2) If the consumer does not enter the
				  fourteen-day wait period activity, DSHS will terminate the consumer's case, as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0110.
(3) In the situation described in subsection
				  (1) of this section, the child needs to attend at least one day in the calendar
				  month for the provider to bill.
(4)
				  DSHS does not prorate the copayment.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW,
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42,
						2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. 11-18-001, §
												170-290-0055, filed 8/24/11,
						effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0055, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09. 08-08-047, recodified as §
												170-290-0055, filed 3/27/08,
						effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050,
						74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st
						sp.s. c 25. 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0055, filed 3/29/04 and
						4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050, 74.13.085. 02-12-069, §
						388-290-0055, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
						Care Development Fund Rules). 02-01-135, § 388-290-0055, filed 12/19/01,
						effective 1/19/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0060 - Countable income

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DSHS counts income as money an applicant or consumer earns
					 or receives themselves, or on behalf of the child from:
(1) A TANF grant, except when the grant is
				  for the first three consecutive calendar months after the consumer starts a new
				  job. The first calendar month is the month in which he or she starts
				  working;
(2) 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);
(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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0065 - Calculation of income

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DSHS uses a consumer's countable income when determining
					 income eligibility and copayment. A consumer's countable income is the sum of
					 all income listed in WAC
					 170-290-0060 minus any child
					 support paid out through a court order, division of child support
					 administrative order, or tribal government order.
(1) To determine a consumer's income, DSHS
				  either:
(a) Calculates an average monthly
				  income by:
(i) Determining the number of
				  months, weeks or pay periods it took the consumer's WCCC household to earn the
				  income; and
(ii) Dividing the
				  income by the same number of months, weeks or pay periods; or
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0070 - 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) Compensatory awards, such as an insurance
				  settlement or court-ordered payment for personal injury, damage, or loss of
				  property;
(c) Adoption support
				  assistance and foster care payments;
(d) Reimbursements, such as an income tax
				  refund;
(e) Diversion cash
				  assistance;
(f) Military housing
				  and food allowance;
(g) The TANF
				  grant for the first three consecutive calendar months after the consumer starts
				  a new job. The first calendar month is the month in which he or she starts
				  working;
(h) Payments to the
				  consumer from the consumer's employer for benefits such as medical
				  plans;
(i) Earned income of a WCCC
				  family member defined under WAC
				  170-290-0015(2);
(j) Income of consumers described in WAC
				  170-290-0005(1)(c)(iii) through
				  (x);
(k) Earned income from a minor child who DSHS
				  counts as part of the consumer's WCCC household; and
(l) Benefits received by children of Vietnam
				  War veterans who are diagnosed with any forms or manifestations of spina bifida
				  except spina bifida occulta.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0075 - Determining income eligibility and copayment amounts

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(1) DSHS takes the following steps to
				  determine a consumer's eligibility and copayment, whether care is provided
				  under a WCCC voucher or contract:
(a)
				  Determine the consumer's family size (under WAC
				  170-290-0015); and
(b) Determine the consumer's countable income
				  (under WAC
				  170-290-0065).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0082 - Eligibility period

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(1) A consumer who
				  meets all of the requirements of part II of this chapter is eligible to receive
				  WCCC subsidies for twelve months. The twelve-month eligibility period in this
				  subsection applies only if enrollments in the WCCC program are capped as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0001(1).
(2) Regardless of the length of eligibility,
				  consumers are still required to report changes of circumstances to DSHS as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0031.
(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 the benefits begin under WAC
				  170-290-0095; or
(b) Upon reapplication under WAC
				  170-290-0109.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0085 - Change in copayment

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(1) A consumer's
				  copayment may change when:
(a) The consumer's
				  monthly income decreases;
(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, reapplication,
				  or when reporting a change in circumstances;
(e) The consumer is no longer eligible for
				  the minimum copayment under WAC
				  170-290-0090;
(f) DEL makes a mass change in benefits due
				  to a change in law or program funding; or
(g) The consumer is approved for a new
				  eligibility period.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-0090 - Minimum copayment

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(1) The minimum
				  copayment is paid when the consumer has countable monthly income at or below
				  eighty-two percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
(2)
First application.
The
				  consumer pays the minimum copayment at first application for WCCC when benefits
				  are paid. The consumer pays the minimum copayment:
(a) Beginning in the month that DSHS pays for
				  WCCC child care services; and
(b)
				  The first full calendar month thereafter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-0095 - When WCCC benefits start

