119B.011 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Applicant. “Child care fund applicants” means all parents, stepparents, legal guardians, or eligible relative caregivers who are members of the family and reside in the household that applies for child care assistance under the child […]
119B.02 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Child care services. The commissioner shall develop standards for county and human services boards to provide child care services to enable eligible families to participate in employment, training, or education programs. Within the limits of available appropriations, the commissioner shall distribute money to counties to reduce the costs of […]
119B.025 DUTIES OF COUNTIES. Subdivision 1. Applications. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), clause (4), the county shall verify the following at all initial child care applications using the universal application: (1) identity of adults; (2) presence of the minor child in the home, if questionable; (3) relationship of minor child to the parent, […]
119B.03 BASIC SLIDING FEE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Notice of allocation. By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall notify all counties of their final child care fund program allocation. Subd. 2. Waiting list. Each county that receives funds under this section must keep a written record and report to the commissioner the number of […]
119B.035 AT-HOME INFANT CHILD CARE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A family in which a parent provides care for the family’s infant child may receive a subsidy in lieu of assistance if the family is eligible for or is receiving assistance under the basic sliding fee program. An eligible family must meet the eligibility factors under […]
119B.04 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. Subdivision 1. Commissioner to administer program. The commissioner is authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend funds available under the child care and development fund under Public Law 104-193, Title VI. Subd. 2. Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 to administer the child […]
119B.05 MFIP CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Eligible participants. Families eligible for child care assistance under the MFIP child care program are: (1) MFIP participants who are employed or in job search and meet the requirements of section 119B.10; (2) persons who are members of transition year families under section 119B.011, subdivision 20, and […]
119B.06 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. Subdivision 1. Commissioner to administer block grant. The commissioner is authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend child care funds available under the child care and development block grant authorized under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, Public Law 113-186. Subd. 2. […]
119B.08 REPORTING AND PAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Reports. The commissioner shall specify requirements for reports under the authority provided in section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (p). Subd. 2. Monthly payments. The commissioner shall make monthly payments on a reimbursement basis for expenditures reported outside of the electronic system used to administer child care assistance. Payments may […]
119B.09 FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY. Subdivision 1. General eligibility requirements. (a) Child care services must be available to families who need child care to find or keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary to find employment and who: (1) have household income less than or equal to 67 percent of the state median income, […]
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. […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
