House Journal: Page 888: Wednesday, March 22, 2000
18 families who meet eligibility guidelines and are
19 described by any of the following circumstances:
20 a. The child's parent, guardian, or custodian is
21 participating in approved academic or vocational
22 training.
23 b. The child's parent, guardian, or custodian is
24 seeking employment. Eligibility for assistance while
25 seeking employment shall be limited to thirty days
26 during a twelve-month period.
27 c. The child's parent, guardian, or custodian is
28 employed and the family income meets income
29 requirements.
30 d. The child's parent, guardian, or custodian is
31 absent for a limited period of time due to
32 hospitalization, physical illness, or mental illness.
33 e. The child needs protective services to prevent
34 or alleviate child abuse or neglect.
35 2. Services under the program may be provided in a
36 licensed child care center, a registered group child
37 care home, a registered family child care home, the
38 home of a relative, the child's own home, an
39 unregistered family child care home, or in a facility
40 exempt from licensing or registration.
41 3. The department shall set reimbursement rates as
42 authorized by appropriations enacted for payment of
43 the reimbursements. The department shall conduct a
44 statewide reimbursement rate survey to compile
45 information on each county and the survey shall be
46 conducted at least every two years. The department
47 shall set rates in a manner so as to provide
48 incentives for an unregistered provider to become
49 registered.
50 4. The department shall not apply waiting list
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1 requirements to any of the following persons:
2 a. Persons deemed to be eligible for benefits
3 under the state child care assistance program in
4 accordance with section 239B.24.
5 b. A family that is receiving state child care
6 assistance at the time a child is born into the
7 family. The newborn child shall be approved for
8 services when the family reports the birth of the
9 child.
10 c. Children who need protective services to
11 prevent or alleviate child abuse or neglect.
12 5. Based upon the availability of the funding
13 appropriated for state child care assistance for a
14 fiscal year, the department shall establish waiting
15 lists for state child care assistance in descending
16 order of prioritization as follows:
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