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(1) WCCC
				  benefits for an eligible consumer may begin when the following conditions are
				  met:
(a) The consumer has completed the
				  required WCCC application and verification process as described under WAC
				  170-290-0012 within thirty days
				  of the date DSHS received the consumer's application for WCCC benefits, except
				  in the case of new employment or new non-TANF activities. In those cases, under
				  WAC 170-290-0012 and
				  170-290-0014, the consumer must
				  provide third-party verification within sixty days of DSHS approving the
				  application or reapplication;
(b)
				  The consumer is working or participating in an approved activity under WAC
				  170-290-0040,
				  170-290-0045,
				  170-290-0050 or
				  170-290-0055; and
(c) The consumer needs child care for
				  approved activities within at least thirty days of the date of application for
				  WCCC benefits.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-0106 - When provider payments start

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The provider is eligible to receive payment when both of
					 the following 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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-0107 - Denial of benefits-Date of redetermining eligibility

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DSHS sends a consumer a denial letter when the consumer
					 has applied for child care and the consumer:
(1) Withdraws the request;
(2) Is not eligible due to the consumer's:
(a) Family composition;
(b) Income; or
(c) Activity.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-0109 - Reapplication

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(1) If a consumer wants to receive
				  uninterrupted child care benefits for another eligibility period, the consumer
				  must reapply for WCCC benefits before the end of the current eligibility
				  period. To determine if a consumer is eligible, DSHS:
(a) Requests reapplication information before
				  the end date of the consumer's current WCCC eligibility period; and
(b) Verifies the requested information for
				  completeness and accuracy.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-0110 - Termination of and redetermining eligibility for benefits

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(1) DSHS stops a consumer's eligibility for
				  WCCC benefits when the consumer does not:
(a)
				  Comply with the copayment requirements of WAC
				  170-290-0030(3) and
				  (4);
(b) Complete the requested application or
				  reapplication before the deadline noted in WAC
				  170-290-0109(2)(a);
(c) Enter the approved activity at the end of
				  the fourteen-day wait period;
(d)
				  Complete the WorkFirst orientation process when approved for TANF;
(e) Return the requested income verification
				  of new employment by the sixtieth day as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0012; or
(f) Cooperate with the child care subsidy
				  audit process or with the DSHS office of fraud and accountability
				  (OFA).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Notice › Section 170-290-0115 - Notice of payment changes

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DSHS provides WCCC consumers with at least ten days written
					 notice for changes to WCCC eligibility or provider payments, or when DSHS
					 forces a change in child care arrangements.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0115, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as §
												170-290-0115, filed 3/27/08,
						effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
						Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0115, filed
						12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Notice › Section 170-290-0120 - When notice of payment changes is not required

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DSHS does not give a consumer written notice of changes to
					 WCCC eligibility or provider payments when:
(1) The consumer tells DSHS that he or she no
				  longer wants WCCC; or
(2) The
				  consumer has not informed DSHS of his or her new mailing address.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW,
						RCW
						43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42,
						2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. 11-18-001, §
												170-290-0120, filed 8/24/11,
						effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0120, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09. 08-08-047, recodified as §
												170-290-0120, filed 3/27/08,
						effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050,
						74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st
						sp.s. c 25. 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0120, filed 3/29/04 and
						4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050, 74.13.085. 02-12-069, §
						388-290-0120, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
						Care Development Fund Rules). 02-01-135, § 388-290-0120, filed 12/19/01,
						effective 1/19/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0125 - Eligible child care providers

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To receive payment under the WCCC program, a consumer's
					 child care provider must be:
(1) An
				  in-home/relative provider. Providers other than those specified in subsection
				  (2) of this section must meet the requirements in WAC
				  170-290-0130; or
(2)
A licensed, certified, or
				  DEL-contracted provider.
(a) Licensed
				  providers must:
(i) Be currently licensed as
				  required by chapter 43.215 RCW and as described by chapters 170-295, 170-296A,
				  or 170-297 WAC; or
(ii) Meet the
				  provider's state's licensing regulations, for providers who care for children
				  in states bordering Washington. DSHS pays the lesser of the following to
				  qualified child care facilities in bordering states:
(A) The provider's private pay rate for that
				  child; or
(B) The DSHS maximum
				  child care subsidy daily rate for the DSHS region where the child resides.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0126 - Electronic attendance records

