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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 › Subsidy Rates and Fees › Section 170-290-0230 - Special needs rates-Licensed or certified family home child care providers

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(1) In addition to
				  the base rate for licensed or certified family home child care providers listed
				  in WAC 170-290-0205, 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 (Birth - 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
$6.00
$5.40
$5.40
$4.80
Half-Day
$3.00
$2.70
$2.70
$2.40
Region 2
Full-Day
$6.00
$5.70
$5.10
$5.10
Half-Day
$3.00
$2.85
$2.55
$2.55
Region 3
Full-Day
$8.70
$7.50
$6.60
$6.00
Half-Day
$4.35
$3.75
$3.30
$3.00
Region 4
Full-Day
$9.00
$8.90
$7.50
$7.20
Half-Day
$4.50
$4.45
$3.75
$3.60
Region 5
Full-Day
$6.60
$6.00
$5.70
$5.10
Half-Day
$3.30
$3.00
$2.85
$2.55
Region 6
Full-Day
$6.60
$6.00
$6.00
$5.70
Half-Day
$3.30
$3.00
$3.00
$2.85
(b)
Level 2.
A rate greater than Level 1, not to exceed $15.89 per
				  hour.
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 170-290-0235 - Special needs rates-In-home/ relative providers

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(1) In addition to the highest base rate as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0240(1),
				  the state may authorize the following additional special needs rate :
(a)
Level 1.
Sixty-two cents per
				  hour; or
(b)
Level 2.
A
				  rate greater than Level 1, but not to exceed $9.41 per hour.
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 170-290-0240 - Child care subsidy rates-In-home/relative providers

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(1) When a consumer employs an
				  in-home/relative provider, DSHS pays the lesser of the following to an eligible
				  in-home/relative provider for child care:
(a)
				  The provider's private pay rate for that child; or
(b) The maximum child care subsidy rate of
				  two dollars and forty-seven cents per hour for the child who needs the greatest
				  number of hours of care and two dollars and forty-four cents per hour for the
				  care of each additional child in the family. Beginning July 1, 2017, or upon
				  ratification of the 2017-19 collective bargaining agreement with SEIU 925,
				  whichever occurs later, the maximum child care subsidy rate and the rate for
				  each additional child in the family increase to two dollars and fifty cents per
				  hour.
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 170-290-0245 - Registration fees

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(1) DSHS may pay
				  licensed or certified child care providers and DEL contracted seasonal day
				  camps a registration fee when:
(a) A child is
				  first enrolled by the consumer for child care with a provider;
(b) A consumer enrolls their child with a new
				  child care provider during their eligibility period; or
(c) A child has more than a sixty-day break
				  in child care services with the same provider, and it is the provider's policy
				  to charge all parents this fee when there is a break in service.
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 170-290-0247 - Field trip/quality enhancement fees

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(1) DSHS pays licensed or certified family
				  home child care providers a monthly field trip/quality enhancement fee up to
				  thirty dollars per child or the provider's actual cost for the field trip,
				  whichever is less, only if the fee is required of all parents whose children
				  are in the provider's care. DEL-licensed or certified child care centers and
				  school-age centers are not eligible to receive the field trip/quality
				  enhancement fee.
(2) The field
				  trip/quality enhancement fee is to cover the provider's actual expenses for:
(a) Admission;
(b) Enrichment programs and/or ongoing
				  lessons;
(c) Public transportation
				  or mileage reimbursement at the state office of financial management rate for
				  the use of a private vehicle;
(d)
				  The cost of hiring a nonemployee to provide an activity at the child care site
				  in-house field trip activity; and
(e) The purchase or development of a
				  prekindergarten curriculum.
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 170-290-0249 - Nonstandard hours bonus

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(1) A consumer's
				  provider may receive a nonstandard hours bonus (NSHB) payment of seventy-five
				  dollars per child per month for care provided if:
(a) The provider is licensed or
				  certified;
(b) The provider
				  provides at least thirty hours of nonstandard hours care during one month;
				  and
(c) The total cost of the NSHB
				  to the state does not exceed the amount appropriated for this purpose by the
				  legislature for the current state fiscal year.
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 170-290-0250 - Eligible provider capacity and payment

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(1) DSHS may pay:
(a) Licensed and certified providers for
				  authorized care up to the provider's licensed capacity as determined under WAC
				  170-297-5625,
				  170-295-0080, or
				  170-296A-5700, as appropriate;
				  and
(b) In-home/relative providers
				  for authorized care up to a maximum of six eligible children as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0138.
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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0266 - Payment discrepancies-Generally

