Section 119B.13 — Child Care Rates.
119B.13 CHILD CARE RATES. Subdivision 1. Subsidy restrictions. (a) Beginning November 15, 2021, the maximum rate paid for child care assistance in any county or county price cluster under the child care fund shall be: (1) for all infants and toddlers, the greater of the 40th percentile of the 2021 child care provider rate survey […]
Section 119B.14 — Extension Of Employment Opportunities.
119B.14 EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. The county board shall ensure that child care services available to eligible residents are well advertised and that everyone who receives or applies for MFIP assistance is informed of training and employment opportunities and programs, including child care assistance and child care resource and referral services. History: 1Sp1985 c 14 […]
Section 119B.15 — Administrative Expenses.
119B.15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. The commissioner shall use up to 1/21 of the state and federal funds available for the basic sliding fee program and 1/21 of the state and federal funds available for the MFIP child care program for payments to counties for administrative expenses. The commissioner shall make monthly payments to each county based […]
Section 119B.095 — Child Care Authorizations.
119B.095 CHILD CARE AUTHORIZATIONS. Subdivision 1. General authorization requirements. (a) When authorizing the amount of child care, the county agency must consider the amount of time the parent reports on the application or redetermination form that the child attends preschool, a Head Start program, or school while the parent is participating in an authorized activity. […]
Section 119B.097 — Authorization With A Secondary Provider.
119B.097 AUTHORIZATION WITH A SECONDARY PROVIDER. (a) If a child uses any combination of the following providers paid by child care assistance, a parent must choose one primary provider and one secondary provider per child that can be paid by child care assistance: (1) an individual or child care center licensed under chapter 245A; (2) […]
Section 119B.10 — Employment, Education, Or Training Eligibility.
119B.10 EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, OR TRAINING ELIGIBILITY. Subdivision 1. Assistance for persons seeking and retaining employment. (a) Persons who are seeking employment and who are eligible for assistance under this section are eligible to receive up to 240 hours of child care assistance per calendar year. (b) At application and redetermination, employed persons who work at […]
Section 119B.105 — Extended Eligibility And Authorization.
119B.105 EXTENDED ELIGIBILITY AND AUTHORIZATION. Subdivision 1. Three-month extended eligibility period. (a) A family in a situation under paragraph (b) continues to be eligible for up to three months or until the family’s redetermination, whichever occurs first, rather than losing eligibility or having the family’s eligibility suspended. During extended eligibility, the amount of child care […]
Section 119B.11 — County Contribution.
119B.11 COUNTY CONTRIBUTION. Subdivision 1. County contributions required. (a) In addition to payments from basic sliding fee child care program participants, each county shall contribute from county tax or other sources a fixed local match equal to its calendar year 1996 required county contribution reduced by the administrative funding loss that would have occurred in […]
Section 119B.12 — Sliding Fee Scale.
119B.12 SLIDING FEE SCALE. Subdivision 1. Fee schedule. All changes to parent fees must be implemented on the first Monday of the service period following the effective date of the change. PARENT FEE SCHEDULE. The parent fee schedule is as follows, except as noted in subdivision 2: Income Range (as a percent of the state […]
Section 119B.125 — Provider Requirements.
119B.125 PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. A county or the commissioner must authorize the provider chosen by an applicant or a participant before the county can authorize payment for care provided by that provider. The commissioner must establish the requirements necessary for authorization of providers. A provider must be reauthorized every two years. A legal, […]