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(1)
				  Providers must use the department's electronic attendance recordkeeping system
				  or a department-approved electronic attendance recordkeeping system to record a
				  child's attendance.
(2) The
				  electronic attendance recordkeeping system must:
(a) Record an electronic signature, swipe
				  card, personal identification number (PIN), biometric reader, or similar
				  authentication by the parent or designee when signing the child in and out of
				  the provider's care;
(b) Ensure the
				  authenticity, confidentiality, integrity, security, accessibility, and
				  protection against alterations of the electronic records;
(c) Produce an authentic, verifiable record
				  for each transaction that complies with all legal and other requirements
				  regarding the record's structure, content, and time of creation or
				  receipt;
(d) Prove the identity of
				  the sender of the record;
(e)
				  Uniquely identify each record;
(f)
				  Capture an electronic record for each transaction conducted;
(g) Maintain the integrity of electronic
				  records as captured or created so that they can be accessed, displayed and
				  managed as a unit;
(h) Retain
				  electronic records in an accessible form for their legal minimum retention
				  period;
(i) Search and retrieve
				  electronic records in the normal course of business throughout their entire
				  legal minimum retention period;
(j)
				  Produce authentic copies of electronic records and supply them in usable
				  formats for business purposes and all public access purposes;
(k) Contain all of the information necessary
				  to reproduce the entire electronic record and associated signatures in a form
				  that permits the person viewing or printing the entire electronic record to
				  verify:
(i) The contents of the electronic
				  record;
(ii) The method used to
				  sign the electronic record, if applicable;
(iii) The person signing the electronic
				  record; and
(iv) The date when the
				  signature was executed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0130 - In-home/relative providers-Eligibility

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(1) To be
				  eligible as an in-home/relative provider to care for children under WCCC, the
				  applicant must be:
(a) Eighteen years of age
				  or older;
(b) A citizen or legal
				  resident of the U.S.; and
(c) Meet
				  all of the requirements listed in WAC
				  170-290-0135.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0135 - In-home/relative providers-Information provided to DSHS

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(1) When a consumer chooses in-home/relative
				  child care, the consumer and the provider must give DSHS the following
				  information:
(a) The in-home/relative
				  provider's legal name, address and telephone number;
(b) A copy of the provider's valid Social
				  Security card;
(c) A copy of the
				  provider's photo identification;
(d) A completed, signed and dated background
				  check form; and
(e) A completed
				  provider application form, signed and dated by the consumer and the provider,
				  in which they both attest that the provider is:
(i) Of suitable character and
				  competence;
(ii) Of sufficient
				  physical and mental health to be a safe child care provider and meet the needs
				  of the children in care;
(iii) Able
				  to work with the children without using corporal punishment or psychological
				  abuse;
(iv) Able to accept and
				  follow instructions;
(v) Able to
				  maintain personal cleanliness;
(vi)
				  Prompt and regular in job attendance;
(vii) Informed about basic health practices,
				  prevention and control of infectious disease, and immunizations; and
(viii) Not an individual who has a revoked
				  child care license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0138 - In-home/relative providers-Responsibilities

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An in-home/relative provider must:
(1) Provide care, supervision, and daily
				  activities based on the child's developmental needs;
(2) Report to DSHS within ten days any
				  changes to their legal name, address or telephone number;
(3) Report to DSHS within twenty-four hours
				  any pending charges or convictions they have;
(4) Report to DSHS within twenty-four hours
				  any pending charges or convictions for anyone sixteen years of age and older
				  who lives with the provider, including any person sixteen years of age or older
				  who newly resides with the provider, when the provider cares for the child in
				  the provider's home. Background checks must be completed for these persons as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0143;
(5) Report a revoked child care
				  license;
(6) Bill only for actual
				  hours of care provided. Those hours:
(a) Must
				  be authorized by DSHS;
(b) Must be
				  used by the consumer ; and
(c) Can
				  be claimed whether or not the consumer is present during the hours of
				  care.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0139 - In-home/relative providers-Electronic attendance records-Records retention