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(1)
				  Payment discrepancies include both underpayments and overpayments.
(2) For consumers not covered under WAC
				  170-290-0267 through
				  170-290-0275, payment
				  discrepancies are subject to chapter 388-410 WAC.
(3) For providers covered under the
				  collective bargaining agreement, all other payment discrepancy issues are
				  covered under WAC
				  170-290-0275 and
				  170-290-0277.
(4) For all
				  providers, payment discrepancies resulting from program violations or suspected
				  fraud are covered under WAC 170-290-0277 and 170-290-0279.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0267, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0267 - Payment discrepancies-Provider underpayments

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(1) Underpayments to a provider occur if DSHS
				  pays less than the amount the provider is eligible to receive.
(2) Underpayment requests will only be
				  considered by DSHS if the provider submitted the original invoice for payment
				  to DSHS no later than twelve months after the date of service.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0266, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0268 - Payment discrepancies-Provider overpayments

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(1) An overpayment occurs when a provider
				  receives payment that is more than the provider is eligible to receive.
				  Provider overpayments are established when that provider:
(a) Bills and receives payment for services
				  not provided;
(b) Bills without
				  attendance records that support their billing;
(c) Bills and receives payment for more than
				  they are eligible to bill;
(d)
				  Routinely provides care in a location other than what was approved at the time
				  of authorization;
(e) With respect
				  to license-exempt in-home/relative providers, commonly known as "family,
				  friends, and neighbor" providers, bills the state for more than six children at
				  one time during the same hours of care; or
(f) With respect to licensed or certified
				  providers:
(i) Bills the state for more than
				  the number of children they have in their licensed capacity; or
(ii) Is caring for a WCCC child outside their
				  licensed allowable age range without a DEL-approved exception; or
(g) With respect to certified
				  providers caring for children in a state bordering Washington:
(i) Is determined not to be in compliance
				  with their state's licensing regulations; or
(ii) Fails to notify DSHS within ten days of
				  any suspension, revocation, or change to their 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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0269 - 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, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-0269, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0271 - Payment discrepancies-Consumer

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(1) DSHS
				  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) Is determined eligible at application or
				  reapplication based on the consumer's participation in an approved activity and
				  used benefits, but never participated in said activity;
(c) Failed to report changes under the
				  requirements of WAC
				  170-290-0031 to DSHS which result
				  in an error in determining eligibility, amount of care authorized, or
				  copayment;
(d) Used a provider who
				  did not meet the eligibility requirements under WAC
				  170-290-0125;
(e) Received benefits for a child who was not
				  eligible per WAC
				  170-290-0005,
				  170-290-0015 or
				  170-290-0020; or
(f) Failed to return, by the sixtieth day,
				  the requested income verification of new employment as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0012.
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 › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-0275 - Payment discrepancies-Providers

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(1)
				  This section applies to all child care providers.
(2) For in-home/relative and licensed family
				  home child care providers, disputes regarding underpayments are
				  grievable.
(3) Payment
				  discrepancies may be corrected based on time frames for payment. Correction of
				  payment discrepancies depends on the following circumstances:
(a) Providers must submit a billing invoice
				  for payment within twelve months of the date of service. Any invoice submitted
				  more than twelve months from date of service will not be processed.
(b) If the billing invoice for payment is
				  made within the twelve-month period, the time limits for correcting payment
				  errors are:
(i) Two years back if the error is
				  on rates paid by age or region, unless the error is discovered by a federal
				  audit, in which case the provider has up to twenty-four months after the date
				  of service to ask for a corrected payment; or
(ii) Three years back if the error was for
				  any other reason, including an error discovered by a federal audit, in which
				  case the provider has up to three years after the date of service to ask for a
				  corrected payment.
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 › Program Violations and Suspected Fraud › Section 170-290-0277 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Program Violations and Suspected Fraud › Section 170-290-0279 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Administrative Hearings - WCCC › Section 170-290-0280 - Right to request an administrative hearing

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(1) WCCC consumers have a right to request a
				  hearing under chapter 388-02 WAC on any action affecting WCCC
				  benefits.
(2) Child care providers
				  may request hearings under chapter 388-02 WAC only for WCCC overpayments. A
				  provider's burden of proof is a preponderance of the evidence.
(3) To request a hearing, a consumer or
				  provider:
(a) Contacts the DSHS office which
				  sent them the notice; or
(b) Writes
				  to the office of administrative hearings, P.O. Box 42489, Olympia, WA
				  98504-2489; and
(c) Makes the
				  request for a hearing within:
(i) Ninety days
				  of the date a decision is received for consumers; or
(ii) Twenty-eight days of the date a decision
				  is received for providers.
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 › Administrative Hearings - WCCC › Section 170-290-0285 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 170-290-2210 - Eligibility

