Section 201.05. Child care administrative agency responsibilities.

 

(1)   General. Each child care administrative agency shall administer child care funds in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section. A child care administrative agency may subcontract for administration of child care funds with the approval of the department.

(2)   Training requirement. Child care administrative agencies shall ensure that each new child care worker completes the department's initial training during the first 6 months of employment.

(3)   Rate-setting method. Each child care administrative agency shall submit a written statement to the department which describes the method by which the child care administrative agency has determined reasonable and customary child care prices and the maximum rate that the child care administrative agency will allow for the purchase of child care services. The department may prescribe standard units of service by which rates are set in order to achieve statewide consistency.

(4)   Information to providers.

(a) Child care administrative agencies shall distribute information to child care providers regarding child care funding policies.

(b) Child care administrative agencies shall require child care providers to sign a memorandum of understanding prior to receiving authorization or payment that specifies that the provider agrees to adhere to child care subsidy attendance reporting policies and cooperate with the agency in all program monitoring efforts.

Cr. Register, February, 1997, No. 494 , eff. 3-1-97; am. (1), (5) (a) and (d), r. (2), Register, November, 1999, No. 527 , eff. 12-1-99; CR 02-104 : am. (1), cr. (2) and (4) (b), renum. (4) to be (4) (a), r. (5), Register March 2003 No. 567 , eff. 4-1-03; EmR1015 : emerg. am. (title), (2) to (4), eff. 5-17-10; CR 10-056 : am. (title), (2) to (4) Register September 2010 No. 657 , eff. 10-1-10.