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(1) If an electronic system is used to record
				  attendance, it must record either an electronic signature, swipe card, personal
				  identification number (PIN), biometric reader, or similar action by the parent
				  or designee when signing the child in and out of the in-home/relative
				  provider's care.
(2) The electronic
				  system selected must ensure the authenticity, confidentiality, integrity,
				  security, accessibility, and protection against repudiation of the electronic
				  records, and must be able to:
(a) Produce an
				  authentic, verifiable written record for each transaction upon demand that
				  complies with all legal and other requirements regarding the record's
				  structure, content, and time of creation or receipt;
(b) Prove the identity of the sender of the
				  record and ensure that the electronic record has not been altered;
(c) Uniquely identify each record;
(d) Capture an electronic record for each
				  transaction conducted;
(e) Maintain
				  the integrity of electronic records as captured or created so that they can be
				  accessed, displayed and managed as a unit;
(f) Retain electronic records in an
				  accessible form for their legal minimum retention period;
(g) Search and retrieve electronic records in
				  the normal course of business throughout their entire legal minimum retention
				  period;
(h) Produce authentic
				  copies of electronic records and supply them in useable formats, including hard
				  copies, for business purposes and all public access purposes;
(i) Develop an approach to maintain the
				  authenticity and integrity of electronically signed electronic
				  records;
(j) Ensure that the
				  electronic system performs in an accurate, reliable, and consistent manner in
				  the normal course of business; and
(k) Limit system access to authorized
				  individuals and for authorized purposes, and maintain physical and
				  environmental security controls.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0140 - In-home/relative providers-Ineligibility

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DSHS does not pay for the cost of child care provided by
					 an in-home/relative provider if:
(1)
				  The provider does not meet the requirements listed in WAC
				  170-290-0130,
				  170-290-0135, and
				  170-290-0138;
(2) The provider has been convicted of, or
				  has charges pending for crimes on the DEL director's list in WAC
				  170-06-0120;
(3) DSHS has not received all background
				  check results under WAC
				  170-290-0143 and
				  170-290-0150; or
(4) DSHS determines a consumer's provider is
				  not of suitable character and competence or of sufficient physical or mental
				  health to meet the needs of the child in care, or the consumer's child may be
				  at risk of harm by this provider, as indicated by information other than
				  conviction information. When reviewing information about incidents, issues,
				  reports, and findings DSHS will consider:
(a)
				  Recency;
(b) Seriousness;
(c) Type;
(d) Frequency; and
(e) Relationship of the information obtained
				  to the direct care of a child including, but not limited to, impacts to the
				  child's environmental, physical, nutritional, emotional, cognitive, safety, and
				  social needs.
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(1) A background check must be completed for:
(a) All in-home/relative providers who apply
				  to care for a WCCC consumer's child; and
(b) Any individual sixteen years of age or
				  older who is residing with a provider when the provider cares for the child in
				  the provider's own home where the child does not reside.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0145 - In-home/relative providers - Background checks - Reasons and notification

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(1) DSHS requires background checks to:
(a) Help safeguard the health, safety, and
				  well-being of children;
(b) Reduce
				  the possible risk of harm from persons who have been convicted or have charges
				  pending of certain crimes having access to WCCC children; and
(c) Help consumers make informed decisions
				  about individuals who have access to their children.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0150 - In-home/relative providers-Background checks-Included information and sources

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(1) DSHS obtains background information, at a
				  minimum, from the Washington state patrol under
				  chapter
				  10.97 RCW and
				  RCW
				     43.43.830 through
				  43.43.837 via the background check
				  central unit (BCCU).
(2) The
				  background information includes, at a minimum, criminal convictions and pending
				  charges. Additional sources may include:
(a)
				  Child/adult protective service case information;
(b) Civil judgments, determinations, or
				  disciplinary board final decisions of abuse or neglect;
(c) Other states and federally recognized
				  Indian tribes;
(d) The department
				  of corrections and the courts;
(e)
				  The individual being checked, if that individual self-discloses information;
				  and
(f) Law enforcement records of
				  convictions and pending charges in other states or locations if reports from
				  credible community sources indicate a need to investigate another state's
				  records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0155 - In-home/relative providers-Background checks-Subsequent steps