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(1) If the applicant or reapplicant meets one
				  of the qualifiers of the priority list and otherwise meets all eligibility
				  requirements of Part II or III of this chapter, the applicant or reapplicant
				  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 twenty-two) 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 DSHS 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 thirty days and:
(i) Have
				  reapplied for subsidies; and
(ii)
				  Have household income of two hundred percent federal poverty level or
				  below.
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 › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 170-290-2220 - 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.
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 › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 170-290-2230 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Wait List for Child Care Programs › Section 170-290-2240 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part II - WORKING CONNECTIONS CHILD CARE › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2401 - Eligible consumers

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(1) To be an
				  eligible parent, the person applying must meet the requirements under WAC
				  170-290-0005,
				  170-290-0015 and
				  170-290-0020.
(2) To be an eligible child, the child must
				  meet the requirements under WAC
				  170-290-0005,
				  170-290-0015 and
				  170-290-0020. Verification of
				  citizenship and immigration status is not required for a child participating in
				  the early head start-child care partnership slots program.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2410 - Application for early head start-child care partnership slots

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(1) Working connections child care (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;
(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;
(c) The consumer needs child care for work or
				  approved activities within at least thirty days of the date of application for
				  benefits;
(d) The consumer is
				  participating in the early head start program; and
(e) The consumer's eligible provider (under
				  WAC 170-290-0125)  is caring for his
				  or her 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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2420 - Copay for early head start-child care partnership slots

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(1) If the consumer's family countable
				  monthly income falls within the range below, then the copayment is:
If a Consumer's Income Is:
Then the Consumer's Copayment Is:
(a) At or below 82% of the federal poverty guidelines
							 (FPG).
$15
(b) Above 82% of the FPG up to 137.5% of the FPG.
$65
(c) Above 137.5% of the FPG through 200% of the FPG.
The dollar amount equal to subtracting 137.5% of the
							 FPG from countable income, multiplying by 50%, then adding $65.00
(d) Above 200% of the FPG, a consumer is not eligible
							 for WCCC benefits.
(2)
				  DSHS does not prorate the copayment when a consumer uses care for part of a
				  month.
(3) The copayment is per
				  family, not per provider or child. If the consumer has a child receiving
				  working connections child care (WCCC) and another child receiving
				  partnership-slot child care, the consumer chooses which provider will receive
				  the copayment.
(4) The consumer
				  pays the minimum copayment when he or she is a minor parent, and:
(a) Receives temporary assistance for needy
				  families (TANF); or
(b) Is part of
				  the parent's or relative's TANF assistance unit.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2426 - Eligibility period for early head start-child care partnership slots

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(1) A consumer who meets all of the
				  requirements of partnership-slot eligibility may receive partnership-slot
				  subsidies for a twelve month certification period.
(2) The period begins when:
(a) The child participates in early head
				  start with an eligible provider;
(b) The consumer completes the application
				  and verification process.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2430 - Eligible early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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To receive payment a consumer's child care provider
					 must:
(1) Be a licensed, certified, or
				  DEL-contracted provider.
(a) Licensed
				  providers are licensed as required by chapter 43.215 RCW and chapter 170-295,
				  170-296A, or 170-297 WAC.
(b)
				  Certified providers are exempt from licensing but certified by DEL, such as:
(i) Tribal child care facilities that meet
				  the requirements of tribal law;
(ii) Child care facilities on a military
				  installation; and
(iii) Child care
				  facilities operated on public school property by a school
				  district.
(c)
				  DEL-contracted seasonal day camp has a contract with DEL to provide subsidized
				  child care.
(d) Meet early head
				  start-child care partnership slots provider requirements.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2435 - Subsidy payments for early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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(1) DSHS will not
				  authorize registration fees, field trip fees, or a nonstan-dard hours
				  bonus.
(2) Providers who accept
				  child care subsidies must invoice the state no later than one calendar year
				  after the actual date of service.
(3) Providers who accept child care subsidies
				  under the early head start-child care partnership slots receive payment rates
				  as outlined in the partnership slot provider agreement.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2440 - Early achievers payments for partnership slots providers

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To receive subsidy payment and be eligible for early head
					 start-child care partnership slots a new provider must:
(1) Effective January 1, 2016, enroll in
				  early achievers within thirty days of the start date of the partnership
				  agreement;
(2) Rate at a level
				  three or higher within eighteen months of enrollment in early
				  achievers;
(3) If the provider
				  rates lower than a level three, complete remedial activities with the
				  department and rate at a level three or higher within six months of the
				  beginning of the remedial activities.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2445 - Reapplication for early head start-child care partnership slots

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(1) If a consumer wants to receive child care
				  benefits for another eligibility period, they must reapply for working
				  connections child care (WCCC) benefits before the end of the current
				  eligibility period. To determine if a consumer remains 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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2450 - Deenrollment process for early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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(1) The
				  partnership-slot provider may receive payment for up to thirty consecutive
				  calendar days of vacancy.
(2) If
				  the child does not attend by the fifteenth calendar day from the first day of
				  absence, the provider must notify DSHS.
(3) DSHS will send a ten calendar day notice
				  to the consumer that the child will be deenrolled and the authorization for the
				  partnership-slot payment closed.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2455 - Payment discrepancies for early head start-child care partnership slots consumers