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After DSHS receives the background information,
					 DSHS:
(1) Compares the background
				  information with convictions of, or charges pending for crimes on the DEL
				  director's list in WAC
				  170-06-0120;
(2) Reviews the background information using
				  the following rules:
(a) DSHS gives the same
				  weight to a pending charge for a crime as a conviction;
(b) If the conviction has been renamed, DSHS
				  gives the same weight as the previous named conviction. For example, larceny is
				  now called theft;
(c) DSHS gives
				  convictions whose titles are preceded with the word "attempted" the same weight
				  as those titles without the word "attempted"; and
(d) DSHS does not consider the crime a
				  conviction for the purposes of WCCC when:
(i)
				  It has been pardoned; or
(ii) A
				  court of law acts to expunge, dismiss, or vacate the conviction
				  record.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0160 - In-home/relative providers - Background checks - Disqualified providers

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(1) DSHS permanently disqualifies the person
				  as an in-home/relative provider for WCCC if:
(a) The provider or an individual listed in
				  WAC 170-290-0143(2) has a background containing a permanently disqualifying conviction for crimes
				  on the DEL director's list in WAC
				  170-06-0120(1);
				  or
(b) Care takes place in the
				  provider's home where the child does not reside and the provider knowingly
				  gives DSHS incorrect or misleading information or withholds information as to
				  whether an individual sixteen years of age or over living with the provider is
				  a registered sex offender.
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(1) DSHS can disqualify a consumer's
				  in-home/relative provider if the individual being checked has a background
				  containing information other than conviction information that DSHS determines:
(a) Makes the individual not of suitable
				  character and competence or of sufficient physical or mental health to meet the
				  needs of the child in care; or
(b)
				  Puts the consumer's child at risk for harm.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Eligible Child Care Providers › Section 170-290-0167 - In-home/relative providers-Background checks-Disqualified person living with the provider

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(1) If a consumer's
				  in-home/relative provider is disqualified based only on the disqualifying
				  background of a person living with the provider, then:
(a) Child care is allowed only in the child's
				  home away from the disqualified individual, regardless of whether or not the
				  provider meets the other qualifications listed in WAC
				  170-290-0130; and
(b) The consumer and provider sign an
				  agreement with DSHS stating that:
(i) Care
				  will occur only in the child's home; and
(ii) There is no contact between the child
				  and disqualified person during child care hours.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0180 - WCCC subsidy rates

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State child care subsidy rates in part II of this chapter
					 are subject to legislative change.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0180, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as §
												170-290-0180, filed 3/27/08,
						effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050,
						74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2005 c
						518 § 207(3). WSR 05-20-051, § 388-290-0180, filed 9/30/05, effective
						11/1/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050,
						74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st
						sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0180, filed 3/29/04 and
						4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
						Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0180, filed
						12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0185 - WCCC subsidy rates - Five-year-old children

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The rate paid for a five-year-old child is:
(1) The preschool rate for a child who has
				  not entered kindergarten; or
(2)
				  The school-age rate for a child who has entered kindergarten.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0185, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09. 08-08-047, recodified as §
												170-290-0185, filed 3/27/08,
						effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child
						Care Development Fund Rules). 02-01-135, § 388-290-0185, filed 12/19/01,
						effective 1/19/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0190 - WCCC benefit calculations

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(1) The
				  amount of care a consumer may receive is determined by DSHS at application or
				  reapplication. The consumer does not need to be in approved activities or a
				  reported activity schedule, except at application or reapplication. Once the
				  care is authorized, the amount will not be reduced during the eligibility
				  period unless:
(a) The consumer requests the
				  reduction;
(b) The care is for a
				  school-aged child as described in subsection (3) of this section; and
(c) Incorrect information was given at
				  application or reapplication according to WAC
				  170-290-0030.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0200 - Daily child care rates-Licensed or certified child care centers and DEL contracted seasonal day camps

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(1)
Base
				  rate.
DSHS pays the lesser of the following to a licensed or certified
				  child care center or DEL contracted seasonal day camp:
(a) The provider's private pay rate for that
				  child; or
(b) The maximum child
				  care subsidy daily rate for that child as listed in the following table:
Infants (One month - 11 mos.)
Toddlers (12 - 29 mos.)
Preschool (30 mos. - 6 yrs not attending
							 kindergarten or school)
School-age (5 - 12 yrs attending
							 kindergarten or school)
Region 1
Full-Day
$ 34.03
$ 28.62
$ 27.03
$ 25.46
Half-Day
$ 17.02
$ 14.31
$ 13.52
$ 12.73
Spokane County
Full-Day
$ 34.81
$ 29.28
$ 27.67
$ 26.05
Half-Day
$ 17.41
$ 14.64
$ 13.84
$ 13.03
Region 2
Full-Day
$ 34.39
$ 28.68
$ 26.61
$ 23.53
Half-Day
$ 17.20
$ 14.34
$ 13.31
$ 11.77
Region 3
Full-Day
$ 45.50
$ 37.93
$ 32.78
$ 31.82
Half-Day
$ 22.75
$ 18.97
$ 16.39
$ 15.91
Region 4
Full-Day
$ 52.94
$ 44.20
$ 37.10
$ 33.41
Half-Day
$ 26.47
$ 22.10
$ 18.55
$ 16.71
Region 5
Full-Day
$ 38.82
$ 33.41
$ 29.40
$ 26.12
Half-Day
$ 19.41
$ 16.71
$ 14.70
$ 13.06
Region 6
Full-Day
$ 38.18
$ 32.78
$ 28.62
$ 28.01
Half-Day
$ 19.09
$ 16.39
$ 14.31
$ 14.01
(Chart effective 09/01/17)
(i) Centers in Clark County are paid Region 3
				  rates.
(ii) Centers in Benton, Walla
				  Walla, and Whitman counties are paid Region 6 rates.
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(1)
Base
				  rate.
DSHS pays the lesser of the following to a licensed or certified
				  family home child care provider:
(a) The
				  provider's private pay rate for that child; or
(b) The maximum child care subsidy daily rate
				  for that child as listed in the following table.
Infants (Birth - 11 mos.)
Enhanced Toddlers (12 - 17 mos.)
Toddlers (18 - 29 mos.)
Preschool (30 mos. - 6 yrs not attending
							 kindergarten or school)
School-age (5 - 12 yrs attending
							 kindergarten or school)
Region 1
Full-Day
$ 29.62
$ 29.62
$ 25.76
$ 23.78
$ 21.14
Half-Day
$ 14.81
$ 14.81
$ 12.88
$ 11.89
$ 10.57
Spokane County
Full-Day
$ 30.32
$ 30.32
$ 26.36
$ 24.32
$ 21.60
Half-Day
$ 15.16
$ 15.16
$ 13.18
$ 12.16
$ 10.80
Region 2
Full-Day
$ 30.66
$ 30.66
$ 26.66
$ 24.44
$ 22.46
Half-Day
$ 15.33
$ 15.33
$ 13.33
$ 12.22
$ 11.23
Region 3
Full-Day
$ 41.98
$ 41.98
$ 35.54
$ 35.54
$ 28.80
Half-Day
$ 20.99
$ 20.99
$ 17.77
$ 17.77
$ 14.40
Region 4
Full-Day
$ 53.30
$ 53.30
$ 44.42
$ 39.98
$ 31.68
Half-Day
$ 26.65
$ 26.65
$ 22.21
$ 19.99
$ 15.84
Region 5
Full-Day
$ 36.34
$ 36.34
$ 31.60
$ 26.66
$ 22.46
Half-Day
$ 18.17
$ 18.17
$ 15.80
$ 13.33
$ 11.23
Region 6
Full-Day
$ 32.68
$ 32.68
$ 28.42
$ 26.66
$ 25.10
Half-Day
$ 16.34
$ 16.34
$ 14.21
$ 13.33
$ 12.55
(Chart effective until ratification of the 2017-19
					 collective bargaining agreement with SEIU 925, or July 1, 2017, whichever
					 occurs later.)
Infants (Birth - 11 mos.)
Enhanced Toddlers (12 - 17 mos.)
Toddlers (18 - 29 mos.)
Preschool (30 mos. - 6 yrs not attending
							 kindergarten or school)
School-age (5 - 12 yrs attending
							 kindergarten or school)
Region 1
Full-Day
$30.21
$30.21
$26.28
$24.26
$21.56
Half-Day
$15.11
$15.11
$13.14
$12.13
$10.78
Spokane County
Full-Day
$30.93
$30.93
$26.89
$24.81
$22.03
Half-Day
$15.47
$15.47
$13.45
$12.41
$11.02
Region 2
Full-Day
$31.27
$31.27
$27.19
$24.93
$22.91
Half-Day
$15.64
$15.64
$13.60
$12.47
$11.46
Region 3
Full-Day
$42.82
$42.82
$36.25
$36.25
$29.38
Half-Day
$21.41
$21.41
$18.13
$18.13
$14.69
Region 4
Full-Day
$54.37
$54.37
$45.31
$40.78
$32.31
Half-Day
$27.19
$27.19
$22.66
$20.39
$16.16
Region 5
Full-Day
$37.07
$37.07
$32.23
$27.19
$22.91
Half-Day
$18.54
$18.54
$16.12
$13.60
$11.46
Region 6
Full-Day
$33.33
$33.33
$28.99
$27.19
$25.60
Half-Day
$16.67
$16.67
$14.50
$13.60
$12.80
(Chart effective upon ratification of the 2017-19
					 collective bargaining agreement with SEIU 925, or July 1, 2017, whichever
					 occurs later.)
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0210 - Tiered reimbursement and quality improvement awards