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(1) DSHS
				  establishes overpayments for past or current consumers when the consumer:
(a) Received benefits when he or she was not
				  eligible;
(b) Used care for an
				  unapproved activity or for children not in the WCCC household;
(c) Failed to report information to DSHS
				  resulting in an error in determining eligibility, amount of care authorized, or
				  copayment;
(d) Used a provider that
				  was not eligible per WAC
				  170-290-0125; or
(e) Received benefits for a child who was not
				  eligible per WAC
				  170-290-0015 or
				  170-290-0020.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2460 - Payment discrepancies for early head start-child care partnership slots providers

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(1) An overpayment
				  occurs when a provider receives payment that is more than the provider is
				  eligible to receive. Provider overpayments are established when a provider:
(a) Bills and receives payment for services
				  not provided;
(b) Bills without
				  attendance records that support their billing;
(c) Bills and receives payment for more than
				  they are eligible to bill;
(d)
				  Bills the state for more than the number of children they have in their
				  licensed capacity;
(e) Is caring
				  for a WCCC child outside their licensed allowable age range without a
				  DEL-approved exception;
(f) Fails
				  to notify DSHS within ten days of any suspension, revocation, or change to
				  their license;
(g) Receives payment
				  for a slot for which they were not eligible to bill:
(i) Payment for a slot left vacant over
				  thirty consecutive days;
(ii)
				  Duplicated payments for a contracted slot and WCCC units for care of the same
				  child.
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 › Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Slots › Section 170-290-2465 - Administrative hearings for early head start-child care partnership slots

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(1) Consumers have a right to request a
				  hearing under chapter 388-02 WAC on any action affecting benefits except for
				  mass changes resulting from a change in policy or law.
(2) Early head start-child care partnership
				  slots providers may request hearings under chapter 388-02 WAC only for
				  overpayments.
(3) To request a
				  hearing, a consumer or partnership-slot provider:
(a) Contacts the DSHS office which sent them
				  the notice; or
(b) Writes to the
				  Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 42489, Olympia, WA 98504-2489;
				  and
(c) Makes the request for a
				  hearing within:
(i) Ninety days of the date a
				  decision is received for consumers;
(ii) Twenty-eight days of the date a decision
				  is received for providers.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Introduction › Section 170-290-3501 - 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. 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. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3501, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3520 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3530 - Verifying consumers' and providers' information

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DSHS verifies a consumer's information as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0012 and
					 170-290-0014.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.070,
						43.215.060 and chapter 43.215 RCW.
						12-11-025, §
												170-290-3530, filed 5/8/12,
						effective 6/8/12; 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. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3530, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3540 - 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. 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. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3540, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3550 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3555 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligibility Requirements › Section 170-290-3558 - Resources

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DSHS verifies a consumer's resource as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0022.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3560 - 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 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3566 - 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 DEL child care licensing or certification requirements
				  as provided in chapter 170-295, 170-296A, or 170-297 WAC;
(2) Report pending charges or convictions to
				  DSHS as provided in chapter 170-295, 170-296A, or 170-297 WAC;
(3) Keep complete and accurate daily
				  attendance records for children in their care and allow access to DEL to
				  inspect attendance records during all hours in which authorized child care is
				  provided as follows:
(a) Current attendance
				  records including records from the previous twelve months, must be available
				  immediately for review upon request by DEL.
(b) Attendance records older than twelve
				  months to five years old must be provided to DSHS or DEL within two weeks of
				  the date of a written request from either department. Beginning July 1, 2017,
				  or upon ratification of the 2017-19 collective bargaining agreement with SEIU
				  925, whichever occurs later, the records must be provided within twenty-eight
				  consecutive calendar days of the date of a written request from either
				  department.
(c) Failure to make
				  attendance records available as provided in this subsection may:
(i) Result in the immediate suspension of the
				  provider's subsidy payments; and
(ii) Establish a provider overpayment as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0268;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3570 - Notification of changes

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(1) When a consumer
				  applies for or receives SCC program subsidies, the consumer must:
(a) Notify DSHS, within five days, of any
				  change in providers;
(b) Notify
				  DSHS, within ten days, when the consumer's countable income increases and the
				  change would cause the consumer's countable income to exceed eighty-five
				  percent state median income as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0005;
(c) Notify DSHS, within ten days, when the
				  consumer's countable resources exceed one million dollars as provided in WAC
				  170-290-3558;
(d)Notify DSHS,
				  within ten days, when the consumer's home address or telephone number changes;
				  and
(e) Notify the consumer's
				  provider, within ten days, when DSHS changes the consumer's child care
				  authorization.