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(1) Starting September 1, 2013, providers
				  receiving payment under the WCCC program will receive a two percent increase in
				  the subsidy rate, calculated on the base rate, for enrolling in level 2 in the
				  early achievers program. Providers must complete level 2, advance to level 3
				  within thirty months, and maintain a level 3 rating in order to maintain this
				  increase.
(2) Quality improvement
				  awards, as described by chapter 43.215 RCW, are reserved for early achievers
				  participating providers offering programs to an enrollment population
				  consisting of at least five percent of nonschool age children receiving a state
				  subsidy.
(a) Qualifying state subsidy programs
				  include working connections child care (WCCC), seasonal child care (SCC),
				  children's administration (CA) child care programs, homeless child care program
				  (HCCP), ECLIPSE and medicare child care programs. Other qualifying programs may
				  include those supported by municipalities, colleges or universities, local
				  school districts, or federally recognized tribal organizations.
(i) Participants providing homeless child
				  care program, ECLIPSE, or medicaid services must present DEL with information
				  indicating that services were provided under these programs.
(ii) Participants providing subsidized child
				  care supported by municipalities, colleges or universities, local school
				  districts, or federally recognized tribal organizations must present DEL with
				  information indicating that services were provided under these
				  programs.
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(1)
Qualification.
To qualify
				  for a special needs rate in addition to the base rate, the consumer must
				  request a special needs review for the child. The child must either:
(a) Be thirteen up to nineteen years of age
				  and be under court supervision; or
(b) Be less than nineteen years of age and
				  have a verified physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral condition that
				  requires a higher level of care needed in the child care setting.
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(1) In addition to
				  the base rate for licensed or certified child care facilities and seasonal day
				  camps listed in WAC
				  170-290-0200, DSHS may authorize
				  the following additional special needs daily rates which are reasonable and
				  verifiable as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0220:
(a)
Level 1.
The daily rate
				  listed in the table below:
Infants (One month - 11 mos.)
To ddlers (12 - 29 mos.)
Preschool (30 mos. - 6 yrs not attending
							 kindergarten or school)
School-age (5 - 12 yrs attending
							 kindergarten or school)
Region 1
Full-Day
$7.30
$6.14
$5.80
$5.45
Half-Day
$3.65
$3.07
$2.90
$2.73
Region 2
Full-Day
$7.36
$6.15
$5.70
$5.05
Half-Day
$3.68
$3.08
$2.85
$2.52
Region 3
Full-Day
$9.75
$8.13
$7.02
$6.82
Half-Day
$4.88
$4.06
$3.51
$3.41
Region 4
Full-Day
$11.35
$9.48
$7.95
$7.16
Half-Day
$5.67
$4.74
$3.98
$3.58
Region 5
Full-Day
$8.32
$7.16
$6.30
$5.59
Half-Day
$4.16
$3.58
$3.15
$2.80
Region 6
Full-Day
$8.18
$7.02
$6.14
$6.00
Half-Day
$4.09
$3.51
$3.07
$3.00
(i) Centers in
				  Clark County are paid Region 3 rates;
(ii) Centers in Benton, Walla Walla, and
				  Whitman counties are paid Region 6 rates;